Oliver Cowdery's come back story told by historian and host Casey Griffiths from the Church History Matters Podcast

Come Back Podcast

Ashly Stone

Religion & Spirituality

4.9 • 1.1K Ratings

🗓️ 14 October 2024

⏱️ 49 minutes

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Summary

"Before Oliver passes away, he goes out of his way on several occasions to publicly and ardently bear testimony of the restoration of the Book of Mormon. One of the more well -known accounts is a guy named Jacob Gates. He's on his way to his mission and he stops in Richmond to visit Oliver Cowdery. Jacob Gates asks Oliver, 'Is it all true? Can you tell me if it's true?' Oliver Cowdery says, 'Jacob, I want you to remember what I say to you. I am a dying man. What would it profit me to tell you a lie? I know that this Book of Mormon was translated by the gift and power of God. My eyes saw, my ears heard, and my understanding was touched. I know that whereof I testified is true. It was no dream, no vain imagination of the mind. It was real.' I think this was recorded two or three months before Oliver passed away. And he says, he doesn't have any reason to lie at this point. In fact, he wants to tell the truth because he knows he's about to meet his maker. And he still bears his testimony on the Book of Mormon."

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0:00.0	This is Ashley Stone and you're listening to the Comeback Podcast.
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1:17.1	podcast so you you work with scripture central right? I work with scripture central yeah we do a podcast with them called Church History Matters that focuses on different issues in Church History.
1:30.0	And it's funny because I just had a guest on a couple weeks ago that was raving about your podcast. So yes, for anyone listening, definitely check out the Church History Matters podcast.
1:40.0	Oh, thank you very much. And not to, you know, not that we check often, but I, when I check the
1:46.0	podcast charts, I think your podcast and our podcast were right next to each other. So, it sounds like we're we're doing equally well and this is like a
1:56.1	major network crossover event sort of thing. Oh my gosh that's so well. Yeah. Yeah, so I've heard about your podcast and I'm excited to be here.
2:07.4	Awesome. Well excited to have you so today we are going to be talking about all of our
2:12.0	cow drey. I mean I know the basics of Oliver Cowdry, but I'm excited to just dive a little bit deeper into his story and his coming back story. Yeah, and I mean it's hard to sort of undersell how important he is to the early restoration.
2:30.0	I mean, until about 1838, it's Joseph Smith and Oliver Coudry they're just
2:35.1	butcher and Sundance you know they're together in almost every major event that
2:39.1	occurs Oliver is the primary scribe for the Book of Mormon when it's translated.
2:46.0	Oliver is there when John the Baptist appears, he's there when Peter, James and John appear.
2:50.0	He's there in the curlin temple.
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