Excellent unpacking of how D&C 124 established priesthood structure with specific roles and responsibilities. The parallel you drew between verse 143's language about perfecting saints and Paul's similar language in Ephesians 4 is spot on. That organizational framework wasn't just administrative, it created the scaffoldng for member development. I spent years studying early Church hierarchy and the specificity of these callings really shows how much organizational detail the revelationprovided.
Excellent unpacking of how D&C 124 established priesthood structure with specific roles and responsibilities. The parallel you drew between verse 143's language about perfecting saints and Paul's similar language in Ephesians 4 is spot on. That organizational framework wasn't just administrative, it created the scaffoldng for member development. I spent years studying early Church hierarchy and the specificity of these callings really shows how much organizational detail the revelationprovided.
Thanks.