Cornerstones, Keystones and Capstones

A new year, a new Sunday School topic, the possibilities are endless! This year we will be studying the Doctrine and Covenants and began the year with a bit of an intro. We were going to watch a video that Colin brought, but after several seconds of staring at the box decided to wait until next week when we can have the video player. Instead we watched the circle of Zarahemla (which will be needing a new name this year) transformed into the capstone of the Salt Lake temple upon which the statue of the angel Moroni stands (nice link between BoM and D&C don't you think?). The church and gospel of Christ have been likened to architectural features. For example, in Ephesians we read that Jesus Christ is the cornerstone, or the first stone laid. We have had Joseph Smith declare that the Book of Mormon is the keystone of our religion, or the stone which supports the structure. But another one I hadn't heard before, was the Doctrine and Covenants being likened to the capstone. The capstone of the Salt Lake temple was ceremoniously laid as the last stone of the building structure to be put in place. Likewise, in this dispensation the revelations now recorded in the Doctrine and Covenants gave the final pieces needed to fully restore Christ's church upon the earth. We look forward to an exciting year of learning more about these revelations.