Church of Jesus Christ Study Session seeks to generate reflection about areas in the Restored Gospel. Whether it's Come Follow Me, a General Conference talk or a recent Gospel Topic, hopefully you'll find something to keep the Spirit of Christ in your life. Twitter - @mattsroberts90

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Join us as we explore the time before Christ, outlined in Zenos' allegory of the Olive Tree. We consider the loving attributes of the Lord of the Vineyard and what symbolism is captured in the early parts of this allegory. 

Truman G Madsen: Without cultivation the olive tree is a wild, unruly, easily corrupted tree. Only after long, patient cultivating, usually eight to ten years, does it begin to yield fruit. Long after that, new shoots often come forth from apparently dead roots. As one stands in the olive groves and is struck by the gnarled tree trunks that are at once ugly and beautiful, it is hard to avoid the impression of travail - of ancient life and renewing life. . .The olive tree appears 'almost immortal.