Source Report Card
Chapter 39: Where It Can Lead: The Circuit, the "Davidic Servant," and Chad Daybell
| Source | Who | When | Chain | Rung | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Matthew 24:24, 26 | Jesus Christ | 1st century | 1st-hand | 1 | A+ |
| JS–Matthew 1:37 | Jesus Christ (JST) | 1831 | 1st-hand | 1 | A+ |
| D&C 42:11 | The Lord through Joseph Smith | 1831 | 1st-hand | 1 | A+ |
| D&C 49:7 | The Lord through Joseph Smith | 1831 | 1st-hand | 1 | A+ |
| First Presidency on D&C 85:7 (see note 10) | First Presidency under President Joseph F. Smith | 1905 | 1st-hand | 2 | A |
| "Church Responds to Inquiries About Preparedness" (Newsroom1) | The Church (Newsroom) | 26 Sept 2015 | 1st-hand | 2 | A |
| "The Trek Continues!" (secret answers) | M. Russell Ballard (then Quorum of the Twelve) | Oct 2017 | 1st-hand | 3 | A |
| Wilford Woodruff journal, 10 Mar 1844 (JSP2) | Joseph Smith (Church President); noted by Wilford Woodruff (then an apostle) | 10 Mar 1844 | 2nd-hand (one note) | 4 | C |
| Old Testament Student Manual: Kings-Malachi3, note 25-6 on Jeremiah 30:9 (silent on Joseph's 1844 line) | The Church (CES manual) | current online edition | 1st-hand | 2 | A |
| Bruce R. McConkie, The Promised Messiah, pp. 192-95 (paraphrased; via same manual, note 13-584; silent on Joseph's 1844 line) | Bruce R. McConkie (then Quorum of the Twelve) | 1978 | 1st-hand | 4 | B |
| Ezekiel 37:24-25; Jeremiah 30:9; Hosea 3:5 (Hosea 3:5 says "in the latter days"; so does Jeremiah 30:24, a few verses after 30:9) | Old Testament prophets | various | 1st-hand | 1 | A+ for the verses. The mortal "Davidic Servant" reading (per FAIR): F |
| Acts 2:29-31 (tying Woodruff's "same subject" to v. 30 is FAIR's inference) | Peter (then chief apostle) | 1st century | 1st-hand | 1 | A+ |
| "Davidic Servant" as taught by Preparing a People | Conference speakers | 2010s | Untraceable | 6-7 | F |
| Chad and Lori meet, Oct 2018, St. George (Deseret News timeline5) | News reporting | Oct 2018 | 2nd-hand | fact reporting | No ladder grade |
| Suzanne Freeman email to Daybell (East Idaho News, 17 June 20206) | Spring Creek Book Company author | 2 June 2017 | 1st-hand | evidence, not prophecy | No ladder grade |
| FAIR, "Preparing a People"7 | FAIR volunteers, not the Church | 2023-2024 | 2nd-hand | commentary | Reliable context; not Church |
| FAIR, "Davidic Servant"8 | FAIR volunteers, not the Church | 2023-2024 | 2nd-hand | commentary | Reliable context; its Christ reading is an inference |
| Court outcomes and motive theory (see note 18) | News reporting | 2022-2025 | 2nd-hand | fact reporting | No ladder grade |
| East Idaho News, "the religious circle"9: AVOW forum, "Callout" and "TENT CITIES" threads | Local reporting | Feb 2020 | 2nd-hand | fact reporting | Paraphrased only |
| AVOW "Callout" threads | Anonymous forum users | 2010s | Untraceable | 7 | F |
| Chad Daybell novels; 2015 Utah quake prediction and Idaho move (sister-in-law's testimony, East Idaho News, 2 May 2024) | Chad Daybell | 2007-2015 | 1st-hand / 2nd-hand for the quake | 7 | F (failed) |
| July 2020 Second Coming belief | Lori Vallow, as alleged in Charles Vallow's Feb 2019 divorce filing (Deseret News) | 2019 | 2nd-hand; disputed allegation | 7 | F (failed) |
| "Past lives," light/dark ratings, casting out spirits, "zombies" | Daybell-Vallow circle, per court testimony (witnesses recalling years later what the couple told them) | 2018-2019 | 3rd-hand | 7 | F |
- https://newsroom.churchofjesuschrist.org/article/church-responds-to-inquiries-about-preparedness
- https://www.josephsmithpapers.org/paper-summary/discourse-10-march-1844-as-reported-by-wilford-woodruff/6
- https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/study/manual/old-testament-student-manual-kings-malachi/chapter-25?lang=eng
- https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/study/manual/old-testament-student-manual-kings-malachi/chapter-13?lang=eng
- https://www.deseret.com/2022/9/11/23321955/lori-daybell-murder-timeline/
- https://www.eastidahonews.com/2020/06/author-warned-chad-daybell-3-years-ago-his-teachings-would-lead-to-death-and-sorrow-according-to-email/
- https://www.fairlatterdaysaints.org/home-page/current-events/the-vallow-daybell-trial/preparing-a-people
- https://www.fairlatterdaysaints.org/home-page/current-events/the-vallow-daybell-trial/davidic-servant
- https://www.eastidahonews.com/2020/02/a-look-at-the-religious-circle-surrounding-chad-and-lori-daybell/