Revelation, circa 7 March 1831 [D&C 45]

With which I was wounded in the house of my friends  I am he that was lifted up I am Jesus which was crusified  I am the Son of God & then shall they weep because of their  iniquities then shall they lament because they persecuted  their King & then shall the heathen Nations be redeemed  & they which knew no law shall have part in the first  resurrection & it shall be tolerable for them & Satan shall  be bound that he shall have no place in the hearts of the  children of men & at that day when I shall come in my  glory, Shall the palable [parable] be fulfilled of which I spoke  concerning the ten virgins for he that is wise & hath received  the truth & has taken the Holy Spirit for their guide &  have not been deceived Verily I say unto you they shall  not be hewn down & cast into the fire but shall abide  the day & the Earth shall be given unto them for an inher itance & they shall multiply & wax strong & their children  shall g[row] up without Sin unto salvation for the Lord  shall be in their midst & his glory shall be upon them &  he shall be their King & their law giver & now behold I  say unto you it shall not be given unto you to know  any farther then this until the New Testament be transla ted & it in it all things shall be made known Wherefore  I give unto you that ye may now Translate

To produce a new text through a revelatory, rather than scholarly, process by the “gift and power of God.” In the Book of Mormon, the ancient prophet Mosiah translated records into his own language using “interpreters,” or “two stones which was fastened into...

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it that ye  may be prepared for the things to come for Verily I say unto  you that great things await you ye hear of wars in foreign  lands but behold I say unto you they are nigh even unto  your doors & not many years hence ye Shall hear of wars  in your own lands wherefore I the Lord have said gether  ye out from the Eastern lands assemble ye yourselves toge ther ye Elders

An administrative and ecclesiastical office not associated with age. The Book of Mormon explained that elders ordained priests and teachers and administered “the flesh and blood of Christ unto the church.” The articles and covenants of the church directed...

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of my Church

The Book of Mormon related that when Christ set up his church in the Americas, “they which were baptized in the name of Jesus, were called the church of Christ.” The first name used to denote the church JS organized on 6 April 1830 was “the Church of Christ...

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ge [go] ye forth into the western  countries call upon the inhabitants to repent & in as much as  they do repent build up Churches unto me & with one  heart & with one mind gether up your riches that you  may purchase an inheritance which shall hereafter be appo inted you & it shall be called the New Jerusalem

The Book of Mormon indicated that, in preparation for Jesus Christ’s second coming, a city should be built on the American continent and called the New Jerusalem. The Book of Mormon further explained that the remnant of the seed of Joseph (understood to be...

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a land  of peace a City of refuge a place of safety for the saints of [p. 75]