Letter to Beloved Brethren, 6 August 1833

You will see by these revelations that we have to print the new  translation of here at Kirtland

Located ten miles south of Lake Erie. Settled by 1811. Organized by 1818. Population in 1830 about 55 Latter-day Saints and 1,000 others; in 1838 about 2,000 Saints and 1,200 others; in 1839 about 100 Saints and 1,500 others. Mormon missionaries visited township...

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for which we will prepare as soon as possible here foll ows another revelation received to day

Kirtland

Located ten miles south of Lake Erie. Settled by 1811. Organized by 1818. Population in 1830 about 55 Latter-day Saints and 1,000 others; in 1838 about 2,000 Saints and 1,200 others; in 1839 about 100 Saints and 1,500 others. Mormon missionaries visited township...

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August 6th 1833

Verily I say unto you my friends fear not let your heart be comforted yea rejoice ever more & in  every thing give thanks waiting patiently on the Lord for your prayers have entered into the ears of the Lord of sabbath  and are recorded with this seal

To confirm or solemnize. In the early 1830s, revelations often adopted biblical usage of the term seal; for example, “sealed up the testimony” referred to proselytizing and testifying of the gospel as a warning of the approaching end-time. The term was also...

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and testament the Lord hath sworn and decreed that they shall be granted therefore he  giveth this promise unto you with an immutable covenant that they shall be fulfilled and all things wherewith  you have been afflicted shall work together for your good and to my names glory saith the Lord God.

And now verily I say unto you concerning the Laws of the Land it is my will that my people  should observe to do all things whatsoever I command

Generally, a divine mandate that church members were expected to obey; more specifically, a text dictated by JS in the first-person voice of deity that served to communicate knowledge and instruction to JS and his followers. Occasionally, other inspired texts...

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them and that law of the Land which is constitutional  supporting the principles of freedom in maintaining rights and privileges belongs to all mankind  and is justifyeble before me therefore I the Lord justifieth you and your brethren of my church in bef riending that law which is the constitutional law of the Land and as pertaining to its law of the land men  whatsoever is more or less than this cometh of evil. I the Lord your God maketh you free therefor you are  free indeed and the law also maketh you free nevertheless when the wicked rule the people mourn wh erefor honest men and wise men should be saught for dilligently and good men and wise men ye  should observe to uphold otherwise whatsoever is less than this cometh of evil and I give unto you a comm andment that ye shall forsake all evil and cleave unto all good that ye shall live by evry word that  procedith out forth out of the mouth of God for he will give unto the faithful line upon line  precept upon precept and I will try you and prove you herewith and whoso layeth down  his life in my cause for my name sake shall find it again even life eternal therefore be not  affraid of your enemies for I have decreed in my heart saith the Lord that I will prove you in all  things whether you will abide in my covenant even unto death that you may be found  worthy for if you will not abide in my covenant ye are not worthy of me therefor renounce  war and proclaim peace and seek dilligently to turn the hearts of the children to the  fathers and the hearts of the fathers to the children and again the hearts of Jews to the pro phets and the prophets unto the Jews lest I come and smite the whole earth with a curse and  all flesh be consumed before me let not your hearts be troubled for in my  fathers house are many mansions and I have prepared a place for you and where  my father and I am there you shall be also,

Behold I the Lord am not well pleased with many who are in the 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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at Kirt land

Located ten miles south of Lake Erie. Settled by 1811. Organized by 1818. Population in 1830 about 55 Latter-day Saints and 1,000 others; in 1838 about 2,000 Saints and 1,200 others; in 1839 about 100 Saints and 1,500 others. Mormon missionaries visited township...

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for they do not forsake their sins and their wicked ways the pride of their hearts and  their covetousness and all their detesteble things and observe the words of wisdom and eternal  life which I have given unto them verily I say unto you <that> I the Lord will chasten them and will do  whatsoever I list if they do not repent and observe all things whatsoever I have said unto them.

And again I say unto you if ye observe to do whatsoever I command you I the Lord will  turn away all wrath and indignation from you and the gates of hell shall not prevail against you

Now I speak unto you concerning your families if men will smite you or your families once and  ye bear it patiently and revile not against them neither seek revenge ye shall be rewarded but if ye  bear it not patiently it shall be accounted unto you as being meeted out a just measure unto you, and  again if your enemies shall smite you a second time and you revile not against your enemies  and bear it patiently your reward shall be an hundred fold and again if he shall smite you a third  time and ye bear it patiently your reward shall be doubled unto you four fold and these three  testamonies shall stand against your enemy if he repent not and shall not be blotted out  and now verily I say unto you if that enemy shall escape my vengence that he be not brought  into Judgment before me then you shall see to it that ye warn him in my name that he  come no more upon you neither either upon your family either your children or your  childrens children unto the third and fourth generations <and then if he shall come upon you and or your children or your childrens children unto the third and forth generation,> I have delivered thine enemy unto thine  hands and then if thou wilt spare him thou shalt be rewarded for thy righteousness and thy  children and thy childrens children unto the third and fourth generation nevertheless thine  enemy is in thine hands and if thou reward him according to his works thou art justified  if he has sought thy life and thy life is endangered by him thine enemy is in thine hands  and thou art Justified. Behold this is the Law I gave unto my servant Nephi and  thy father Joseph and Jacob and Isaac and Abraham and all mine ancient prophets and  Apostles

A title indicating one sent forth to preach; later designated as a specific ecclesiastical office. By 1830, JS and Oliver Cowdery were designated as apostles. The articles and covenants of the church explained that an “apostle is an elder” and, as such, had...

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and again this is the law of my prophets <that I gave unto mine ancients> that they should not go out <un>to battle  against any nation kindred tongue or people save I the Lord Commanded them and if any  Nation tongue or people should proclaim war against them they should first lift a  standard of <peace> unto that people Nation or tongue and if that people does not ecept [accept]  the offering of peace neither the second nor the third time they should bring their  testamonies before the Lord then I the Lord would give unto them a commandment  and Justify them in going out to battle against that nation tongue or people [p. [3]]