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Revelation, 12 January 1838–C

 
Thus saith the Lord Let the presid ency

The presiding body of the church. From the day of the church’s organization on 6 April 1830, JS and Oliver Cowdery led the church in their capacity as elders. An 11 November 1831 revelation directed that “the duty of the president of the office of the high...

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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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 take their families  as soon as it is praticable and a door  is open for them and move on to the  west as fast as the way is made plain  before their faces and let their hearts  be comforted for I will be with them
Verily I say unto you the time [page damaged] to  come that your laibours are finished  in this place, for a season, Therefore  arise and get yourselves on to a land  which I shall show unto you even  a land flowing with milk and honey  you are clean from the blood of this  people and wo unto those who have  become your enimies who <have> professed my  name saith the Lord, for their judge ment lingereth not and their damnation  slumbereth not, let all your faithfull  friends arise with their families  also and get out of this place and  gather themselves together unto Zion

In JS’s earliest revelations “the cause of Zion” was used to broadly describe the work JS was called to do. However, the term Zion was soon used more specifically to describe a community of believers who live in harmony and equality. The Book of Mormon explained...

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  and be at peace among yourselves O  ye inhabitants of Zion or there shall  be no saf[e]ty for you [p. [1]]

Facts

Editorial Title
Revelation, 12 January 1838–C
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