Revelation, 16 and 17 December 1833 [D&C 101]

it shall come to pass mine indignation  is soon to be poured without measure upon  all nations and this will I do when the  cup of their eniquity is full and in  that day all who are found upon the  watch tower or in other words all mine  Israel shall be saved and they that have  been scattered shall be gathered and all  they who have mourned shall be comforted  and all they who have given their lives  for my name shall be crowned  Therefore let your hearts be comforted  concerning Zion for all flesh is in  mine hands be still and know that  that I am God Zion shall not be moved  out of her place notwithstanding her  children are scattered they that remain  and are pure in heart shall return  and come to their inheritances

Generally referred to land promised by or received from God for the church and its members. A January 1831 revelation promised church members a land of inheritance. In March and May 1831, JS dictated revelations commanding members “to purchase lands for an...

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they and  their children with songs of everlasting  joy to build up the waste places of Zion  and all these things that the prophets might  might be fulfilled and behold there [is]  none other place appointed than that  which I have appointed neither shall there  be any other place appointd that [than] that  which I have appointed for the work  of the gathering

As directed by early revelations, church members “gathered” in communities. A revelation dated September 1830, for instance, instructed elders “to bring to pass the gathering of mine elect” who would “be gathered in unto one place, upon the face of this land...

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of my saints until the  day cometh when there is found no  more room for them and they shall  be called stakes

The ecclesiastical organization of church members in a particular locale. Stakes were typically large local organizations of church members; stake leaders could include a presidency, a high council, and a bishopric. Some revelations referred to stakes “to...

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for the curtains of Zion  or strength of Zion