Revelation, 2 January 1831 [D&C 38]

Virtue of the blood which I have spilt have I pled before  the Father for them but Behold the residue of the wicked  have I kept in Chains of darkness untill the Judgement  of the great day which shall come at the end of the  Earth & even so will I cause the wicked that will not  hear my voice but harden their hearts & wo, wo,  is their doom But Behold Verily Verily I say unto you  that mine eyes are upon you I am in your midst  & ye cannot see me but the day soon cometh that  ye shall see me & know that I am for the chains <vails> of  vails of darkness shall soon be rent & he that is not  purified shall not abide the day wherefore gird  up your loins & be prepared Behold the Kingdom  is yours & the enemy shall not overcome Verily I  say unto you that ye are clean but not all &  there is none else with whoom I am well pleased for  all flesh is corruptabl before me & the powers of dark ness prevail upon the Earth among the Children of  men in the presence of all the host <of> Heaven which  causeth silence to reign & all eternity is pained &  the Angels are waiting the great 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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to Reap  down the Earth to gether the tears [tares] that they may be  burned & Behold the enemy is combined & now I shew  unto you a Mystery a thing which is had in seecret  Chambers to bring to pass even your distruction in  process of time & ye knew it not but now I tell it <unto> you  & ye are blessed not because of your iniquity neither  your hearts of unbelief, for Verily <some of> ye you are guilty before me  Therefore be ye strong from henceforth fear not for  the Kingdom is yours & for your Salvation I gave it  unto you a commandment for I have heard your prayers  & the poor have complained before me & the rich have I  made & all flesh is mine & I am no respector to & I  persons & I have made the earth rich & Behold it is  my footstool Wherefore again I will stand upon it  & I hold forth & deign to give unto you greater [p. 50]