Revelation, 2 January 1831 [D&C 38]

The commandment

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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that ye should go to the Ohio

French explored area, 1669. British took possession following French and Indian War, 1763. Ceded to U.S., 1783. First permanent white settlement established, 1788. Partitioned from Northwest Territory and admitted as state, 1803. Bordered by Lake Erie on ...

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& there  I will give unto you my law & there you shall be endowed  with power from on high & from thence whomsoever I will  shall go forth among all Nations & it shall be told them what  they shall do for I have a great work laid up in store for  Israel shall be saved & I will lead them whithersoever I will  & no power can stay my hand And now I give unto 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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in these parts a commandment that certain men among  them shall be appointed & they shall be appointed by the  voice of the Church & they shall look to the poor & the  needy & administer to their relief that they shall not suffer  & send them forth to the place which I have commanded  them & this shall be their Work to govern the affairs  of the Church Property of this the Church & they that have  farms that cannot be sold let them be left or rented as  as seemeth them good see that all things are preserved  & when men are endowed with power from on high  & are sent forth all these things shall be gethered unto  the Bosom of the Church & if ye seek the riches which  is the will of the Father to give unto you ye shall be  the richest of all People for ye shall have the riches of  eternity & it must needs be that the riches of the Earth is  mine to give but beware of Pride lest ye become as  the Nephites of old & again I say unto you I give unto  you a commandment that evry man both Elder

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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Priest

An ecclesiastical office. In the Book of Mormon, priests were described as those who baptized, administered “the flesh and blood of Christ unto the church,” and taught “the things pertaining to the kingdom of God.” A June 1829 revelation directed the ordination...

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 & Teacher

Generally, one who instructs, but also a specific office in the church. The Book of Mormon explained that teachers were to be ordained “to preach repentance and remission of sins through Jesus Christ, by the endurance of faith on his name to the end.” According...

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& also Member go to with his might with the  Labour of his hands to prepare & accomplish these things  which I have commanded & let your preaching be the  warning voice evry man to his Neighbour in mildness  & in meekness & go ye out from among the wicked save  yourselves be ye clean that bear the vesels of the Lord even so amen [p. 52]