Revelation, March 1829 [D&C 5]

against my words Behold I deliver them up unto Satan for  he reigneth & hath much Power at this time for he that hath  hath got great hold upon the hearts of the People of this  Generation & how far from the iniquities of Sodom and  Gomorrah do they come at this time & Behold the Swoard  of Justice doth hang above their heads & if they persist in the  hardness of ther hearts the time cometh that it must fall upon  them Behold I tell you these things even as I also told the People  of the destruction of Jerusalem & my word shall be verrified  at this time as it hath hitherto been verrified & now I com mand my Servant Joseph that he repenteth & walketh  more uprightly before me & yield to the perswations of men  no more & that he be firm in Keeping the commandments

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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 which I have commanded him & if he do this Behold I grant  unto him Eternal life even if he should be slain. And  now I speak again concerning the the man that desireeth the Wit ness Behold I say unto him if he exalteth himself & doth not  humble himself sufficiently before me I will grant unto  him no such vews but if he will go out & bow down before  me & humble himself in mighty prayer & faith in the  sincerity of his heart then will I grant unto him a vew  of the things which he desireth to vew then shall he say un to the People of this Generation Behold I have seen the things &  I know of a surety that they are true for I have seen  them & they have been shone unto me by the Power  of God & I command him that he say no more except  I have seen them & they have been shone unto me by the  Power of God & these are the words which he shall say  but if he deny this he shall brake the covenant

A binding agreement between two parties, especially God and man. The term covenant was often associated with “commandments,” referring to revelation texts. The gospel, as preached by JS—including the need for faith, repentance, baptism, and reception of the...

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which  he hath covenanted with me & Behold he is condemn ed & now except he humble himself & acknowledge unto  me the things which he hath done that is wrong & cove nant with me that he will Keep my commandments  & exercise faith in me Behold I say unto him he shall  have no such vews for I will grant unto him no such vews  of which I have spoken & if this be the case I command him  that he shall do no more nor trouble me no more Con cerning this matter & if this be the case Behold I say unto  you Joseph when thou hast translated

To produce a new text through a revelatory, rather than scholarly, process by the “gift and power of God.” In the Book of Mormon, the ancient prophet Mosiah translated records into his own language using “interpreters,” or “two stones which was fastened into...

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