Revelation, 16–17 December 1833, as Recorded in George Burket, Journal [D&C 101]

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Revelation, 16–17 December 1833, as Recorded in George Burket, Journal [D&C 101]
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Revelation,
Kirtland Township
Located ten miles south of Lake Erie. Settled by 1811. Organized by 1818. Latter-day Saint missionaries visited township, early Nov. 1830; many residents joined Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Population in 1830 about 55 Latter-day Saints and...
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, Geauga Co., OH, 16–17 Dec. 1833. Version copied [before 2 Dec. 1835] in George Burket, Journal, [1]–[24]; handwriting of
George Burket
18 Oct. 1788–15 Mar. 1871. Store owner/keeper, carpenter. Born in Bedford, Bedford Co., Pennsylvania. Son of George Burket Sr. and Catharine Swovelin. Married first Sarah Smith, 1810. Purchased home in Winchester, Randolph Co., Indiana, 1821; extended house...
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Historical Introduction
See Historical Introduction to Revelation, 16–17 Dec. 1833 [D&C 101].
Asterisk (*) denotes a "featured" version, which includes an introduction and annotation. *Revelation, 16–17 December 1833 [D&C 101]
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shall continue to
gether
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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together unto the place that I have appointed. nevertheless as I have said unto you in former
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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. let not your gathering be in hast[e]. nor by flight but let all thing be prepared before you. and in order that all things be prepared before you observe the commandmnts which I have given concerning these things. which saithe saieth or teacheth to purches [purchase] all the Lands by money. which can be purchest for money in the reagions round about the land. which I have appointed to be the land of
Zion
A specific location in Missouri; also a literal or figurative gathering of believers in Jesus Christ, characterized by adherence to ideals of harmony, equality, and purity. In JS’s earliest revelations “the cause of Zion” was used to broadly describe the ...
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for the begining of the gethering of my saints: all the [p. [16]]
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Revelation, 16–17 December 1833, as Recorded in George Burket, Journal [D&C 101]
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