Revelation, 24 February 1834, as Recorded in Phelps, Diary and Notebook [D&C 103]

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Revelation, 24 February 1834, as Recorded in Phelps, Diary and Notebook [D&C 103]
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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, [24 Feb. 1834]. Version copied [ca. 1835] in Phelps, Diary and Notebook, pp. 17–30; handwriting of
William W. Phelps
17 Feb. 1792–7 Mar. 1872. Writer, teacher, printer, newspaper editor, publisher, postmaster, lawyer. Born at Hanover, Morris Co., New Jersey. Son of Enon Phelps and Mehitabel Goldsmith. Moved to Homer, Cortland Co., New York, 1800. Married Sally Waterman,...
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; CHL.

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See Historical Introduction to Revelation, 24 Feb. 1834 [D&C 103].
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has lost its saviour [savor], and is thenseforth good for nothing but to be cast out and be troden under foot of men. But, verily I say unto you, I have decreed that your brethren which have been scattered shall return to the lands of 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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, and build up the waste places 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 after much tribulation, as I have said unto you in a 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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cometh the blessing. Behold this is the blessing which I have promised after your tribulations, and the tribulations of [p. 21]
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