Revelation given through the Prophet James, J. Strang on January 7, 1849. At this time, the Saints were slack in following the commands to build up Voree, though a few there remain faithful. Those who fail to tithe and build the Temple will not enter therein.
1a Hearken, O ye saints, and give ear; for the time to favor Zion is at hand, and the day of her redemption draweth near.
1b Draw near unto me and learn, for the ways of man are foolishness before me. Behold, ye shall be one; and if ye are not one, ye are none of mine.
1c And ye shall all speak the same thing. Ye are cursed; ye are confounded, because ye have many tongues, like unto Mystery Babylon, and many are running to and fro, speaking in their own wisdom, which is folly before me.
1d By their speech gross darkness filleth the minds of the people.
1e Those whom I have called to preach the gospel to the nations, have left serving me to contend against mine anointed, and I have not strengthened them, neither has their work prospered.
1f They have only accomplished to scatter, and their evil ways follow them. 2a But I have a few names left in Voree who have not denied my word, nor rebelled against mine authority, nor done despite to mine anointed.
2b And they shall be mine when I come to be glorified on earth. And there are a few in the Isles of the North who have not denied my name.
2c When dominion is given to the saints, I will remember their works. Nevertheless, as a people, ye have been slack in serving me.
2d Ye have broken my commandments, and despised mine authority, and my precepts have been to you a vain thing.
2e Ye are a stiff necked and rebellious people, who delight in your own vanities, and prefer your lusts to the chief of the things which God giveth.
2f But such of you as draw near unto me, I will draw near unto them, and will save them. I have given you good gifts, and you have consumed them upon your lusts;
2g I have chastised you, and ye have taken my name in vain; I have called you together to enjoy the blessings of my people, and ye have not heeded my call;
2h I have revealed my authority to those that gathered, and they have spurned it; I have appointed shepherds unto you, and ye have despised them, and have walked in your own ways, where they did not lead you;
2i And because of your rebellious hearts are you blind and deaf, that seeing you perceive not, and hearing you understand not.
3a Ye have robbed me in tithes and in offerings, and have been slothful in building a house unto my name, that I may dwell in it, and in building a tower of strength for the defense and the dwelling of Zion.
3b Come now, therefore, and bring in your tithes, and build a house unto me, that I may reveal most precious things unto you.
3c And make unto me a freewill offering, for a stronghold upon the Hill of Promise, according to the pattern which I have shown unto my servant James, and of which he has begun to lay the foundation, and I will show all things unto him in their time.
3d And if ye do these things, I will give you strength that your enemies shall not prevail over you, and this shall be your possession.
3e Moreover, I have given you the Islands in the Great Lakes for a possession.
There shall you dwell apart from the Gentiles, and none shall make you afraid.
3f For my law shall be kept there, and judgment shall be rendered against those that despise it.
4a If ye will therefore possess these things, remember my law, to keep it. Forget not the precepts which I have given you, but act wisely, according to the wisdom which I have revealed unto you;
4b And despise not my word, for it is not a vain thing. I have given you wisdom, with promise. If ye will not live by it, the promise is not unto you.
4c It is a vain thing for you to witness my word, if ye will not regard it, to live by it.
5a At Voree shall your possessions be purchased with money, and you shall make speed to redeem that which you have purchased.
5b To that end have I blessed you, and you have consumed the blessings on things which are not good for you; yea, even the Order which I have commanded you to establish according to the Order of the Church of the First Born, have done this.
5c Yet because the chief among them have sought unto me, and have admonished unto faithfulness, and have kept my words, I will yet bless them, and will give them the kingdom, if they abide in well doing.
6a Once more I command all my saints to bring in their tithes, according to the Law I have given them, and build a house unto me.
6b Whosoever will not do it, shall not enter into the house of the Lord. Let mine Apostles call on all the saints, both by word and proclamation, to do this thing.
6c And let faithful and chosen ones be sent unto them, to receive of their tithes for this work, and let the work progress from this time forward.
7a And send faithful ones unto the saints, and call on them to make a freewill offering for the tower which I have commanded you to build on the Hill of Promise; 7b And let the same be built, that it may be a habitation and a defense for the saints that shall gather together and keep the Order of Enoch, which I have revealed unto my servants;
7c And let a subscription be circulated, that those who have not sold their possessions and cannot yet gather up their goods to the places appointed, may assist in building the towers of Zion, and may obtain an inheritance among the faithful.
8a And ye shall establish this Order at the stake which I have appointed among the Lamanites, and there shall ye keep it in all your habitations.
8b And I will multiply you, and increase you exceedingly. And those that are strong in my ways, will I make patriarchs and rulers in their tribes, and princes in their houses.
8c Their inheritances shall be appointed unto them, and to their houses, and their posterity after them for a perpetual possession.
8d Let many gather to the Islands which I have appointed for your gathering, that this Order may be kept more perfectly;
8e For there will I give you much possession for an inheritance, if ye will go up and possess it.
8f And such as shall be appointed of the Order of Enoch, by the voice of the Order, shall go up and possess the land, but they shall retain a strong hold at Voree, for it must needs be that they keep a possession there, and my work requires it.
8g And if they do not redeem and preserve it, they must be afflicted with sore affliction. If they are faithful unto me, my strength shall shield them and prosper them.
9a And let this Order be an example unto all, both to the believing and to the unbelieving; for if they do not walk in my ways more perfectly, I will yet cast them off.
9b For the properties of this Order are all mine. He that draws back from this Order, and takes away that which he has consecrated, robbeth me, saith the Lord.
9c Nevertheless, now, ye shall not withhold; for he shall be trodden down by whom I will, in my own time.
9d And ye have polluted yourselves by your excess of flesh which ye have eaten, and by the unclean things and the poisonous drugs which ye have consumed upon your lusts.
9e Behold, ye say ye need these things. But I say they are not good for you. 9f Who is man, that he should prefer himself to God? And for these are ye in debt to your enemies. Except I deliver you, they shall oppress you.
9g But the righteous will I establish, and the wicked will I cast off.
10a Put away covetousness. Remember that all that ye possess is mine. Cast all idlers out of this Order.
10b Let no man call aught his own, nor buy nor sell as though it were his. But let all be the common property of all, as I have given unto you; and let those buy and sell, who are appointed by common consent.
10c And this shall be your inheritance, and the inheritance of your children forever.
10d He that is faithful in this little, shall be made prince of a village, or ruler of a tower; and he that is faithful therein, shall be made patriarch of a tribe, or ruler of many cities in my kingdom.
11a And ye shall not provoke one another. But ye shall console and strengthen one another. Ye shall strengthen the weak;
11b For with kindness and much charity will I give you to prevail, and ye shall save them. And ye shall not contend against one another.
12a Rebel not against my servant James; for I am with him, and I have given unto him the keys of the kingdom of heaven.
12b Whosoever receiveth me, receiveth him. Whosoever receiveth him, receiveth those whom I have sent.
12c Whosoever heareth not his words, heareth not mine. Whosoever heareth not his words, hearkeneth not to the words of those whom I have sent.
12d For I have made him the chief shepherd of the whole flock on earth. They that are of the flock hear his voice. If not, they go astray to destruction.
13a Behold, I am his friend; for he has been faithful unto me. And the keys which I have given to him shall not be taken from him in this world, neither in the world to come.
13b They that speak evil of him are enemies unto me, saith the Lord. They have given themselves unto lies, and their hearts to wickedness.
13c For he is meeker than Moses, more patient than Job, and has kept himself unpolluted in the midst of the lustful and ungodly till they have departed from him. 14a Ye know not his patience, nor his faith, nor his trials and sufferings. How have ye cast your toil on him?
14b Ye have required him to bring redemption to Zion, and prosperity to you, when ye lifted not your hands. Because he has not done it, many have reviled him and denied my name.
14c But to as many as are faithful, will I give power to become heirs of the kingdom of heaven.
14d And I have a great work for him to do, and with speed shall he do it, if ye uphold him in faith and confidence and prayer.
14e For my hidden word shall be translated, and given to those that will receive it. And I have called him to this work.
15a And if my servant George J. Adams will be his Counsellor, let him come and dwell near unto my servant James, and assist him in presiding, and in the school of the prophets, and in carrying my word to the saints, and to the nations, and to far countries.
15b But let his dwelling be in the inheritance of the saints. If he do this, I will sustain him and will make him a host, and the head of nations.
16a Behold, my servant William Marks has gone far astray in departing from me, yet I give unto him a little space that he may return and receive my word, and stand in his place;
16b For I remember his work that he has done in the time that is past.
16c If he will return and abide faithful, I will make him great, and his possessions shall be great, and he shall possess a city, and his children shall dwell therein; a nation shall call him blessed.
17a And my servants the Apostles have not filled their mission in preaching my gospel to the nations of the earth, but have betaken themselves to their own work. 17b If they had obeyed me, I would have given them a host as the fruit of their labor, and added to them their food, raiment and possessions also.
17c Do I not possess all? And am I impoverished that I cannot reward the faithful? I will provide for him that obeys me, and array him that regards my words. 18a I have protected you from all your enemies; I have turned men’s hearts that they should do good unto you, and not persecute you;
18b I have given you a home in a bountiful land; and ye have not done good according to my abundant mercies, nor regarded me according to my loving kindness.
18c But ye have made yourselves like the Gentiles, and have sought your own ways, and not mine.
18d And now turn unto me, all ye my people, lest the disobedient and the rebellious be cut off, and cast out of his possession, and persecution and wrath come on those who are slack in serving me, and I give you chastisement and much sorrow. 18e For your enemies shall be upon you, and ye shall flee before them, if ye turn not to me to be faithful.