Section 105 (1835 Doctrine and Covenants)
Reading Time: 5 minutesRevelation given on Fishing River, Missouri June 22 1834. 1 Verily I say unto you who have assembled yourselves ogether that you may learn my will concerning the redemption of mine afflicted people. 2 Behold, I say unto you, were it not for the transgressions of my people, speaking concerning the church and not individuals,…
Section 106 (1835 Doctrine and Covenants)
Reading Time: < 1 minuteRevelation given November 25 1834. 1 It is my will that my servant Warren A. Cowdery should be appointed and ordained a presiding high priest over my church, in the land of Freedom and the regions round about; and should preach my everlasting gospel, and lift up his voice and warn the people, not only…
Section 107 (1835 Doctrine and Covenants)
Reading Time: 10 minutesRevelation given March 28 1835. ON PRIESTHOOD 1 There are, in the church, two priesthoods, namely, the Melchizedek and Aaronic, including the Levitical Priesthood. Why the first is called the Melchizedek Priesthood is because Melchizedek was such a great high priest. Before his day it was called the Holy Priesthood, after the Order of the…
Sections 108, 109, 110, 111 & 112 (1835 Doctrine and Covenants)
Reading Time: 4 minutesRevelation given to Thomas B Marsh at Kirtland July 23 1837. 1 Verily thus saith the Lord unto you my servant Thomas: I have heard thy prayers; and thine alms have come up as a memorial before me, in behalf of those, thy brethren, who were chosen to bear testimony of my name and to…
Sections 113, 114, 115, 116, 117, 118 & 119 (1835 Doctrine and Covenants)
Reading Time: < 1 minuteTITHING Revelation given at Far West, Missouri July 8 1838.In answer to the question asked by the Prophet Joseph Smith:- O Lord shew unto thy servants how much thou requirest of the properties of the people for a tithing. 1 Verily, thus saith the Lord, I require all their surplus property to be put into…
Sections 120, 121, 122, 123 & 124 (1835 Doctrine and Covenants)
Reading Time: 19 minutesRevelation given Joseph Smith January 19 1841. 1 Verily, thus saith the Lord unto you, my servant Joseph Smith, I am well pleased with your offering and acknowledgments, which you have made; for unto this end have I raised you up, that I might show forth my wisdom through the weak things of the earth….
Sections 125, 126 & 127 (1835 Doctrine and Covenants)
Reading Time: 3 minutesAn Epistle from Joseph Smith, Nauvoo September 1 1842. TO ALL THE SAINTS IN NAUVOO:- 1 Forasmuch as the Lord has revealed unto me that my enemies, both in Missouri and this State, were again in the pursuit of me; and inasmuch as they pursue me without a cause, and have not the least shadow…
Section 128 (1835 Doctrine and Covenants)
Reading Time: 9 minutesAn Epistle from Joseph Smith, Nauvoo September 6 1842. 1 As I stated to you in my letter before I left my place, that I would write to you from time to time and give you information in relation to many subjects, I now resume the subject of the baptism for the dead, as that…
Sections 129, 130, 131, 132 & 133 (1835 Doctrine and Covenants)
Reading Time: 7 minutesRevelation given November 3 1831. 1 Hearken, O ye people of my church, saith the Lord your God, and hear the word of the Lord concerning you, the Lord who shall suddenly come to his temple; the Lord who shall come down upon the world with a curse to judgment; yea, upon all the nations…
Section 134 (1835 Doctrine and Covenants)
Reading Time: < 1 minuteRevelation given to Joseph Smith Kirtland January 1836. 1 The heavens were opened upon us, and I beheld the celestial kingdom of God, and the glory thereof, whether in the body or out I cannot tell. 2 I saw the transcendent beauty of the gate through which the heirs of that kingdom will enter, which…