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Revelation, 16–17 December 1833, as Published in Howe, Mormonism Unvailed [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 published in
Eber D. Howe

9 June 1798–10 Nov. 1885. Newspaper editor and publisher, farmer, wool manufacturer. Born at Clifton Park, Saratoga Co., New York. Son of Samuel William Howe and Mabel Dudley. Moved with family to Ovid, Seneca Co., New York, 1804. Located at Niagara District...

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, Mormonism Unvailed, Or, A Faithful Account of That Singular Imposition and Delusion, from Its Rise to the Present Time, Painesville, OH: By the author, 1834, 147–155. The copy used for transcription is held at CHL.

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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joy; to 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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. And all these things, that the prophets might be fulfilled.
And behold, there is none other place appointed; neither shall there be any other place appointed than that which I have appointed for the work of
gathering

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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my saints, until the day cometh when there is found no more room for them; and then I have other places which I will appoint unto them, and they shall be called
stakes

Ecclesiastical organization of church members in a particular locale. Stakes were typically large local organizations of church members; stake leaders could include a presidency, a high council, and a bishopric. Some revelations referred to stakes “to” or...

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, for the curtains, or the strength of Zion.
Behold, it is my will, that all who call on my name, and worship me according to mine everlasting gospel, should gather together and stand in holy places, and prepare for the revelation which is to come when the veil for the covering of my temple, in my tabernacle, which hideth the earth, shall be taken off, and all flesh shall see me together. And every corruptible thing, both of man, or the beasts of the field, or of the fowls of heaven or of the fish of the sea, that dwell upon the face of the earth, shall be consumed; and also, that of element shall melt with fervent heat; and all things shall become new, that my glory may dwell upon all the earth.
And in that day the enmity of man, and the enmity of beasts; yea, the enmity of all flesh shall cease from before my face. And in that day whatsoever any man shall ask it shall be given unto him. And in that day satan shall not have power to tempt any man. And there shall be no sorrow because there is no death. In that day an infant shall not die until he is old, and his life shall be as the age of a tree, and when he dies he shall not sleep, (that is to say in the earth,) he shall be changed in the twinkling of an eye, and shall be caught up, and his rest shall be glorious.
Yea, verily I say unto you, in that day when the Lord shall come he shall reveal all things; things which have passed, and hidden things which no man knew; things of [p. 149]
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