Revelation, 24 February 1834, as Recorded in Cleminson, Record [D&C 103]

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Revelation, 24 February 1834, as Recorded in Cleminson, Record [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 [between 1838 and 1846] in Cleminson, Record, pp. [12]–[21]; handwriting of
John Cleminson
28 Dec. 1798–28 Nov. 1879. Farmer, teacher, cabinet maker, carpenter, clerk. Born at Lancaster, Lancashire, England. Migrated to St. John’s, New Brunswick (later in Canada), 1812. Moved to Louisville, Jefferson Co., Kentucky. Moved to Lexington, Lillard Co...
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; CHL.

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See Historical Introduction to Revelation, 24 Feb. 1834 [D&C 103].
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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 blessings: Behold this is the blessing which I have promised after your tribulations and the tribulation of your Brethren; your redemption and the redemption of your brethren even their restoration to the land of
Zion
JS revelation, dated 20 July 1831, designated Missouri as “land of Zion” for gathering of Saints and place where “City of Zion” was to be built, with Independence area as “center place” of Zion. Latter-day Saint settlements elsewhere, such as in Kirtland,...
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to be established no more to be thrown down Nevertheless if they shall pollute their inheritances they shall be thrown down for I will not spare them if they shall pollute their inheritances

Behold I say unto you that the redemption 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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must needs come of power: Therefore I will [p. [15]]
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