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Revelation, circa 7 March 1831, as Recorded in McLellin, Copies of Revelations [D&C 45]

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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, ca. [7] Mar. 1831. Version copied [ca. early Nov.] 1831 in McLellin, Copies of Revelations, [1]–[7]; handwriting of
William E. McLellin

18 Jan. 1806–14 Mar. 1883. Schoolteacher, physician, publisher. Born at Smith Co., Tennessee. Son of Charles McLellin and Sarah (a Cherokee Indian). Married first Cynthia Ann, 30 July 1829. Wife died, by summer 1831. Baptized into Church of Jesus Christ of...

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; William E. McLellin, Papers, CHL. For more complete source information, see the source note for Revelation, 29 Oct. 1831 [D&C 66].

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See Historical Introduction to Revelation, ca. 7 Mar. 1831 [D&C 45].
Asterisk (*) denotes a "featured" version, which includes an introduction and annotation. *Revelation, circa 7 March 1831 [D&C 45]

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But among the wicked, men shall lift up their voices and curse God and die. And there shall be earthquakes also in divers places and many desolations, Yet men will harden their hearts against me and they will take up the sword one against another and they will kill one anothe[r] And now when I the Lord had spake these words unto my disciples they were troubled and <​I​> said unto them be not troubled for when all these things shall come to pass ye may know the promises which have been made unto you shall be fulfilled & when the light shall begin to break forth, it shall be with them even like unto<​unto​> <​a​> parable which I will shew you, Ye look & behold the fig trees and ye see them with your eyes & ye say when they begin to shoot forth and their leaves are yet tender ye say that summer is now nigh at hand— even so it shall be in that day when they shall see all these things— then shall they know that the hour is nigh & it shall come to pass that he that feareth me shall be looking for the great day of the Lord to come even for the signs of the coming of the son of man and they shall see signs and wonders for they shall be shewn forth in the heavens above and in the earth beneath & they shall behold blood and fires & vapours of smoke and before the day of the Lord come the sun shall be darkened and the moon turn to blood and stars shall fall from heaven and the remnant shall be gathered unto this place and then they shall look for me and behold I will com[e] and they shall see me in the clouds of heaven clothed with power and great glory with all the holy
angels

Being who acts as a minister and messenger between heaven and earth. JS taught that angels were individuals who “belonged to this earth”; those who had already lived on earth were often resurrected beings. In addition to giving instruction, direction, and...

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and he that watcheth not for me shall be cut off, But before the arm of the Lord shall fall, The Angel shall sound his trump and the saints that have slept shall come forth to meet me in the cloud, Wherefore if ye have slept in peace [p. [4]]
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