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Vision, 16 February 1832, as Recorded in Gilbert, Notebook [D&C 76]

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“The Vision,” [
Hiram Township

Area settled by immigrants from Pennsylvania and New England, ca. 1802. Located in northeastern Ohio about twenty-five miles southeast of Kirtland. Population in 1830 about 500. Population in 1840 about 1,100. JS lived in township at home of John and Alice...

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, Portage Co., OH, 16 Feb. 1832]. Version copied [ca. Apr. 1832] in Gilbert, Notebook, pp. [63]–[75]; handwriting of
Sidney Gilbert

28 Dec. 1789–29 June 1834. Merchant. Born at New Haven, New Haven Co., Connecticut. Son of Eli Gilbert and Lydia Hemingway. Moved to Huntington, Fairfield Co., Connecticut; to Monroe, Monroe Co., Michigan Territory, by Sept. 1818; to Painesville, Geauga Co...

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; Revelations Collection, CHL. For more complete source information, see the source note for Revelation, 27 Feb. 1833 [D&C 89].

Historical Introduction

See Historical Introduction to Vision, 16 Feb. 1832 [D&C 76].
Asterisk (*) denotes a "featured" version, which includes an introduction and annotation. *Vision, 16 February 1832 [D&C 76]

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on his throne forever & ever, before whose throne all things bow in humble reverence & giveth him glory for ever & ever. They who dwell in his presence are the
Church of the first born

A term describing those who receive the fullness and glory of God the Father in the afterlife. According to an 1832 revelation, those who belong to the church of the firstborn dwell in the Father’s presence, become like him, and receive “all things” from ...

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, & they see as they are seen, & know as they are known having received of his fullness & of his grace & he maketh them equal in power & in might & in dominion— and the glory of the
Celestial

Highest kingdom of glory in the afterlife; symbolically represented by the sun. According to a vision dated 16 February 1832, inheritors of the celestial kingdom “are they who received the testimony of Jesus, & believed on his name, & were baptized,” “receive...

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is one, even as the glory of the Son is one, and the glory of the
Terestrial

One of three kingdoms, or degrees, of glory in the afterlife; symbolically represented by the moon. According to JS and Sidney Rigdon’s account of a 16 February 1832 vision, those who inherit the terrestrial kingdom are those who “received not the testimony...

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is one even as the glory of the Stars is one, for as one star differeth one from another star in glory, even so differeth one from another in glory in the
Telestial

The lowest of three kingdoms, or degrees, of glory in the afterlife; symbolically represented by the stars. According to JS and Sidney Rigdon’s account of a 16 February 1832 vision, those “who received not the gospel of Christ, neither the testimony of Jesus...

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world, for these are they who are of Paul & of Apollos and Cephas. They are they who say there are some of one & some of another, some of Christ & some of John, & some of Moses & some of Elias & some of Esaias & some of Isaiah & some of Enoch, but received not the Gospel, neither the testimony of Jesus neither the Prophets, neither the
everlasting covenant

Generally referred to the “fulness of the gospel”—the sum total of the church’s message, geared toward establishing God’s covenant people on the earth; also used to describe individual elements of the gospel, including marriage. According to JS, the everlasting...

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. last of all these are they who will not be gathered with the
saints

A Christian title, similar to disciple, used to refer to followers of God; later specifically indicated members of the church. In the New Testament, Paul referred to the early Christians as “saints.” This usage paralleled statements in the Book of Mormon ...

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to be caught up into the Church of the first Born & received into the cloud. These are they [p. [72]]
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