Vision, 16 February 1832, as Recorded in Gilbert, Notebook [D&C 76]
Source Note
“The Vision,” [, Portage Co., OH, 16 Feb. 1832]. Version copied [ca. Apr. 1832] in Gilbert, Notebook, pp. [63]–[75]; handwriting of ; Revelations Collection, CHL. For more complete source information, see the source note for Revelation, 27 Feb. 1833 [D&C 89].
and behold & lo these are they who are of the , whose glory differently from that of the Church of the first born, who have received of the fullness of the Father, even as that of the moon differeth from the Sun of the firmament Behold these are they who died without law & also they who are the Spirits of men kept in prison, whom the Son visited & preached the Gospel unto, these that they might be judged according to men in the flesh, who received not the testimony of Jesus in the flesh, but afterwards received it. These are they who are honorable men of the Earth who were blinded by the Craftiness of men. These are they who receive of his glory, but not or his fullness. These are they who receive of the presence of the Son, but not of the fullness of the Father, wherefore they are bodies terrestrial & not bodies & different in glory as the moon differeth from the Sun. These are they who are not valiant in the testimony of Jesus, wherefore they obtained not the Crown over the kingdoms of our God, and now this is the end of the vision which we saw of the terrestrial, that the Lord us to write, while we were yet in the Spirit.— And again we saw the glory [p. [70]]