A Revelation to the elders of the church, assembled in Kirtland,
Ohio, given February, 1831.
- O Hearken, ye elders of my church, and give ear to the words which
I shall speak unto you:
- For behold, verily, verily I say unto you, that ye have received a
commandment for a law unto my church, through him whom I have appointed
unto you, to receive commandments and revelations from my hand.
- And this ye shall know assuredly, that there is none other appointed
unto to you to receive commandments and revelations until he be taken,
if he abide in me.
- But verily, verily I say unto you, that none else shall be appointed
unto this gift except it be through him, for if it be taken from him
he shall not have power, except to appoint another in his stead:
- And this shall be a law unto you, that ye receive not the teachings
of any that shall come before you as revelations or commandments:
- And this I give unto you, that you may not be deceived; that you may
know they are not of me.
- For verily I say unto you, that he that is ordained of me shall come
in at the gate and be ordained as I have told you before, to teach those
revelations which you have received, and shall receive through him whom
I have appointed.
- And now behold I give unto you a commandment, that when we are assembled
together ye shall note with a pen how to act, and for my church to act
upon the points of my law and commandments, which I have given:
- And thus it shall become a law unto you, being sanctified by that
which ye have received, that ye shall bind yourselves to act in all
holiness before me; that inasmuch as ye do this, glory shall be added
to the kingdom which ye have received.
- Inasmuch as ye do it not, it shall be taken even that which ye have
received.
- Purge ye out the iniquity which is among you; sanctify yourselves
before me and if ye desire the glories of the kingdom, appoint ye my
servant Joseph and uphold him before me by the prayer of faith.
- And again, I say unto you, that if ye desire the mysteries of the
kingdom, provide for him food and raiment and whatsoever thing he needeth
to accomplish the work, wherewith I have commanded him:
- And if ye do it not, he shall remain unto them that have received
him, that I may reserve unto myself a pure people before me.
- Again I say, hearken ye elders of my church, whom I have appointed:
- Ye are not sent forth to be taught, but to teach the children of men
the things which I have put into your hands by the power of my Spirit:
and ye are to be taught from on high.
- Sanctify yourselves and ye shall be endowed with power, that ye may
give even as I have spoken.
- Hearken ye, for behold the great day of the Lord is nigh at hand.
- For the day cometh that the Lord shall utter his voice out of heaven;
the heavens shall shake and the earth shall tremble, and the trump of
God shall sound both long and loud, and shall say to the sleeping nations:
- Ye saints arise and live:
- Ye sinners stay and sleep until I shall call again:
- Wherefore gird up your loins, lest ye be found among the wicked.
- Lift up your voices and spare not.
- Call upon the nations to repent, both od and young, both bond and
free; saying, Prepare yourselves for the great day of the Lord:
- For if I, who am a man, do lift up my voice and call upon you to repent,
and ye hate me, what will ye say when the day cometh when the thunders
shall utter their voices from the ends of the earth, speaking in the
ears of all that live, saying, Repent, and prepare for the great day
of the Lord;
- Yea, and again, when the lightnings shall streak forth from the east
unto the west, and shall utter forth their voices unto all that live,
and make the ears of all tingle, that hear, saying these words:
- Repent ye, for the great day of the Lord is come.
- And again, the Lord shall utter his voice out of heaven, saying:
- Hearken, O ye nations of the earth, and hear the words of that God
who made you.
- O ye nations of the earth, how often would I have gathered you, together
as a hen gathereth her chickens under her wings, but ye would not?
- How oft have I called upon you by the mouth of my servants; and by
the ministering of angels; and by mine own voice; and by the voice of
thunderings; and by the voice of lightnings; and by the voice of tempests;
and by the voice of earthquakes; and great hail-storms; and by the voice
of famines, and pestilences of every kind; and by the great sound of
a trump; and by the voice of judgment; and by the voice of mercy all
the day long; and by the voice of glory, and honor, and the riches of
eternal life; and would have saved you with an everlasting salvation,
but ye would not?
- Behold the day has come, when the cup of the wrath of mine indignation,
is full.
- Behold, verily I say unto you, that these are the words of the Lord
your God:
- Wherefore, labor ye, labor ye, in my vineyard for the last time:
- For the last time call ye upon the inhabitants of the earth, for in
mine own due time will I come upon the earth in judgment:
- And my people shall be redeemed and shall reign with me on earth:
- For the great Millennial, which I have spoken by the mouth of my servants,
shall come;
- For satan shall be bound; and when he is loosed again, he shall only
reign for a little season, and then cometh the end of the earth:
- And he that liveth in righteousness, shall be changed in the twinkling
of an eye;
- And the earth shall pass away so as by fire;
- And the wicked shall go away into unquenchable fire; and their end
no man knoweth, on earth, nor ever shall know, until they come before
me in judgment.
- Hearken ye to these words; behold I am Jesus Christ, the Savior of
the world.
- Treasure these things up in your hearts, and let the solemnities of
eternity rest upon your minds.
- Be sober.
- Keep all my commandments; even so: Amen.
|