A Revelation given in Kirtland, Ohio, August, 1831.
- Hearken O ye people, and open your hearts, and give ear from afar:
- And listen, you that call yourselves the people of the Lord, and hear
the word of the Lord, and his will concerning you:
- Yea, verily I say, hear the word of him whose anger is kindled against
wicked, and rebellious; who willeth to take even them whom he will take,
and preserveth in life them whom he will preserve:
- Who buildeth up at his own will and pleasure; and destroyeth when
he please; and is able to cast the soul down to hell.
- Behold I the Lord uttereth my voice, and it shall be obeyed.
- Wherefore verily I say, let the wicked take heed, and let the rebellious
fear, and tremble.
- And let the unbelieving hold their lips, for the day of wrath shall
come upon them as a whirlwind, and all flesh shall know that I am God.
- And he that seeketh signs shall see signs, but not unto salvation.
- Verily I say unto you, there are those among you, who seeketh signs;
and there have been such even from the beginning.
- But behold, faith cometh not by sins, but signs follow those that
believe.
- Yea, signs cometh by faith, not by the will of men, nor as they please,
but by the will of God.
- Yea, signs cometh by faith, unto mighty works, for without faith no
man pleaseth God: and with whom God is angry, he is not well pleased:
- Wherefore, unto such he sheweth no signs, only in wrath unto their
condemnation.
- Wherefore I the Lord am not pleased with those among you, who have
sought after signs and wonders for faith, and not for the good of men
unto my glory:
- Nevertheless, I gave commandments and many have turned away from my
commandments, and have not kept them.
- There were among you adulterers and adulteresses; some of whom have
turned away from you, and others remain with you, that hereafter shall
be revealed.
- Let such beware and repent speedily, lest judgment shall come upon
them as a snare, and their folly shall be made manifest, and their works
shall follow them in the eyes of the people.
- And verily I say unto you, as I have said before, he that looketh
on a woman to lust after her, or if any shall commit adultery in their
hearts, they shall not have the spirit, but shall deny the faith and
shall fear:
- Wherefore I the Lord have said that the fearful and the unbelieving,
and all liars, and whosoever loveth and maketh a lie, and the whoremonger,
and the sorcerer, should have their part in that lake which burneth
with fire and brimstone, which is the second death.
- Verily I say, that they shall not have part in the first resurrection.
- And now behold, I the Lord saith unto you, that ye are not justified
because these things are among you, nevertheless he that endureth in
faith and doeth my will, the same shall overcome, and shall receive
an inheritance upon the earth, when the day of transfiguration shall
come;
- When the earth shall be transfigured, even according to the pattern
which was shown unto mine apostles upon the mount:
- Of which account the fulness ye have not yet received.
- And now, verily I say unto you, that as I said that I would make known
my will unto you, behold I will make it known unto you, not by the way
of commandment, for there are many who observe not to keep my commandments,
but unto him that keepeth my commandments, I will give the mysteries
of my kingdom, and the same shall be in him a well of living water,
springing up unto everlasting life.
- And now, behold this is the will of the Lord your God concerning his
saints, that they should assemble themselves together unto the land
of Zion, not in haste, lest there should be confusion, which bringeth
pestilence.
- Behold the land of Zion, I the Lord holdeth it in mine own hands:
- Nevertheless, I the Lord rendereth unto Caesar the things which are
Caesar's:
- Wherefore I the Lord willeth, that you should purchase the lands,
that you may have advantage of the world, that you may have claim on
the world, that they may not be stirred up unto anger:
- For satan putteth it into their hearts to anger against you, and to
the shedding of blood:
- Wherefore the land of Zion shall not be obtained but by purchased,
or by blood, otherwise there is none inheritance for you.
- And if by purchase behold you are blessed;
- And if by blood, as you are forbidden to shed blood, lo, your enemies
are upon you, and ye shall be scourged from city to city, and from synagogue
to synagogue, and but a few shall stand to receive an inheritance.
- I the Lord am angry with the wicked;
- I am holding my Spirit from the inhabitants of the earth.
- I have sworn in my wrath and decreed wars upon the face of the earth,
and the wicked shall slay the wicked, and fear shall come upon every
man and the saints also shall hardly escape:
- Nevertheless, I the Lord am with them, and will come down in heaven
from the presence of God, and consume the wicked with unquenchable fire.
- And behold this is not yet, but by and by:
- Wherefore seeing that I the Lord have decreed all these things upon
the face of the earth, I willeth that my saints should be assembled
upon the land of Zion;
- And that every man should take righteousness in his hands, and faithfulness
upon his loins, and lift a warning voice unto the inhabitants of the
earth;
- And declare both by word and by flight, that desolation shall come
upon the wicked.
- Wherefore let my disciples in Kirtland, arrange their temporal concerns,
which dwell upon this farm.
- Let my servant Titus, who has the care thereof dispose of the land,
that he may be prepared in the coming spring, to take his journey up
unto the land of Zion, with those that dwell upon the face thereof,
excepting those whom I shall reserve unto myself, that shall not go
until I shall command them.
- And let all the moneys which can be spared, it mattereth not unto
me whether it be little or much, sent up unto the land of Zion, unto
them whom I have appointed to receive.
- Behold I the Lord, will give unto my servant Joseph power, that he
shall be enabled to discern by the Spirit those who shall go up unto
the land of Zion, and those of my disciples who shall tarry.
- Let my servant Newel retain his store, or in other words, the store
yet for a little season.
- Nevertheless let him impart all the money which he can impart, to
be sent up unto the land of Zion.
- Behold these things are in his own hands, let him do according to
wisdom.
- Verily I say, let him be ordained as an agent unto the disciples that
shall tarry, and let him be ordained unto this power;
- And now speedily visit the churches, expounding these things unto
them, with my servant Oliver.
- Behold this is my will, obtaining moneys even as I have directed.
- He that is faithful and endureth shall overcome the world.
- He that sendeth up treasures unto the land of Zion, shall receive
an inheritance in this world, and his works shall follow him; and also,
a reward in the world to come;
- Yea, and blessed are the dead that die in the Lord from henceforth,
when the Lord shall come and old things shall pass away, and all things
become new, they shall rise from the dead and shall not die, and shall
receive an inheritance before the Lord, in the holy city, and he that
liveth when the Lord shall come, and have kept the faith, blessed is
he;
- Nevertheless it is appointed to him to die at the age of man:
- Wherefore children shall grow up until they become old, old men shall
die;
- But they shall not sleep in the dust, but they shall be changed in
the twinkling of an eye:
- Wherefore, for this cause preached the apostles unto the world, the
resurrection of the dead:
- These things are the things that ye must look for, and speaking after
the manner of the Lord, they are now nigh at hand;
- And in a time to come, even in the day of the coming of the Son of
man, and until that hour, there will be foolish virgins among the wise,
and at that hour cometh an entire separation of the righteous and the
wicked;
- And in that day will I send mine angels, to pluck out the wicked,
and cast them into unquenchable fire.
- And now behold, verily I say unto you, I the Lord am not pleased with
my servant Sidney, he exalted himself in his heart, and received not
counsel, but grieved the Spirit:
- Wherefore his writing is not acceptable unto the Lord, and he shall
make another;
- And if the Lord receive it not, behold he standeth no longer in the
office which I have appointed him.
- And again: verily I say unto you, let those who desire in their hearts,
in meekness, to warn sinners to repentance, let them be ordained unto
this power;
- For this is a day of warning, and not a day of many words.
- For I the Lord am not to be mocked in the last days.
- Behold I am from above, and my power lieth beneath.
- I am over all, and in all, and through all, and searcheth all things:
- And the days cometh that all things shall be subject unto me.
- Behold I am Alpha and Omega, even Jesus Christ.
- Wherefore let all men beware, how they take my name in their lips:
- For behold, verily I say, that many there be who are under this condemnation;
- Who useth the name of the Lord, and useth it in vain, having not authority.
- Therefore let the church repent of their sins, and I the Lord will
own them, otherwise they shall be cut off.
- Remember, that that which cometh from above is sacred, and must be
spoken with care, and by constraint of the Spirit, and in this there
is no condemnation; and ye receive the Spirit through prayer:
- Wherefore without this, there remaineth condemnation:
- Let my servants Joseph and Sidney, seek them a home as they are taught
through prayer, by the Spirit.
- These things remain to overcome, through patience, that such may receive
a more exceeding and eternal weight of glory;
- Otherwise, a greater condemnation: Amen.
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