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Revelation, 24 February 1834, as Recorded in Richards, Pocket Companion [D&C 103]

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Revelation,
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, 24 Feb. 1834. Version copied [not before 8 August 1839] in Richards, “W. Richards Pocket Companion Written in England,” pp. 31–37; handwriting of
Willard Richards

24 June 1804–11 Mar. 1854. Teacher, lecturer, doctor, clerk, printer, editor, postmaster. Born at Hopkinton, Middlesex Co., Massachusetts. Son of Joseph Richards and Rhoda Howe. Moved to Richmond, Berkshire Co., Massachusetts, 1813; to Chatham, Columbia Co...

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; Willard Richards, Journals and Papers, CHL.

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See Historical Introduction to Revelation, 24 Feb. 1834 [D&C 103].
Asterisk (*) denotes a "featured" version, which includes an introduction and annotation. *Revelation, 24 February 1834 [D&C 103]

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as salt that hath lost its savor & is thenceforth good for nothing but to be cast out & <​be​> trodden under foot of men but verily I say unto you I have decreed that your brethren which have been scattered shall return to the lands of their
inheritance

Generally referred to land promised by or received from God for the church and its members. A January 1831 revelation promised church members a land of inheritance. In March and May 1831, JS dictated revelations commanding members “to purchase lands for an...

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& build up the waste places of
Zion

JS revelation, dated 20 July 1831, designated Missouri as “land of Zion” for gathering of Saints and place where “City of Zion” was to be built, with Independence area as “center place” of Zion. Latter-day Saint settlements elsewhere, such as in Kirtland,...

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for after much tribulation as I have said unto you in a former
commandment

Generally, a divine mandate that church members were expected to obey; more specifically, a text dictated by JS in the first-person voice of Deity that served to communicate knowledge and instruction to JS and his followers. Occasionally, other inspired texts...

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cometh the blessing which I have promised after your tribulations & the tribulations of your brethren your Redemption & the Redemption of your brethren even their Redemption to the Land of
Zion

JS revelation, dated 20 July 1831, designated Missouri as “land of Zion” for gathering of Saints and place where “City of Zion” was to be built, with Independence area as “center place” of Zion. Latter-day Saint settlements elsewhere, such as in Kirtland,...

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to be established no more to be thrown down. Nevertheless if they shall pollute their inheritance they shall be thrown down for I will not spare them if they pollute their inheritance. Behold I say unto you that the redemption of
Zion

A specific location in Missouri; also a literal or figurative gathering of believers in Jesus Christ, characterized by adherence to ideals of harmony, equality, and purity. In JS’s earliest revelations “the cause of Zion” was used to broadly describe the ...

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must needs come of power, therefore I will raise up unto my people a man who shall lead them like as Moses led the Children of Israel for ye are the Children of Israel of the seed of Abraham & ye must needs be led out of bondage by power & with an out-stretched arm, “even [p. 33]
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