Revelation, 24 February 1834, as Recorded in Woodruff, Book of Revelations [D&C 103]

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Revelation, 24 February 1834, as Recorded in Woodruff, Book of Revelations [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 [between 2 July and 8 Aug. 1839] in Woodruff, Book of Revelations, [49]–[59]; handwriting of
Wilford Woodruff
1 Mar. 1807–2 Sept. 1898. Farmer, miller. Born at Farmington, Hartford Co., Connecticut. Son of Aphek Woodruff and Beulah Thompson. Moved to Richland, Oswego Co., New York, 1832. Baptized into Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints by Zera Pulsipher,...
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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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cometh the blessing which I have promised 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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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
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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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
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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must needs come of pain & therefore I [[will]]
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TEXT: Transliteration from Taylor shorthand: “w-l”. It is unknown why Wilford Woodruff used shorthand for certain words in copying this revelation.
raise up unto my people a [man] who shall lead them like as [p. [52]]
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Revelation, 24 February 1834, as Recorded in Woodruff, Book of Revelations [D&C 103]
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11
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TEXT: Transliteration from Taylor shorthand: “w-l”. It is unknown why Wilford Woodruff used shorthand for certain words in copying this revelation.