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Revelation, 25 December 1832, William W. Phelps Copy [D&C 87]

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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], [25] Dec. 1832. Version copied [ca. 1835] in “Revelation Given February 1834 <​Dec 1832​>,” p. 1; handwriting of
William W. Phelps

17 Feb. 1792–7 Mar. 1872. Writer, teacher, printer, newspaper editor, publisher, postmaster, lawyer. Born at Hanover, Morris Co., New Jersey. Son of Enon Phelps and Mehitabel Goldsmith. Moved to Homer, Cortland Co., New York, 1800. Married Sally Waterman,...

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; Revelations Collection, CHL.

Historical Introduction

See Historical Introduction to Revelation, 25 Dec. 1832 [D&C 87].
Asterisk (*) denotes a "featured" version, which includes an introduction and annotation. *Revelation, 25 December 1832 [D&C 87]

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A prophecy or
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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given Dec. 1832
Verily thus saith the Lord, concerning the wars that will shortly come to pass, beginning at the rebellion of South Carolina, which will eventually terminate in the death and misery of many
souls

The spirit, or the combination of spirit and body, whether mortal or immortal. The Book of Mormon taught that the living soul comprised a body and a spirit and that after death resurrection would unite spirits with bodies. An 1832 revelation confirmed previous...

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; and the days will come, that war will be poured out upon all nations beginning at this place: for behold the Southern States shall be divided against the northern States; and the Southern States will call on other nations, even the nation of Great Britain, as it is called, and they shall also call upon other nations in order to defend themselves against other nations: And thus war shall be poured out upon all nations. ¶And it shall come to pass, after many days, Slaves shall rise up against their masters, who shall be disciplined for war, and it shall come to pass, also, that the Remnant who are left of the land, will be marshalled themselves, and shall become exceeding angry and shall vex the
Gentiles

Those who were not members of the House of Israel. More specifically, members of the church identified gentiles as those whose lineage was not of the Jews or Lamanites (understood to be the American Indians in JS’s day). Certain prophecies indicated that ...

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with a sore vexation. And thus with the Sword, and by bloodshed, the inhabitants of the earth shall be mourned and with famine, and plague, and earthquakes, and the thunder of heaven, and the fierce & vivid lightning, also, shall the inhabitants of the earth be made to feel the wrath and indignation and chastening hand of an Almighty God until the consumption decreed hath made a full end of all nations; that the cry of the
saints

A Christian title, similar to disciple, used to refer to followers of God; later specifically indicated members of the church. In the New Testament, Paul referred to the early Christians as “saints.” This usage paralleled statements in the Book of Mormon ...

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, and of the blood shed of the saints, shall cease to come into the ears of the Lord of Sabaoth, from the earth, to be avenged of their enemies: wherefore, stand ye in holy places, and be not moved until the day of the Lord. Amen. [p. 1]
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