Revelation, 19 January 1841, Extract, as Recorded in Woodruff, Book of Revelations [D&C 124:1–126]

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Revelation, 19 January 1841, Extract, as Recorded in Woodruff, Book of Revelations [D&C 124:1–126]
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Revelation,
Nauvoo
Principal gathering place for Saints following expulsion from Missouri. Beginning in 1839, Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints purchased lands in earlier settlement of Commerce and planned settlement of Commerce City, as well as surrounding areas....
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, Hancock Co., IL, 19 Jan. 1841. Extract copied [ca. 1841] in Woodruff, Book of Revelations, [61]–[100]; 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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; CHL.

Historical Introduction
See Historical Introduction to Revelation, 19 Jan. 1841 [D&C 124].
Asterisk (*) denotes a "featured" version, which includes an introduction and annotation. *Revelation, 19 January 1841 [D&C 124] *The Book of the Law of the Lord
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appointment your
Baptisms
An ordinance in which an individual is immersed in water for the remission of sins. The Book of Mormon explained that those with necessary authority were to baptize individuals who had repented of their sins. Baptized individuals also received the gift of...
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for your dead shall not be acceptable unto me & if you do not these things at the End of the appointment you shall be rejected as a
Church
The Book of Mormon related that when Christ set up his church in the Americas, “they which were baptized in the name of Jesus, were called the church of Christ.” The first name used to denote the church JS organized on 6 April 1830 was “the Church of Christ...
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, with your Dead, Saith the Lord, your God, For varily I say unto you that after you have had sufficient time to build a
house
Located in portion of Nauvoo known as the bluff. JS revelation dated Jan. 1841 commanded Saints to build temple and hotel (Nauvoo House). Cornerstone laid, 6 Apr. 1841. Saints volunteered labor, money, and other resources for temple construction. Construction...
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wherein the
ordinances
A religious rite. JS taught that ordinances were covenants between man and God, in which believers could affirm faith, gain spiritual knowledge, and seek blessings. Some ordinances were considered requisite for salvation. The manner in which ordinances were...
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of Baptizing for the dead belongeth & for which the Same was instituted from before the foundation of the World your Baptisms for your Dead cannot be acceptable unto me for therein are the
keys
Authority or knowledge of God given to humankind. In the earliest records, the term keys primarily referred to JS’s authority to unlock the “mysteries of the kingdom.” Early revelations declared that both JS and Oliver Cowdery held the keys to bring forth...
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Revelation, 19 January 1841, Extract, as Recorded in Woodruff, Book of Revelations [D&C 124:1–126]
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