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Revelation, 25 December 1832, as Recorded in Cleminson, Record [D&C 87]

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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 [between 1838 and 1846] in Cleminson, Record, [217]–[218]; handwriting of
John Cleminson

28 Dec. 1798–28 Nov. 1879. Farmer, teacher, cabinet maker, carpenter, clerk. Born at Lancaster, Lancashire, England. Migrated to St. John’s, New Brunswick (later in Canada), 1812. Moved to Louisville, Jefferson Co., Kentucky. Moved to Lexington, Lillard Co...

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; CHL.

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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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who are left of the land will martial 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 soar vexation: and thus with the sword, and by bloodshed the inhabitants of the earth shall mourn, and with famine and plagues and earthquakes and the thunder of heaven, and the fierce and 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; 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. [218]]
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