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Revelation, 27–28 December 1832, Extract, as Recorded in Gilbert, Notebook [D&C 88:1–124]

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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, 27–[28] Dec. 1832. Extract copied [between ca. 28 Dec. 1832 and 12 June 1833] in Gilbert, Notebook, [81]–[107]; handwriting of
Sidney Gilbert

28 Dec. 1789–29 June 1834. Merchant. Born at New Haven, New Haven Co., Connecticut. Son of Eli Gilbert and Lydia Hemingway. Moved to Huntington, Fairfield Co., Connecticut; to Monroe, Monroe Co., Michigan Territory, by Sept. 1818; to Painesville, Geauga Co...

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; Revelations Collection, CHL. For more complete source information, see the source note for Revelation, 27 Feb. 1833 [D&C 89].

Historical Introduction

See Historical Introduction to Revelation, 27–28 Dec. 1832 [D&C 88:1–126].
Asterisk (*) denotes a "featured" version, which includes an introduction and annotation. *Revelation, 27–28 December 1832 [D&C 88:1–126]

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which is the law by which all things are governed, even the power of God who sitteth upon his throne, who is in the bosom of Eternity, who is in the midst of all things— Now verily I say unto you that through the redemption which is made for you is bro[ugh]t. to pass the resurrection from the dead, & the spirit & the body is the
soul

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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of man, & the resurrection from the dead is the redemption of the soul, & the redemption of the soul is thro. him who quickneth all things in whose bosom it is decreed that the poor & the meek of the earth shall
inherit

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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it, therefore it must needs be sanctified from all unrighteousness that it may be prepared for the
Celestial glory

Highest kingdom of glory in the afterlife; symbolically represented by the sun. According to a vision dated 16 February 1832, inheritors of the celestial kingdom “are they who received the testimony of Jesus, & believed on his name, & were baptized,” “receive...

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, for after it hath filled the measure of its Creation it shall be crowned with glory, even with the presence of God the father, that bodies who are of the Celestial Kingdom [p. [83]]
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Revelation, 27–28 December 1832, Extract, as Recorded in Gilbert, Notebook [D&C 88:1–124]
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