Revelation, 30 April 1832, as Recorded in Gilbert, Notebook [D&C 83]

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Revelation, 30 April 1832, as Recorded in Gilbert, Notebook [D&C 83]
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Revelation, “
Zion
A specific location in Missouri; also a literal or figurative gathering of believers in Jesus Christ, characterized by adherence to ideals of harmony, equality, and purity. In JS’s earliest revelations “the cause of Zion” was used to broadly describe the ...
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Independence
Located twelve miles from western Missouri border. Permanently settled, platted, and designated county seat, 1827. Hub for steamboat travel on Missouri River. Point of departure for Santa Fe Trail. Population in 1831 about 300. Latter-day Saint population...
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, Jackson Co., MO], 30 Apr. 1832. Version copied ca. Apr. 1832 in Gilbert, Notebook, p. [62]; 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].

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See Historical Introduction to Revelation, 30 Apr. 1832 [D&C 83].
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30 April 1832

Verily thus saith the Lord in addition to the laws of the
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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concerning women & children, who belong to the church who have lost their husbands or Father,— women have claim on their husbands untill they are taken & if they are not found transgressors they remain upon their
inheritan[ce]
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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All children have claim upon their parents untill they are of age & after that they have claim upon the church or in other words the Lords
Store House
Both a literal and a figurative repository for goods and land donated to the church. The book of Malachi directed the house of Israel to bring “all the tithes into the storehouse, that there may be meat in mine house.” In JS’s revision of the Old Testament...
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for inheritance,— [p. [62]]
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Revelation, 30 April 1832, as Recorded in Gilbert, Notebook [D&C 83]
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