- Alternate Names
- Fulness of times
Dispensation
Summary
A gift of divine knowledge, power, and authority from God to humankind; often associated with a prophet and his time period. A revelation published in 1835 identified JS and Oliver Cowdery as the recipients of keys to administer a final dispensation of the gospel in the last days. JS revelations and sermons used the biblical phrase “dispensation of the fulness of times” to describe the final dispensation in which all knowledge, power, and authority from previous dispensations would be restored in preparation for the second coming of Jesus Christ. According to JS’s journal, on 3 April 1836 in the House of the Lord in Kirtland, Ohio, JS and Cowdery experienced visions in which heavenly messengers delivered keys from previous dispensations. A July 1837 revelation stated that the keys of the final dispensation resided with the First Presidency and the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles. See also “.”
Links
- History, 1838–1856, volume A-1 [23 December 1805–30 August 1834]
- Instruction on Priesthood, circa 5 October 1840
- Journal, 1832–1834
- Journal, 1835–1836
- Journal, 1839
- Journal, March–September 1838
- Letter to Saints Scattered Abroad, September 1840
- Letter to the Church and Edward Partridge, 20 March 1839
- Letter to the Elders of the Church, 16 November 1835
- Revelation, 23 July 1837 [D&C 112]
- Revelation, circa August 1835 [D&C 27]
- Visions, 3 April 1836 [D&C 110]