Section 63

1–6, A day of wrath will come upon the wicked; 7–12, Signs come by faith; 13–19, The adulterous in heart will deny the faith and be cast into the lake of fire; 20, The faithful will receive an inheritance upon the transfigured earth; 21, A full account of the events on the Mount of Transfiguration has not yet been revealed; 22–23, The obedient receive the mysteries of the kingdom; 24–31, Inheritances in Zion are to be purchased; 32–35, The Lord decrees wars, and the wicked slay the wicked; 36–48, The Saints are to gather to Zion and provide moneys to build it up; 49–54, Blessings are assured the faithful at the Second Coming, in the Resurrection, and during the Millennium; 55–58, This is a day of warning; 59–66, The Lord’s name is taken in vain by those who use it without authority.

1. Hearken, O ye people, and open your hearts and give ear from afar; and listen, you that call yourselves the

people of the Lord, and hear the word of the Lord and his will concerning you.

2. Yea, verily, I say, hear the word of him whose anger is

kindled against the wicked and

rebellious;

3. Who willeth to take even them whom he will

take, and

preserveth in life them whom he will preserve;

4. Who buildeth up at his own will and

pleasure; and destroyeth when he pleases, and is able to

cast the soul down to hell.

5. Behold, I, the Lord, utter my voice, and it shall be

obeyed.

6. Wherefore, verily I say, let the wicked take heed, and let the

rebellious

fear and tremble; and let the unbelieving hold their lips, for the

day of wrath shall come upon them as a

whirlwind, and all flesh shall

know that I am God.

7. And he that seeketh

signs shall see

signs, but not unto salvation.

8. Verily, I say unto you, there are those among you who seek signs, and there have been such even from the beginning;

9. But, behold, faith cometh not by signs, but

signs follow those that believe.

10. Yea,

signs come by

faith, not by the will of men, nor as they please, but by the will of God.

11. Yea, signs come by faith, unto mighty works, for without

faith no man pleaseth God; and with whom God is

angry he is not well pleased; wherefore, unto such he showeth no signs, only in

wrath unto their

condemnation.

12. Wherefore, I, the Lord, am not pleased with those among you who have sought after signs and wonders for faith, and not for the good of men unto my glory.

13. Nevertheless, I give commandments, and many have turned away from my commandments and have

not kept them.

14. There were among you

adulterers and adulteresses; some of whom have turned away from you, and others remain with you that hereafter shall be revealed.

15. Let such beware and repent speedily, lest judgment shall come upon them as a

snare, and their

folly shall be made manifest, and their works shall follow them in the eyes of the people.

16. And verily I say unto you, as I have said before, he that

looketh on a woman to

lust after her, or if any shall commit

adultery in their hearts, they shall not have the

Spirit, but shall deny the faith and shall fear.

17. Wherefore, I, the Lord, have said that the

fearful, and the

unbelieving, and all

liars, and whosoever loveth and maketh a lie, and the

whoremonger, and the

sorcerer, shall have their part in that

lake which burneth with fire and brimstone, which is the

second death.

18. Verily I say, that they shall not have part in the

first resurrection.

19. And now behold, I, the Lord, say unto you that ye are not

justified, because these things are among you.

20. Nevertheless, he that

endureth in faith and doeth my

will, the same shall overcome, and shall receive an

inheritance upon the earth when the day of transfiguration shall come;

21. When the

earth shall be

transfigured, even according to the pattern which was shown unto mine apostles upon the

mount; of which account the fulness ye have not yet received.

22. And now, verily I say unto you, that as I said that I would make known my will unto you, behold I will make it known unto you,

not by the way of commandment, for there are many who observe not to keep my commandments.

23. But unto him that keepeth my commandments I will give the

mysteries of my kingdom, and the same shall be in him a well of living

water,

springing up unto everlasting life.

24. And now, behold, this is the will of the Lord your God concerning his saints, that they should

assemble themselves together unto the land of Zion, not in haste, lest there should be confusion, which bringeth pestilence.

25. Behold, the land of

Zion—I, the Lord, hold it in mine own hands;

26. Nevertheless, I, the Lord, render unto

Cæsar the things which are Cæsar’s.

27. Wherefore, I the Lord will that you should

purchase the lands, that you may have advantage of the world, that you may have claim on the world, that they may not be

stirred up unto anger.

28. For

Satan

putteth it into their hearts to anger against you, and to the shedding of blood.

29. Wherefore, the land of Zion shall not be obtained but by

purchase or by blood, otherwise there is none inheritance for you.

30. And if by purchase, behold you are blessed;

31. And if by

blood, as you are forbidden to shed blood, lo, your enemies are upon you, and ye shall be scourged from city to city, and from synagogue to synagogue, and but

few shall stand to receive an inheritance.

32. I, the Lord, am

angry with the

wicked; I am holding my

Spirit from the inhabitants of the earth.

33. I have sworn in my wrath, and

decreed wars upon the face of the earth, and the wicked shall

slay the wicked, and fear shall come upon every man;

34. And the

saints also shall

hardly

escape; nevertheless, I, the Lord, am with them, and will

come down in heaven from the presence of my Father and

consume the wicked with unquenchable fire.

35. And behold, this is not yet, but

by and by.

36. Wherefore, seeing that I, the Lord, have decreed all these things upon the face of the earth, I will that my saints should be assembled upon the land of Zion;

37.

And that every man should take

righteousness in his hands and

faithfulness upon his loins, and lift a warning

voice unto the inhabitants of the earth; and declare both by word and by flight that

desolation shall come upon the wicked.

38. Wherefore, let my disciples in Kirtland arrange their temporal concerns, who dwell upon this farm.

39. Let my servant Titus Billings, who has the care thereof, dispose of the land, that he may be prepared in the coming spring to take his journey up unto the land of Zion, with those that dwell upon the face thereof, excepting those whom I shall reserve unto myself, that shall

not go until I shall command them.

40. And let all the moneys which can be spared, it mattereth not unto me whether it be little or much, be sent up unto the land of Zion, unto them whom I have appointed to

receive.

41. Behold, I, the Lord, will give unto my servant Joseph Smith, Jun., power that he shall be enabled to

discern by the Spirit those who shall go up unto the land of Zion, and those of my disciples who shall tarry.

42. Let my servant

Newel K. Whitney retain his

store, or in other words, the store, yet for a little season.

43. Nevertheless, let him impart all the money which he can impart, to be sent up unto the land of Zion.

44. Behold, these things are in his own hands, let him do

according to wisdom.

45. Verily I say, let him be ordained as an agent unto the disciples that shall tarry, and let him be

ordained unto this power;

46. And now speedily visit the churches, expounding these things unto them, with my servant Oliver Cowdery. Behold, this is my will, obtaining moneys even as I have directed.

47. He that is

faithful and

endureth shall overcome the world.

48. He that sendeth up treasures unto the land of Zion shall receive an

inheritance in this world, and his works shall follow him, and also a

reward in the world to come.

49. Yea, and blessed are the dead that

die in the Lord, from henceforth, when the Lord shall come, and old things shall

pass away, and all things become new, they shall

rise from the dead and shall not

die after, and shall receive an inheritance before the Lord, in the

holy city.

50. And he that liveth when the Lord shall come, and hath kept the faith,

blessed is he; nevertheless, it is appointed to him to

die at the age of man.

51. Wherefore,

children shall

grow up until they become old; old men shall die; but they shall not sleep in the dust, but they shall be

changed in the twinkling of an eye.

52. Wherefore, for this cause preached the apostles unto the world the resurrection of the dead.

53. These things are the things that ye must look for; and, speaking after the manner of the Lord, they are now

nigh at hand, and in a time to come, even in the day of the coming of the Son of Man.

54. And until that hour there will be foolish

virgins among the wise; and at that hour cometh an entire

separation of the righteous and the wicked; and in that day will I send mine angels to

pluck out the wicked and cast them into unquenchable fire.

55. And now behold, verily I say unto you, I, the Lord, am not pleased with my servant

Sidney Rigdon; he

exalted himself in his heart, and received not counsel, but

grieved the Spirit;

56. Wherefore his

writing is not acceptable unto the Lord, and he shall make another; and if the Lord receive it not, behold he standeth no longer in the office to which I have appointed him.

57. And again, verily I say unto you,

those who desire in their hearts, in meekness, to

warn sinners to repentance, let them be ordained unto this power.

58. For this is a day of

warning, and not a day of many words. For I, the Lord, am not to be

mocked in the last days.

59. Behold, I am from above, and my power lieth beneath. I am over all, and in all, and through all, and

search all things, and the day cometh that all things shall be

subject unto me.

60. Behold, I am

Alpha and Omega, even Jesus Christ.