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Section 88
1–5, Faithful Saints receive that Comforter, which is the promise of eternal life; 6–13, All things are controlled and governed by the Light of Christ; 14–16, The Resurrection comes through the Redemption; 17–31, Obedience to celestial, terrestrial, or telestial law prepares men for those respective kingdoms and glories; 32–35, Those who will to abide in sin remain filthy still; 36–41, All kingdoms are governed by law; 42–45, God has given a law unto all things; 46–50, Man will comprehend even God; 51–61, The parable of the man sending his servants into the field and visiting them in turn; 62–73, Draw near unto the Lord, and ye will see His face; 74–80, Sanctify yourselves and teach one another the doctrines of the kingdom; 81–85, Every man who has been warned should warn his neighbor; 86–94, Signs, upheavals of the elements, and angels prepare the way for the coming of the Lord; 95–102, Angelic trumps call forth the dead in their order; 103–116, Angelic trumps proclaim the restoration of the gospel, the fall of Babylon, and the battle of the great God; 117–126, Seek learning, establish a house of God (a temple), and clothe yourselves with the bond of charity; 127–141, The order of the School of the Prophets is set forth, including the ordinance of washing of feet.
1. Verily, thus saith the Lord unto you who have assembled yourselves together to receive his will concerning you:
1.
2. Behold, this is pleasing unto your Lord, and the angels
rejoice over you; the
alms of your prayers have come up into the ears of the Lord of
Sabaoth, and are recorded in the
book of the names of the sanctified, even them of the celestial world.
2.
3. Wherefore, I now send upon you another
Comforter, even upon you my friends, that it may abide in your hearts, even the Holy Spirit of
promise; which other Comforter is the same that I promised unto my disciples, as is recorded in the testimony of John.
3.
4. This Comforter is the
promise which I give unto you of
eternal life, even the
glory of the celestial kingdom;
4.
5. Which glory is that of the church of the
Firstborn, even of God, the holiest of all, through Jesus Christ his Son—
5.
6. He that
ascended up on high, as also he
descended below all things, in that he
comprehended all things, that he might be in all and through all things, the
light of truth;
6.
7. Which truth shineth. This is the
light of Christ. As also he is in the sun, and the light of the sun, and the power thereof by which it was
made.
7.
8. As also he is in the moon, and is the light of the moon, and the power thereof by which it was made;
8.
9. As also the light of the stars, and the power thereof by which they were made;
9.
10. And the earth also, and the power thereof, even the earth upon which you
stand.
10.
11. And the light which shineth, which giveth you light, is through him who enlighteneth your eyes, which is the same light that quickeneth your
understandings;
11.
12. Which
light proceedeth forth from the presence of God to
fill the immensity of space—
12.
13. The
light which is in all things, which giveth
life to all things, 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.
13.
14. Now, verily I say unto you, that through the
redemption which is made for you is brought to pass the resurrection from the dead.
14.
15. And the
spirit and the
body are the
soul of man.
15.
16. And the
resurrection from the dead is the redemption of the soul.
16.
17. And the redemption of the soul is through him that
quickeneth all things, in whose bosom it is decreed that the
poor and the
meek of the
earth shall inherit it.
17.
18. Therefore, it must needs be
sanctified from all
unrighteousness, that it may be prepared for the
celestial glory;
18.
19. For after it hath filled the measure of its creation, it shall be crowned with
glory, even with the presence of God the Father;
19.
20. That bodies who are of the
celestial kingdom may
possess it forever and ever; for, for this
intent was it made and created, and for this intent are they
sanctified.
20.
21. And they who are not
sanctified through the
law which I have given unto you, even the law of Christ, must inherit
another kingdom, even that of a terrestrial kingdom, or that of a telestial kingdom.
21.
22. For he who is not able to abide the
law of a celestial kingdom cannot
abide a
celestial glory.
22.
23. And he who cannot abide the law of a
terrestrial kingdom cannot abide a terrestrial glory.
23.
24. And he who cannot abide the law of a
telestial
kingdom cannot abide a telestial
glory; therefore he is not meet for a kingdom of glory. Therefore he must abide a kingdom which is not a kingdom of glory.
24.
25. And again, verily I say unto you, the
earth abideth the law of a celestial kingdom, for it filleth the
measure of its creation, and transgresseth not the law—
25.
26. Wherefore, it shall be
sanctified; yea, notwithstanding it shall
die, it shall be
quickened again, and shall abide the power by which it is quickened, and the
righteous shall
inherit it.
26.
27. For notwithstanding they die, they also shall
rise again, a
spiritual body.
27.
28. They who are of a celestial
spirit shall receive the same
body which was a natural body; even ye shall receive your bodies, and your
glory shall be that glory by which your bodies are
quickened.
28.
29. Ye who are
quickened by a portion of the
celestial glory shall then receive of the same, even a fulness.
29.
30. And they who are quickened by a portion of the
terrestrial glory shall then receive of the same, even a fulness.
30.
31. And also they who are quickened by a portion of the
telestial glory shall then receive of the same, even a fulness.
31.
32. And they who remain shall also be
quickened; nevertheless, they shall return again to their own place, to enjoy that which they are
willing to receive, because they were not willing to enjoy that which they might have received.
32.
33. For what doth it profit a man if a gift is bestowed upon him, and he receive not the gift? Behold, he rejoices not in that which is given unto him, neither rejoices in him who is the giver of the gift.
33.
34. And again, verily I say unto you, that which is
governed by law is also preserved by law and perfected and
sanctified by the same.
34.
35. That which
breaketh a law, and
abideth not by
law, but seeketh to become a law unto itself, and willeth to abide in sin, and altogether abideth in sin, cannot be sanctified by law, neither by mercy,
justice, nor
judgment. Therefore, they must remain
filthy still.
35.
36. All kingdoms have a law given;
36.
37. And there are many
kingdoms; for there is no
space in the which there is no
kingdom; and there is no kingdom in which there is no space, either a greater or a lesser kingdom.
37.
38. And unto every kingdom is given a
law; and unto every law there are certain bounds also and conditions.
38.
39. All beings who abide not in those
conditions are not
justified.
39.
40. For
intelligence cleaveth unto intelligence;
wisdom receiveth wisdom;
truth embraceth truth;
virtue loveth virtue;
light cleaveth unto light;
mercy hath
compassion on mercy and claimeth her own;
justice continueth its course and claimeth its own; judgment goeth before the face of him who sitteth upon the throne and governeth and executeth all things.
40.
41. He
comprehendeth all things, and all things are before him, and all things are round about him; and he is above all things, and in all things, and is through all things, and is round about all things; and all things are by him, and of him, even God, forever and ever.
41.
42. And again, verily I say unto you, he hath given a
law unto all things, by which they move in their
times and their seasons;
42.
43. And their courses are fixed, even the courses of the heavens and the earth, which comprehend the earth and all the planets.
43.
44. And they give
light to each other in their times and in their seasons, in their minutes, in their hours, in their days, in their weeks, in their months, in their years—all these are
one year with God, but not with man.
44.
45. The earth
rolls upon her wings, and the
sun giveth his light by day, and the moon giveth her light by night, and the stars also give their light, as they roll upon their wings in their glory, in the midst of the
power of God.
45.
46. Unto what shall I liken these kingdoms, that ye may understand?
46.
47. Behold, all these are
kingdoms, and any man who hath
seen any or the least of these hath
seen God
moving in his majesty and power.
47.
48. I say unto you, he hath seen him; nevertheless, he who came unto his
own was not comprehended.
48.
49. The
light shineth in darkness, and the darkness comprehendeth it not; nevertheless, the day shall come when you shall
comprehend even God, being quickened in him and by him.
49.
50. Then shall ye know that ye have
seen me, that I am, and that I am the true
light that is in you, and that you are in me; otherwise ye could not abound.
50.
51. Behold, I will liken these kingdoms unto a man having a field, and he sent forth his servants into the field to dig in the field.
51.
52. And he said unto the first: Go ye and labor in the field, and in the first hour I will come unto you, and ye shall behold the joy of my countenance.
52.
53. And he said unto the second: Go ye also into the field, and in the second hour I will visit you with the joy of my countenance.
53.
54. And also unto the third, saying: I will visit you;
54.
55. And unto the fourth, and so on unto the twelfth.
55.
56. And the lord of the field went unto the first in the first hour, and tarried with him all that hour, and he was made glad with the light of the countenance of his lord.
56.
57. And then he withdrew from the first that he might visit the second also, and the third, and the fourth, and so on unto the twelfth.
57.
58. And thus they all received the light of the countenance of their lord, every man in his hour, and in his time, and in his season—
58.
59. Beginning at the first, and so on unto the
last, and from the last unto the first, and from the first unto the last;
59.
60. Every man in his own
order, until his hour was finished, even according as his lord had commanded him, that his lord might be glorified in him, and he in his lord, that they all might be glorified.
60.
61. Therefore, unto this parable I will liken all these
kingdoms, and the
inhabitants thereof—every kingdom in its hour, and in its time, and in its season, even according to the decree which God hath made.
61.
62. And again, verily I say unto you, my
friends, I leave these
sayings with you to
ponder in your hearts, with this commandment which I give unto you, that ye shall
call upon me while I am near—
62.
63.
Draw
near unto me and I will draw near unto you;
seek me diligently and ye shall
find me; ask, and ye shall receive; knock, and it shall be opened unto you.
63.
64. Whatsoever ye
ask the Father in my name it shall be given unto you, that is
expedient for you;
64.
65. And if ye ask anything that is not
expedient for you, it shall turn unto your
condemnation.
65.
66. Behold, that which you hear is as the
voice of one crying in the wilderness—in the wilderness, because you cannot see him—my voice, because my voice is
Spirit; my Spirit is truth;
truth abideth and hath no end; and if it be in you it shall abound.
66.
67. And if your eye be
single to my
glory, your whole bodies shall be filled with light, and there shall be no darkness in you; and that body which is filled with light
comprehendeth all things.
67.
68. Therefore,
sanctify yourselves that your
minds become
single to God, and the days will come that you shall
see him; for he will unveil his face unto you, and it shall be in his own time, and in his own way, and according to his own will.
68.
69. Remember the great and last promise which I have made unto you; cast away your
idle thoughts and your
excess of
laughter far from you.
69.
70. Tarry ye, tarry ye in this place, and call a
solemn assembly, even of those who are the first
laborers in this last kingdom.
70.
71. And let those whom they have warned in their traveling call on the Lord, and
ponder the
warning in their hearts which they have received, for a little season.
71.
72. Behold, and lo, I will take care of your
flocks, and will raise up elders and send unto them.
72.
73. Behold, I will
hasten my work in its time.
73.
74. And I give unto you, who are the first
laborers in this last kingdom, a commandment that you assemble yourselves together, and organize yourselves, and prepare yourselves, and
sanctify yourselves; yea, purify your hearts, and
cleanse your hands and your feet before me, that I may make you
clean;
74.
75. That I may testify unto your
Father, and your God, and my
God, that you are clean from the
blood of this wicked generation; that I may fulfil this promise, this great and last
promise, which I have made unto you, when I will.
75.
76. Also, I give unto you a commandment that ye shall continue in
prayer and fasting from this time forth.
76.
77. And I give unto you a commandment that you shall
teach one another the
doctrine of the kingdom.
77.
78. Teach ye diligently and my
grace shall attend you, that you may be
instructed more perfectly in theory, in principle, in doctrine, in the law of the gospel, in all things that pertain unto the kingdom of God, that are expedient for you to understand;
78.
79. Of things both in
heaven and in the earth, and under the earth; things which have been, things which are, things which must
shortly come to pass; things which are at home, things which are abroad; the wars and the perplexities of the
nations, and the judgments which are on the land; and a
knowledge also of countries and of kingdoms—
79.
80. That ye may be prepared in all things when I shall send you again to
magnify the calling whereunto I have called you, and the
mission with which I have commissioned you.
80.
81. Behold, I sent you out to
testify and warn the people, and it becometh every man who hath been warned to
warn his neighbor.
81.
82. Therefore, they are left
without excuse, and their sins are upon their
own heads.
82.
83. He that
seeketh me
early shall find me, and shall not be forsaken.
83.
84. Therefore, tarry ye, and labor diligently, that you may be perfected in your ministry to go forth among the
Gentiles for the last time, as many as the mouth of the Lord shall name, to
bind up the law and
seal up the testimony, and to prepare the saints for the hour of judgment which is to come;
84.
85. That their souls may escape the wrath of God, the
desolation of abomination which awaits the wicked, both in this world and in the world to come. Verily, I say unto you, let those who are not the
first elders continue in the vineyard until the mouth of the Lord shall
call them, for their time is not yet come; their garments are not
clean from the blood of this generation.
85.
86. Abide ye in the
liberty wherewith ye are made
free;
entangle not yourselves in
sin, but let your hands be
clean, until the Lord comes.
86.
87. For not many days hence and the
earth shall
tremble and reel to and fro as a drunken man; and the
sun shall
hide his face, and shall refuse to give light; and the moon shall be bathed in
blood; and the stars shall become exceedingly angry, and shall
cast themselves down as a fig that falleth from off a fig tree.
87.
88. And after your
testimony cometh wrath and indignation upon the people.
88.
89. For after your testimony cometh the testimony of
earthquakes, that shall cause groanings in the midst of her, and men shall fall upon the ground and shall not be able to stand.
89.
90. And also cometh the testimony of the
voice of thunderings, and the voice of lightnings, and the voice of tempests, and the voice of the waves of the sea heaving themselves beyond their bounds.
90.
91. And all things shall be in
commotion; and surely, men’s
hearts shall fail them; for fear shall come upon all people.
91.
92. And
angels shall fly through the midst of heaven, crying with a loud voice, sounding the trump of God, saying: Prepare ye, prepare ye, O inhabitants of the earth; for the
judgment of our God is come. Behold, and lo, the
Bridegroom cometh; go ye out to meet him.
92.
93. And immediately there shall appear a
great sign in heaven, and all people shall see it together.
93.
94. And another angel shall sound his trump, saying: That
great
church, the
mother of abominations, that made all nations drink of the wine of the wrath of her
fornication, that
persecuteth the saints of God, that shed their blood—she who sitteth upon many waters, and upon the islands of the sea—behold, she is the
tares of the earth; she is bound in bundles; her bands are made strong, no man can loose them; therefore, she is ready to be burned. And he shall sound his trump both long and loud, and all nations shall hear it.
94.
95. And there shall be
silence in
heaven for the space of half an hour; and immediately after shall the curtain of heaven be unfolded, as a
scroll is unfolded after it is rolled up, and the
face of the Lord shall be unveiled;
95.
96. And the saints that are upon the earth, who are alive, shall be quickened and be
caught up to meet him.
96.
97. And they who have slept in their graves shall
come forth, for their graves shall be opened; and they also shall be caught up to meet him in the midst of the
pillar of heaven—
97.
98. They are Christ’s, the
first fruits, they who shall descend with him first, and they who are on the earth and in their graves, who are first caught up to meet him; and all this by the voice of the sounding of the trump of the angel of God.
98.
99. And after this another angel shall sound, which is the second trump; and then cometh the redemption of those who are Christ’s at his
coming; who have received their part in that
prison which is prepared for them, that they might receive the gospel, and be
judged according to men in the flesh.
99.
100. And again, another trump shall sound, which is the third trump; and then come the
spirits of men who are to be judged, and are found under
condemnation;
100.
101. And these are the rest of the
dead; and they live not again until the
thousand years are ended, neither again, until the end of the earth.
101.
102. And another trump shall sound, which is the fourth trump, saying: There are found among those who are to remain until that great and last day, even the end, who shall
remain
filthy still.
102.
103. And another trump shall sound, which is the fifth trump, which is the fifth angel who committeth the
everlasting gospel—flying through the midst of heaven, unto all nations, kindreds, tongues, and people;
103.
104. And this shall be the sound of his trump, saying to all people, both in heaven and in earth, and that are under the earth—for
every ear shall hear it, and every knee shall
bow, and every tongue shall confess, while they hear the sound of the trump, saying:
Fear God, and give glory to him who sitteth upon the throne,
forever and ever; for the hour of his judgment is come.
104.
105. And again, another angel shall sound his trump, which is the sixth angel, saying: She is
fallen who made all nations drink of the wine of the wrath of her fornication; she is fallen, is fallen!
105.
106. And again, another angel shall sound his trump, which is the seventh angel, saying: It is finished; it is finished! The
Lamb of God hath
overcome and
trodden the wine-press alone, even the wine-press of the fierceness of the wrath of Almighty God.
106.
107. And then shall the angels be crowned with the glory of his might, and the
saints shall be filled with his
glory, and receive their
inheritance and be made
equal with him.
107.
108. And then shall the first angel again sound his trump in the ears of all living, and
reveal the secret acts of men, and the mighty works of God in the
first thousand years.
108.
109. And then shall the second angel sound his trump, and reveal the secret acts of men, and the thoughts and intents of their hearts, and the mighty
works of God in the second thousand years—
109.
110. And so on, until the seventh angel shall sound his trump; and he shall
stand forth upon the land and upon the sea, and
swear in the name of him who sitteth upon the throne, that there shall be
time no longer; and
Satan shall be bound, that old serpent, who is called the devil, and shall not be loosed for the space of a
thousand years.
110.
111. And then he shall be
loosed for a little season, that he may gather together his armies.
111.
112. And
Michael, the seventh angel, even the archangel, shall gather together his armies, even the hosts of heaven.
112.
113. And the devil shall gather together his
armies; even the hosts of hell, and shall come up to battle against Michael and his armies.
113.
114. And then cometh the
battle of the great God; and the devil and his armies shall be
cast away into their own place, that they shall not have power over the saints any more at all.
114.
115. For Michael shall fight their battles, and shall overcome him who
seeketh the throne of him who sitteth upon the throne, even the Lamb.
115.
116. This is the glory of God, and the
sanctified; and they shall not any more see
death.
116.
117. Therefore, verily I say unto you, my
friends, call your solemn assembly, as I have
commanded you.
117.
118. And as all have not
faith, seek ye diligently and
teach one another words of
wisdom; yea, seek ye out of the best
books words of wisdom; seek learning, even by study and also by faith.
118.
119.
Organize yourselves; prepare every needful thing; and establish a
house, even a house of prayer, a house of fasting, a house of faith, a house of learning, a house of glory, a house of order, a house of God;
119.
120. That your
incomings may be in the name of the Lord; that your outgoings may be in the name of the Lord; that all your salutations may be in the name of the Lord, with
uplifted hands unto the Most High.
120.
121. Therefore,
cease from all your light speeches, from all
laughter, from all your
lustful desires, from all your
pride and light-mindedness, and from all your wicked doings.
121.
122. Appoint among yourselves a teacher, and let
not all be spokesmen at once; but let one speak at a time and let all listen unto his sayings, that when all have spoken that all may be
edified of all, and that every man may have an equal privilege.
122.
123. See that ye
love one another; cease to be
covetous; learn to impart one to another as the gospel requires.
123.
124. Cease to be
idle; cease to be
unclean; cease to
find fault one with another; cease to
sleep longer than is needful; retire to thy bed early, that ye may not be weary; arise early, that your bodies and your minds may be
invigorated.
124.
125. And above all things, clothe yourselves with the bond of
charity, as with a mantle, which is the bond of perfectness and
peace.
125.
126.
Pray always, that ye may not faint, until I
come. Behold, and lo, I will come quickly, and receive you unto myself. Amen.
126.
127. And again, the order of the house prepared for the
presidency of the
school of the
prophets, established for their instruction in all things that are expedient for them, even for all the
officers of the church, or in other words, those who are called to the ministry in the church, beginning at the high priests, even down to the deacons—
127.
128. And this shall be the order of the house of the presidency of the school: He that is appointed to be president, or teacher, shall be found standing in his place, in the house which shall be prepared for him.
128.
129. Therefore, he shall be first in the house of God, in a place that the congregation in the house may hear his words carefully and distinctly, not with loud speech.
129.
130. And when he cometh into the house of God, for he should be first in the house—behold, this is
beautiful, that he may be an
example—
130.
131. Let him offer himself in prayer upon his knees before God, in
token or remembrance of the everlasting covenant.
131.
132. And when any shall come in after him, let the teacher arise, and, with
uplifted hands to heaven, yea, even directly, salute his brother or brethren with these words:
132.
133. Art thou a brother or brethren? I salute you in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ, in token or remembrance of the everlasting covenant, in which covenant I receive you to
fellowship, in a determination that is fixed, immovable, and unchangeable, to be your
friend and
brother through the grace of God in the bonds of love, to walk in all the commandments of God blameless, in thanksgiving, forever and ever. Amen.
133.
134. And he that is found
unworthy of this salutation shall not have place among you; for ye shall not suffer that mine house shall be
polluted by him.
134.
135. And he that cometh in and is faithful before me, and is a brother, or if they be brethren, they shall salute the president or teacher with uplifted hands to heaven, with this same prayer and covenant, or by saying Amen, in token of the same.
135.
136. Behold, verily, I say unto you, this is an ensample unto you for a salutation to one another in the house of God, in the school of the prophets.
136.
137. And ye are called to do this by prayer and thanksgiving, as the Spirit shall give utterance in all your doings in the house of the Lord, in the school of the prophets, that it may become a sanctuary, a tabernacle of the Holy Spirit to your
edification.
137.
138. And ye shall not receive any among you into this school save he is clean from the
blood of this generation;
138.
139. And he shall be received by the ordinance of the
washing of feet, for unto this end was the ordinance of the washing of feet instituted.
139.
140. And again, the ordinance of washing feet is to be administered by the president, or presiding elder of the church.
140.
141. It is to be commenced with prayer; and after partaking of
bread and wine, he is to gird himself according to the
pattern given in the thirteenth chapter of John’s testimony concerning me. Amen.
141.
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