D&C 42:1-10
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Summary[edit]
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Relationship to Section 42. The relationship of Verses 42:1-10 to the rest of Section 42 is discussed at D&C 42.
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Message. Themes, symbols, and doctrinal points emphasized in Verses 42:1-10 include:
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- D&C 42:1: Name. The word name occurs 6 times in this section, twice in verse 1 and once in verses 3, 6, and 44.
- D&C 42:1: Commandment. The word "commandment" occurs 7 times in the first 69 verses (which was received as one revelation): in verses 1, 3, 4, 5, 29, 32, and 58. It also occurs in verse 78. The plural form, commandments, occurs in verses 1, 29, 32 and 78 whereas the singular form, commandment occurs in verses 3, 4, 5, and 58.
- D&C 42:3: Unity. Unity is an important requirement for Zion (See the discussion of Zion at Moses 7:18). Here the elders receive the law that will govern in modern Zion because they are united. Other passages in the Doctrine & Covenants more clearly indicate that this unity may be simply a unified desire to receive an an answer and need not be unity as to what that answer will turn out to be. Examples: ____.
- D&C 42:4: Forth. The word "forth" occurs 7 times in this section (and all within the first 69 verses, which was received as one revelation). The first six times are in the phrase "go forth" in verses 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, and 11, and the seventh occurrence is in the phrase "sent forth" in verse 63.
- D&C 42:6: Preach. The word preach occurs twice in this section, once here and once in verse 11.
- D&C 42:9: New Jerusalem. The phrase "New Jerusalem" occurs 4 times in this section in verses 9, 35, 62 and 67.
- D&C 42:9: Gathered in one. This phrase occurs twice in this section—here in verse 9 and again in verse 36. The word gathered does not occur again in this section.
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- D&C 42:9. Does verse 9 imply that the missionary effort will end when the gathering to the New Jerusalem begins?
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