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Home > Doctrine & Covenants > Section 85
Summary[edit]This heading should be very brief. Click the link above and to the right to edit or add content to this heading. → Historical setting[edit]This heading should explain facts about the historical setting that will help a reader to understand the section. This may include issues that prompted the section, its subsequent implementation, and the extent of circulation through its first inclusion in the Doctrine & Covenants. Click the link above and to the right to edit or add content to this heading. → This revelation is extracted from a letter the Prophet wrote to William W. Phelps during the large migration of saints to Jackson County, Missouri. The saints had been instructed, both by direct revelation and by wise instruction from the leaders in Zion, that they were not to go up to Zion unless they were willing to obey the law of consecration (section 42). Unfortunately, many of the saints went up to Zion without any kind of commitment to the law, and hence Edward Partridge (the bishop in Zion) was soon overwhelmed with the situation. Joseph's letter was written precisely to address this issue: what should be done with regard to the saints who would go up to Zion but would reject the law upon which Zion is to be built? The letter Joseph wrote makes this quite clear from the very beginning. Joseph writes that William must have been praying (he said he had been shown William in vision) along these lines: "my God great and mighty art thou therefore shew unto thy servant what shall becom of all these who are assaying to come up unto Zion in order to keep the commandments of God and yet recive not there inhertance by consecration by order or deed from the bishop the man that God has appointed in a legal way agreeable to the law given to organize and regulate the church and all the affairs of the same" (as in original). Joseph wrote, then, "I will procede to unfold to you some of the feelings of my heart and procede to answer the questions." What follows immediately upon this sentence is this revelation. Curiously, the letter has, in the middle of the revelation, a great deal of material crossed out, most of which is written back into the letter later on. By looking carefully at the crossed out writings, one can get a sense that Joseph was going to truncate things greatly. If the crossed out material had been retained, the revelation would have skipped from verse 2 to the last phrase of verse 11. The revelation, had it only consisted of verses 1-2 and 11b-12 would have remarkably cool in tone: the clerk keeps a record of the righteous and of the wicked, and the wicked are to have their names removed so that they will be punished as can be found in Ezra, etc. Though such a revelation would undeniably have been negative in character, it also would have been quite removed from "the feelings of [Joseph's] heart," though it might have "answer[ed] the questions." In a sense, one might suggest that verses 3-11a are where Joseph's feelings penetrate the revelation, enriching and enlarging it. At the very least, one can get a sense for the fact that Joseph had some say in how a revelation was worded, in how much of it was communicated to the saints. Discussion[edit]This section is for detailed discussion such as the meaning of a symbol, how a doctrinal point is developed throughout a passage, or insights that can be further developed in the future. Contributions may range from polished paragraphs down to a single bullet point. The focus, however, should always be on understanding the scriptural text consistent with LDS doctrine. Click the link above and to the right to edit or add content to this heading. →
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Related passages that interpret or shed light on D&C 85. Doctrinal references cited on this page. Historical references cited on this page. Other resources.
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Home > Doctrine & Covenants > Section 128 > Verses 128:6-18
Summary[edit]This section should be very brief. Click the link above and to the right to edit or add content to this heading. → Relationship to Section 128. The relationship of Verses 128:6-18 to the rest of Section 128 is discussed at D&C 128. Story. Message. Themes, symbols, and doctrinal points emphasized in Verses 128:6-18 include: Discussion[edit]This section is for detailed discussion such as the meaning of a symbol, how a doctrinal point is developed throughout a passage, or insights that can be further developed in the future. Contributions may range from polished paragraphs down to a single bullet point. The focus, however, should always be on understanding the scriptural text consistent with LDS doctrine. Click the link above and to the right to edit or add content to this heading. →
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Home > The Pearl of Great Price > Moses > Chapter 5 / Verses 5:1-6:4
Summary[edit]This section should be very brief. Click the link above and to the right to edit or add content to this heading. → Relationship to Moses. The relationship of Chapter 5 to the rest of Moses is discussed at Moses. Story. Message. Themes, symbols, and doctrinal points emphasized in Chapter 5 include: Moses 5 (Verses 5:1-6:4) is the Joseph Smith Translation of Genesis 4. This page is not intended, however, to address Genesis. It is intended only to address the Joseph Smith Translation of Genesis. It is therefore suggested that readers consult the page that does address Genesis 4 before viewing this page. Contributors are likewise asked to respect this distinction. The idea is that a reader should be able to find content about an original passage from Genesis on the wiki page addressing that passage. Chapter 5 are the Joseph Smith Translation account of Cain and Lamech, the wicked non-birthright descendants of Adam and Eve. The relationship of this account to the rest of the book of Moses is discussed at Moses, and its relationship to the rest of Genesis is discussed at Genesis. This account can be outlined as follows:
Discussion[edit]This section is for detailed discussion such as the meaning of a symbol, how a doctrinal point is developed throughout a passage, or insights that can be further developed in the future. Contributions may range from polished paragraphs down to a single bullet point. The focus, however, should always be on understanding the scriptural text consistent with LDS doctrine. Click the link above and to the right to edit or add content to this heading. → Moses 5:1-16a[edit]
Moses 5:16b-7[edit]
Moses 5:18-41[edit]
Moses 5:42-54[edit]
Moses 5:55-59[edit]
Another possibility is that the "holy ordinance" mentioned here is the same ordination referred to in Alma 13, in which Adam and his righteous children are ordained "in a manner that thereby the people might know in what manner to look forward to his Son for redemption" (Alma 13:2). Moses 6:1-4[edit]
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Home > The Pearl of Great Price > Moses > Chapters 6-8 > Verses 6:5-25
Summary[edit]This section should be very brief. Click the link above and to the right to edit or add content to this heading. → Relationship to Chapters 6-8. The relationship of Verses 6:5-25 to the rest of Chapters 6-8 is discussed at Chapters 6-8. Story. Message. Themes, symbols, and doctrinal points emphasized in Verses 6:5-25 include: Moses 6:5-25 is the Joseph Smith Translation of Gen 5:1-21. This page is not intended, however, to address Genesis. It is intended only to address the Joseph Smith Translation of Genesis. It is therefore suggested that readers consult the page that does address Gen 5:1-21 before viewing this page. Contributors are likewise asked to respect this distinction. The idea is that a reader should be able to find content about an original passage from Genesis on the wiki page addressing that passage. Genesis 5 is a genealogical listing of ten generations from Adam and Eve down to Noah. The Joseph Smith Translation relates this data for Generations 1-7, but then interrupts it in Gen 5:22/Moses 6:26 to add over a hundred verses of narrative about Enoch. The Joseph Smith Translation then concludes the list of genealogical data for Generations 7-10 in Moses 8:1-12. Discussion[edit]This section is for detailed discussion such as the meaning of a symbol, how a doctrinal point is developed throughout a passage, or insights that can be further developed in the future. Contributions may range from polished paragraphs down to a single bullet point. The focus, however, should always be on understanding the scriptural text consistent with LDS doctrine. Click the link above and to the right to edit or add content to this heading. →
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Home > The Pearl of Great Price > Moses > Chapters 6-8 > Verses 6:26-47
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Home > The Pearl of Great Price > Abraham > Chapters 1-2 > Verses 1:28-31
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