SECTION
100
[Nauvoo
D&C 101, LDS D&C 103]
A
delegation arrived in Kirtland, February 22, 1834, with information
for the First Presidency regarding the condition of the Saints in
Missouri. The following revelation was given through Joseph Smith two
days later. For “Baurak Ale” read “Joseph Smith”. This
revelation was first published without conference approval in 1844
and its retention was specifically approved by the 1970 World
Conference.
1a.
Verily I say unto you, my friends, Behold, I will give unto you a
revelation and commandment, that you may know how to act in the
discharge of your duties concerning the salvation and redemption of
your brethren, who have been scattered on the land of Zion, being
driven and smitten by the hands of mine enemies; on whom I will pour
out my wrath without measure in mine own time;
1b.
for I have suffered them thus far, that they might fill up the
measure of their iniquities, that their cup might be full, and that
those who call themselves after my name might be chastened for a
little season, with a sore and grievous chastisement, because they
did not hearken altogether unto the precepts and commandments which I
gave unto them.
2a.
But verily I say unto you, that I have decreed a decree which my
people shall realize, inasmuch as they hearken from this very hour,
unto the counsel which I, the Lord, their God, shall give unto them.
2b.
Behold, they shall, for I have decreed it, begin to prevail against
mine enemies from this very hour, and by hearkening to observe all
the words which I, the Lord their God, shall speak unto them, they
shall never cease to prevail until the kingdoms of the world are
subdued under my feet; and the earth is given unto the saints, to
possess it for ever and ever.
2c.
But inasmuch as they keep not my commandments, and hearken not to
observe all my words, the kingdoms of the world shall prevail against
them, for they were set to be a light unto the world, and to be the
saviors of men;
2d.
and inasmuch as they are not the saviors of men, they are as salt
that has lost its savor, and is thenceforth good for nothing but to
be cast out and trodden under foot of men.
3a.
But verily I say unto you, I have decreed that your brethren, which
have been scattered, shall return to the land of their inheritances
and build up the waste places of Zion; for after much tribulation, as
I have said unto you in a former commandment, cometh the blessing.
3b.
Behold, this is the blessing which I have promised after your
tribulations, and the tribulations of your brethren; your redemption,
and the redemption of your brethren; even their restoration to the
land of Zion, to be established, no more to be thrown down;
3c.
nevertheless, if they pollute their inheritances, they shall be
thrown down; for I will not spare them if they pollute their
inheritances.
3d.
Behold, I say unto you, The redemption of Zion must needs come by
power; therefore I will raise up unto my people a man, who shall lead
them like as Moses led the children of Israel, for ye are the
children of Israel, and of the seed of Abraham;
3e.
and ye must needs be led out of bondage by power, and with a
stretched out arm; and as your fathers were led at the first, even so
shall the redemption of Zion be.
3f.
Therefore, let not your hearts faint, for I say not unto you as I
said unto your fathers, Mine angel shall go up before you, but not my
presence; but I say unto you, Mine angels shall go before you, and
also my presence, and in time ye shall possess the goodly land.
4.
Verily, verily I say unto you, that my servant Baurak Ale is the man
to whom I likened the servant to whom the Lord of the vineyard spoke
in the parable which I have given unto you.
5a.
Therefore, let my servant Baurak Ale say unto the strength of my
house, my young men and the middle-aged, Gather yourselves together
unto the land of Zion, upon the land which I have bought with moneys
that have been consecrated unto me;
5b.
and let all the churches send up wise men, with their moneys, and
purchase lands even as I have commanded them; and inasmuch as mine
enemies come against you to drive you from my goodly land, which I
have consecrated to be the land of Zion;
5c.
even from your own lands after these testimonies, which ye have
brought before me, against them, ye shall curse them; and whomsoever
ye curse, I will curse; and ye shall avenge me of mine enemies; and
my presence shall be with you, even in avenging me of mine enemies,
unto the third and fourth generation of them that hate me.
6a.
Let no man be afraid to lay down his life for my sake; for whoso
layeth down his life for my sake, shall find it again. And whoso is
not willing to lay down his life for my sake, is not my disciple.
6b. It
is my will that my servant Sidney Rigdon shall lift up his voice in
the congregations, in the eastern countries, in preparing the
churches to keep the commandments which I have given unto them,
concerning the restoration and redemption of Zion.
6c. It
is my will that my servant Parley P. Pratt, and my servant Lyman
Wight should not return to the land of their brethren, until they
have obtained companies to go up unto the land of Zion, by tens, or
by twenties, or by fifties, or by an hundred, until they have
obtained to the number of five hundred of the strength of my house.
6d.
Behold, this is my will; ask and you shall receive, but men do not
always do my will; therefore, if you cannot obtain five hundred, seek
diligently that peradventure you may obtain three hundred;
6e.
and if ye cannot obtain three hundred, seek diligently that
peradventure ye may obtain one hundred.
6f.
But verily I say unto you, A commandment I give unto you, that ye
shall not go up unto the land of Zion, until you have obtained one
hundred of the strength of my house, to go up with you unto the land
of Zion.
6g.
Therefore, as I said unto you, Ask and ye shall receive; pray
earnestly that peradventure my servant Baurak Ale may go with you and
preside in the midst of my people, and organize my kingdom upon the
consecrated land; and establish the children of Zion, upon the laws
and commandments which have been, and which shall be given, unto you.
7a.
All victory and glory is brought to pass unto you through your
diligence, faithfulness, and prayers of faith.
7b.
Let my servant Parley P. Pratt, journey with my servant Joseph Smith,
Jr. Let my servant Lyman Wight, journey with my servant Sidney
Rigdon. Let my servant Hyrum Smith, journey with my servant Frederick
G. Williams.
7c.
Let my servant Orson Hyde, journey with my servant Orson Pratt;
whithersoever my servant Joseph Smith, Jr., shall counsel them in
obtaining the fulfillment of these commandments, which I have given
unto you, and leave the residue in my hands. Even so. Amen.
