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SECTION 48Revelation given through Joseph Smith the Prophet, at Kirtland, Ohio, March 1831. HC 1:166-167. The Prophet had inquired of the Lord as to the mode of procedure in procuring lands for the settlement of the saints. This was an important matter in view of the migration of members of the Church from the eastern United States, in oberience to the Lord's command that they should assemble in Ohio. See 37:1-3; 45:64. |
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1-3, The saints in Ohio are to share their lands with their brethren; 4-6, The saints are to purchase lands, build a city, and follow the counsel of their presiding officers. | ||
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1 IT is necessary that ye should remain for the present time in your places of abode, as it shall be suitable to your circumstances.
2 And inasmuch as ye have lands, ye shall aimpart to the beastern brethren; 3 And inasmuch as ye have not lands, let them buy for the present time in those regions round about, as seemeth them good, for it must needs be necessary that they have places to live for the present timea.
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3a that they have places to live for the present time A person with vision might have deduced that the Church was in a migratory state. 'That they have plce for the present', suggests that they would be moving on eventually. The facts of the future have so shown that the Church has stations of movement. New York was temporary, Ohio would be also. Joseph Smith to some degree or that is the Lord knew for sure that this movement would eventuate until the Chruch would eventually end up headquartered in Salt Lake. Put the trials of the saints was from station to station, from New York to Ohio, from Ohio to Missouri, then a by-pass to Illinois and the final trek west. Now we are in the situation of being a world wide Church, and while the in not likely a future movement where every one comes here, there is an eventual movement in part when the Chruch will again move to be headquartered back in Missouri under Christ's reign. | |
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4 It must needs be necessary that ye asave all
the money that ye can, and that ye obtain all the money ye can in
righteousness, that in time ye may be enabled to bpurchase
cland for an dinheritance, even the city.
5 The aplace is not yet to be brevealed; but after your brethren come from the east there are to be certain men appointed, and to them it shall be given to know the place, or to them it shall be revealed. 6 And they shall be appointed to apurchase the lands, and to make a commencement to lay the foundation of the city; and then shall ye begin to be gathered with your families, every man according to his bfamily, according to his circumstances, and as is appointed to him by the presidency and the bishop of the church, according to the laws and commandments which ye have received, and which ye shall hereafter receive. Even so. Amen.
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