January 1831
The year 1831 opened with a prospect great
and glorious for the welfare of the kingdom;
for on the 2nd of January, 1831, a conference
was held in the town of Fayette, New York,
at which the ordinary business of the Church
was transacted; and in addition, the following
revelation was received:
Revelation, given January 2nd, 1831.
Thus saith the Lord your God, even Jesus Christ,
the Great I AM, Alpha and Omega, the beginning
and the end, the same which looked upon the
wide expanse of eternity, and all the seraphic
hosts of heaven, before the world was made;
The same which knoweth all things, for all
things are present before mine eyes;
I am the same which spake, and the world was
made, and all things came by me.
I am the same which have taken the Zion of
Enoch into mine own bosom; and verily, I say,
even as many as have believed in my name,
for I am Christ, and in mine own name, by
the virtue of the blood which I have spilt,
have I pleaded before the Father for them.
But behold, the residue of the wicked have
I kept in chains of darkness until the judgment
of the great day, which shall come at the
end of the earth;
And even so will I cause the wicked to be
kept, that will not hear my voice but harden
their hearts, and wo, wo, wo, is their doom.
But behold, verily, verily, I say unto you
that mine eyes are upon you.
I am in your midst, and ye cannot see me;
But the day soon cometh that ye shall see
me, and know that I am; for the veil of darkness
shall soon be rent, and he that is not purified
shall not abide the day.
Wherefore, gird up your loins and be prepared.
Behold, the kingdom is yours, and the enemy
shall not overcome.
Verily I say unto you, ye are clean, but not
all; and there is none else with whom I am
well pleased;
For all flesh is corrupted before me; and
the powers of darkness prevail upon the earth,
among the children of men, in the presence
of all the hosts of heaven--
Which causeth silence to reign, and all eternity
is pained, and the angels are waiting the
great command to reap down the earth, to gather
the tares that they may be burned; and, behold,
the enemy is combined.
And now I show unto you a mystery, a thing
which is had in secret chambers, to bring
to pass even your destruction in process of
time, and ye knew it not;
But now I tell it unto you, and ye are blessed,
not because of your iniquity, neither your
hearts of unbelief; or verily some of you
are guilty before me, but I will be merciful
unto your weakness.
Therefore, be ye strong from henceforth; fear
not, for the kingdom is yours.
And for your salvation I give unto you a commandment,
for I have heard your prayers, and the poor
have complained before me, and the rich have
I made, and all flesh is mine, and I am no
respecter of persons.
And I have made the earth rich, and behold
it is my footstool, wherefore, again I will
stand upon it.
And I hold forth and deign to give unto you
greater riches, even a land of promise, a
land flowing with milk and honey, upon which
there shall be no curse when the Lord cometh;
And I will give it unto you for the land of
your inheritance, if you seek it with all
your hearts.
And this shall be my covenant with you, ye
shall have it for the land of your inheritance,
and for the inheritance of your children forever,
while the earth shall stand, and ye shall
possess it again in eternity, no more to pass
away.
But, verily I say unto you that in time ye
shall have no king nor ruler, for I will be
your king and watch over you.
Wherefore, hear my voice and follow me, and
you shall be a free people, and ye shall have
no laws but my laws when I come, for I am
your law-giver, and what can stay my hand?
But, verily I say unto you, teach one another
according to the office wherewith I have appointed
you;
And let every man esteem his brother as himself,
and practice virtue and holiness before me.
And again I say unto you, let every man esteem
his brother as himself.
For what man among you having twelve sons,
and is no respecter of them, and they serve
him obediently, and he saith unto the one;
Be thou clothed in robes and sit thou here;
and to the other, Be thou clothed in rags
and sit thou there, and looketh upon his sons
and saith I am just?
Behold, this I have given unto you as a parable,
and it is even as I am.
I say unto you, be one; and if ye are not
one ye are not mine.
And again, I say unto you that the enemy in
the secret chambers seeketh your lives.
Ye hear of wars in far countries, and you
say that there will soon be great wars in
far countries, but ye know not the hearts
of men in your own land.
I tell you these things because of your prayers;
wherefore, treasure up wisdom in your bosoms,
let the wickedness of men reveal these things
unto you by their wickedness, in a manner
which shall speak in your ears with a voice
louder than that which shall shake the earth;
but if ye are prepared, ye shall not fear.
And that ye might escape the power of the
enemy, and be gathered unto me a righteous
people, without spot and blameless--
Wherefore, for this cause I gave unto you
the commandment that ye should go to the Ohio;
and there I will give unto you my law; and
there you shall be endowed with power from
on high;
And from thence, whosoever I will, shall go
forth among all nations, and it shall be told
them what they shall do; for I have a great
work laid up in store, for Israel shall be
saved, and I will lead them whithersoever
I will, and no power shall stay my hand.
And now, I give unto the church in these parts
a commandment, that certain men among them
shall be appointed, and they shall be appointed
by the voice of the church.
And they shall look to the poor and the needy,
and administer to their relief that they shall
not suffer; and send them forth to the place
which I have commanded them;
And this shall be their work, to govern the
affairs of the property of the church.
And they have farms that cannot be sold, let
them be left or rented as seemeth them good.
See that all things are preserved; and when
men are endowed with power from on high and
sent forth, all these things shall be gathered
unto the bosom of the church.
And if ye seek the riches which it is the
will of the Father to give unto you, ye shall
be the richest of all people, for ye shall
have the riches of eternity; and it must needs
be that the riches of the earth are mine to
give; but beware of pride, lest ye become
as the Nephites of old.
And again, I say unto you, I give unto you
a commandment, that every man, both elder,
priest, teacher, and also member, go to with
his might, with the labor of his hands, to
prepare and accomplish the things which I
have commanded.
And let your preaching be the warning voice,
every man to his neighbor, in mildness and
in meekness.
And go ye out from among the wicked.
Save yourselves.
Be ye clean that bear the vessels of the Lord.
Even so. Amen.
