Tag: Doctrine and Covenants

And now, verily, I say concerning the residue of the elders of my church, the time has not yet come, for many years, for them to receive their inheritance in this land. Doctrine & Covenants 58:44 The Lord hunted from the beginning that it would be a long time before Zion was to be the…

I, the Lord, will forgive whom I will forgive, but of you it is required to forgive all men. And ye ought to say in your hearts—let God judge between me and thee, and reward thee according to thy deeds. Doctrine & Covenants 64:10-11 The Lord makes clear His forgiveness is not universal but He…

Until that hour (the coming of the Son of Man) there will be foolish virgins among the wise; and at that hour cometh an entire separation of the righteous and the wicked; and in that day will I send mine angels to pluck out the wicked. Doctrine & Covenants 63:54 We will never be able…

The Lord sent a vanguard of trusted servants to establish businesses and begin to acquire property so that the coming saints would have the means to settle in Missouri.

The church had unique problems to solve because of the command for them to physically gather to a common place. This necessitated the church coordinating donations, purchased, and disbursement of land and goods.

Hear the word of him … Who willeth to take even them whom he will take, and preserveth in life them whom he will preserve; Who buildeth up at his own will and pleasure; and destroyeth when he pleases, and is able to cast the soul down to hell. Behold, I, the Lord, utter my…

And in that place (Cincinnati from verse 30) they shall lift up their voices unto God against that people … a people who are well-nigh ripened for destruction. Doctrine & Covenants 61:31 Looking at the history of Cincinnati I wonder if there was something related to slavery and the abolitionist movement that was drawing the…

I think it’s valuable, especially when we feel rudderless, to ask what we have been ordained to do. When we understand our role we should focus on that and not try to take over things the Lord has reserved to Himself or ordained others to do. If you behold a spirit manifested that you cannot…

We can see here how people can get an idea and elevate it to a doctrine. Two clear examples here are celibacy and vegetarianism. Celibacy has a place (outside of marriage) but it should not be pushed as a lifelong aspirational lifestyle. Similarly vegetarianism (and veganism) have some merit from the standpoint of physiological health…

Let them lift up their voice and declare my word with loud voices, without wrath or doubting.{Proclaim} my word among the congregations of the wicked, not in haste, neither in wrath nor with strife. Doctrine & Covenants 60:7,14 The Lord does not need or want us to become demonstrative or performative or to be anxious…