| November 4, 1830, Fayette, New York. |
| Orson
Pratt (h1) is blessed for believing.
He is called to preach the gospel, preparing the way for the second coming.
Catastrophic events and destruction of the wicked. Orson is to prophesy
by the power of the Holy Ghost. |
| Orson was baptized on his nineteenth
birthday, September 19, 1830. In October he traveled west to visit Joseph
in Fayette, New York, and on November 4, the prophet gave him this revelation.
Received through a seer stone in a hat. Recorded by John Whitmer. See Joseph
Smith Revelations, 94n94. |
| Book of Commandments 36 heading:
A Revelation to Orson (P.) given in Fayette, New-York, November, 1830. |
| 1835 Doctrine and Covenants 56 heading:
Revelation to Orson Pratt, given November, 1830. |
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Book of Commandments 36 |
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| Listen up |
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[1] MY
son Orson, hearken and hear and behold what I the Lord God shall say
unto you, even Jesus Christ your Redeemer, |
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BC verse
numbers are in brackets. |
| Light and
life of the world |
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The light and the life
of the world: |
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| Darkness doesn't get it |
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[2] A light
which shineth in darkness and the darkness comprehendeth it not: |
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| I gave my life so
believers could become sons of God |
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[3] Who
so loved the world that he gave his own life, that as many as would believe
might become the sons of God: |
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Trinitarian God
"For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that
whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life."
John 3:16
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| You are my son |
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[4]
Wherefore you are my son, |
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| You are blessed |
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and blessed are you
because you have believed, |
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| Called to preach |
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and more blessed are
you because you are called of me to preach my gospel; |
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| Cry repentance, prepare
the way for second coming |
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to
lift up your voice as with the sound of a trump, both long and loud, and
cry repentance unto a crooked and perverse generation, preparing the way
of the Lord for his second coming: |
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| Coming soon |
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for behold, verily,
verily I say unto you, the time is soon at hand that I shall come in
a cloud with power and great glory, |
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| All nations will tremble |
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and it shall be a
great day at the time of my coming, for all nations shall tremble. |
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| Cataclysms |
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[5] But
before that great day shall come, the sun shall be darkened, and the moon
be turned into blood, and the stars shall refuse their shining, and some
shall fall, and great destructions await the wicked: |
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| Speak out |
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[6] Wherefore
lift up your voice and spare not, for the Lord God hath spoken. |
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| Holy Ghost will tell
you what to prophesy |
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[7] Therefore
prophesy and it shall be given by the power of the Holy Ghost; |
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| If faithful, I will
be with you |
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and if you are faithful
behold I am with you until I come: |
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| Coming quickly |
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[9] And
verily, verily I say unto you, I come quickly. |
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| I am your Lord and
Redeember |
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I am your Lord and
your Redeemer; even so: Amen. |
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D&C 35
D&C 33
New York–Pennsylvania Revelations
Doctrine and Covenants
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