| July 8, 1838 |
| Far West, Missouri |
| N. K. Whitney and William Marks to Kirtland,
sell property, pay debts. William is to preside over Far West. Newel's secret
abominations, littleness of soul. Oliver Granger to be a merchant in Zion. |
| Scriptory Book heading, "Revelation Given to Wm. Marks, N. K. Whitney Oliver Granger & others. Given in Zion. July 8th 1838" |
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| William
Marks, Newel Whitney to Kirtland |
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Verrily thus saith the Lord unto my servent Wm. Marks,
and also unto my servent N. K. Whitney,
Let them settle up their buisness spe[e]dily and Journey from the land of
Kirtland, before I the Lord, send again the snows upon the ground earth, |
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JS revelations, 294–95. |
| Hurry |
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Let them awake and arise and come forth and not tarry
for I the Lord command it, |
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therefore if they tarry, it shall not be well with them, |
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| Repent,
covetous |
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let them repent of all their sins and of all their covetous
desires, before me saith the Lord. For what is property unto me saith
the Lord. |
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| Kirtland
properties pay debts, keep rest |
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Let the properties of Kirtland be turned out for debts saith
the Lord, Let them go; saith the Lord, and whatsoever remaineth let it
remain in your hands saith the Lord, |
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| Lord
in charge |
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for have I not the fowls of heaven and also the fish of the
sea, and the bea[s]ts of the mountains, have I not made the earth, do I not
hold the destinies of all the armies of the Nations of the earth, |
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therefore will I not make solitary places to bud and to blossom,
and to bring forth in abundence saith the Lord, |
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Is there not room enough on the mountains of Adam Ondi Awman,
and on the plains of Olah[a] Shinehah, or in the land where Adam dwelt; that
you should covet that which is but the drop, and neglect the more weighty
matters, |
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| People
to Zion |
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Therefore come up hither unto the Land of my people, even
Zion, |
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| William
Marks preside over Far West |
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let my servent Wm. Marks, be faithfull over a few things,
and he shall be a ruler over many. Let him preside in the midst of my people
in the City of Far West and let him be blessed with the blessings of my
people.
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Shame
on Newel for Nicolaitane band, secret abominations
Be bishop in deed in Adam-ondi-Ahman |
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Let my servant ¶
N. K. Whitney be ashamed of the Nicholatine band and of all their
secret abominations, and of all his littleness of soul before me saith
the Lord and come up to the land of Adam Ondi Awman, and be a bishop unto
my people saith the Lord, not in name but in deed saith the Lord. |
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"… thou hatest the deeds of the Nicolaitans, which I also hate.
… the doctrine of the Nicolaitans, which thing I hate." Rev.
2:6, 15 (to Ephesians).
Nicholatine: A little-known sect in Ephesus whose members, according to Irenaeus, led "lives of unrestrained indulgence." The LDS Bible Dictionary repeats a commonly held view that the Nicolaites were antinomian, though the Catholic Encyclopedia maintains this has never been proven.
Martin Luther defined Antinomians as those who considered themselves exempt from moral (religious) law. The term was then used
to describe Gnostics. Alexander Campbell was accused of Antinomianism for teaching that the Law of Moses did not apply to Christians (1816). Anne Hutchinson was declared Antinomian (1636) for espousing the covenant of grace as opposed to the covenant of works (a position later taught by John Calvin. The Catholic Encyclopedia states that Antinomianism is "an extreme type of the heretical doctrine of justification by faith alone."
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| Oliver
Granger good |
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And again verrily I say unto you I remember my servent
Oliver Granger, behold Verrily I say unto him, that his name shall be had
in sacred remembrance from Generation to Generation for ever and ever, saith
the Lord. |
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| Help
First Presidency |
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Therefore let him contend earnestly for the redemption of
the first presidency of my Church saith the Lord, and when he falls he
shall rise again for his sacrafice shall be more sacred unto me, than his
increase saith the Lord, |
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| Hurry
to Zion to merchant |
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Therefore, let him come up hither
spe[e]dily, unto the land of Zion, and in the due time he shall be made a
merchent unto my name saith the Lord, for the benefit of my people, |
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| People
bless Oliver Granger |
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Therefore let no man despise my servent Oliver Granger, but
let the blessings of my people be on him forever and ever, |
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| Kirtland
Saints preserve temple |
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and again verily I say unto you, let all my servents in
the Land of Kirtland rem[em]ber the Lord their God, and mine house also, to
keep and preser[v]e it holy, and to overthrow the money Changers in mine own
due time saith the Lord, Even so Amen |
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D&C 118
D&C 116
Far West Revelations
Doctrine and Covenants
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