Doctrine and Covenants 76

Mormon History 1830-1844

Doctrine and Covenants 76

February 16, 1832, Hiram, Ohio.
Eyes of Joseph and Sidney are opened §. They see the history of the world and converse with Jesus Christ §. Pre-existence, fall of Lucifer §. Fate of the rebellious, sons of perdition §. Celestial, terrestrial, and telestial glories §.
Several others were in the room during the vision, including Philo Dibble, who reports that one would describe what he saw and the other would reply, "I see the same." ¶ Joseph Remembered: Philo Dibble
Kirtland Revelations Book, 1–10, heading: A vision of Joseph & Sidney February 16th 1832 given in Portage County Hiram Township state of Ohio in North America which they saw concerning the church of the first born and concerning the economy of God and his vast creation throughout all eternity.
1835 Doctrine & Covenants 91 heading: A Vision.

Listen up	1	Hear, O ye heavens, and give ear, O earth, and rejoice ye inhabitants thereof, for the Lord is God, and beside him there is no Savior.
God is wiser, does more than you can know	2	Great is his wisdom, marvelous are his ways, and the extent of his doings none can find out.
He doesn't fail	3	His purposes fail not, neither are there any who can stay his hand.
He is always the same	4	From eternity to eternity he is the same, and his years never fail.
He is merciful and gracious to the righteous	5	For thus saith the Lord—I, the Lord, am merciful and gracious unto those who fear me, and delight to honor those who serve me in righteousness and in truth unto the end.
They get rewarded	6	Great shall be their reward and eternal shall be their glory.
They get the mysteries	7	And to them will I reveal all mysteries, yea, all the hidden mysteries of my kingdom from days of old, and for ages to come, will I make known unto them the good pleasure of my will concerning all things pertaining to my kingdom.
	8	Yea, even the wonders of eternity shall they know, and things to come will I show them, even the things of many generations.
They will be wise	9	And their wisdom shall be great, and their understanding reach to heaven; and before them the wisdom of the wise shall perish, and the understanding of the prudent shall come to naught.
I will enlighten them	10	For by my Spirit will I enlighten them, and by my power will I make known unto them the secrets of my will—yea, even those things which eye has not seen, nor ear heard, nor yet entered into the heart of man.
Joseph and Sidney February 16, 1832	11	We, Joseph Smith, Jun., and Sidney Rigdon, being in the Spirit on the sixteenth day of February, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty-two—
Eyes opened and understandings enlightened	12	By the power of the Spirit our eyes were opened and our understandings were enlightened, so as to see and understand the things of God—
History of the world	13	Even those things which were from the beginning before the world was, which were ordained of the Father, through his Only Begotten Son, who was in the bosom of the Father, even from the beginning;
Coverse with Jesus Christ	14	Of whom we bear record; and the record which we bear is the fulness of the gospel of Jesus Christ, who is the Son, whom we saw and with whom we conversed in the heavenly vision.
Translating John 5:29	15	For while we were doing the work of translation, which the Lord had appointed unto us, we came to the twenty-ninth verse of the fifth chapter of John, which was given unto us as follows—
Resurrection	16	Speaking of the resurrection of the dead, concerning those who shall hear the voice of the Son of Man:
Just and unjust	17	And shall come forth; they who have done good in the resurrection of the just; and they who have done evil, in the resurrection of the unjust.	King James version of John 5:29: "And shall come forth; they that have done good, unto the resurrection of life; and they that have done evil, unto the resurrection of damnation." Joseph Smith version matches verse 17 here.
	18	Now this caused us to marvel, for it was given unto us of the Spirit.
Meditate, Lord touches eyes of understanding	19	And while we meditated upon these things, the Lord touched the eyes of our understandings and they were opened, and the glory of the Lord shone round about.
Glory of the Son, Father	20	And we beheld the glory of the Son, on the right hand of the Father, and received of his fulness;
Worshipping angels	21	And saw the holy angels, and them who are sanctified before his throne, worshiping God, and the Lamb, who worship him forever and ever.
He lives	22	And now, after the many testimonies which have been given of him, this is the testimony, last of all, which we give of him: That he lives!
We saw him	23	For we saw him, even on the right hand of God; and we heard the voice bearing record that he is the Only Begotten of the Father—
Creator	24	That by him, and through him, and of him, the worlds are and were created, and the inhabitants thereof are begotten sons and daughters unto God.
Rebellious angel cast down	25	And this we saw also, and bear record, that an angel of God who was in authority in the presence of God, who rebelled against the Only Begotten Son whom the Father loved and who was in the bosom of the Father, was thrust down from the presence of God and the Son,
Called Perdition, Lucifer, son of morning	26	And was called Perdition, for the heavens wept over him—he was Lucifer, a son of the morning.
Fallen	27	And we beheld, and lo, he is fallen! is fallen, even a son of the morning!
Commanded to write Satan seeks God's kingdom	28	And while we were yet in the Spirit, the Lord commanded us that we should write the vision; for we beheld Satan, that old serpent, even the devil, who rebelled against God, and sought to take the kingdom of our God and his Christ—
Wars against the Saints	29	Wherefore, he maketh war with the saints of God, and encompasseth them round about.
Sufferings	30	And we saw a vision of the sufferings of those with whom he made war and overcame, for thus came the voice of the Lord unto us:
	31	Thus saith the Lord concerning all those who know my power, and have been made partakers thereof, and suffered themselves through the power of the devil to be overcome, and to deny the truth and defy my power—
Sons of perdition	32	They are they who are the sons of perdition, of whom I say that it had been better for them never to have been born;
Suffer in eternity	33	For they are vessels of wrath, doomed to suffer the wrath of God, with the devil and his angels in eternity;
No forgiveness	34	Concerning whom I have said there is no forgiveness in this world nor in the world to come—
Deny Holy Spirit, the Son	35	Having denied the Holy Spirit after having received it, and having denied the Only Begotten Son of the Father, having crucified him unto themselves and put him to an open shame.
Lake of fire and brimstone	36	These are they who shall go away into the lake of fire and brimstone, with the devil and his angels—
Second death	37	And the only ones on whom the second death shall have any power;
Not to be redeemed	38	Yea, verily, the only ones who shall not be redeemed in the due time of the Lord, after the sufferings of his wrath.
All others to be resurrected	39	For all the rest shall be brought forth by the resurrection of the dead, through the triumph and the glory of the Lamb, who was slain, who was in the bosom of the Father before the worlds were made.
	40	And this is the gospel, the glad tidings, which the voice out of the heavens bore record unto us—
Jesus came to be crucified, sanctify the world	41	That he came into the world, even Jesus, to be crucified for the world, and to bear the sins of the world, and to sanctify the world, and to cleanse it from all unrighteousness;
Save all that Father designates	42	That through him all might be saved whom the Father had put into his power and made by him;
Not sons of perdition	43	Who glorifies the Father, and saves all the works of his hands, except those sons of perdition who deny the Son after the Father has revealed him.
Everlasting punishment	44	Wherefore, he saves all except them—they shall go away into everlasting punishment, which is endless punishment, which is eternal punishment, to reign with the devil and his angels in eternity, where their worm dieth not, and the fire is not quenched, which is their torment—
No one knows their torment	45	And the end thereof, neither the place thereof, nor their torment, no man knows;
	46	Neither was it revealed, neither is, neither will be revealed unto man, except to them who are made partakers thereof;
Only by vision	47	Nevertheless, I, the Lord, show it by vision unto many, but straightway shut it up again;
Misery	48	Wherefore, the end, the width, the height, the depth, and the misery thereof, they understand not, neither any man except those who are ordained unto this condemnation.
Write the vision	49	And we heard the voice, saying: Write the vision, for lo, this is the end of the vision of the sufferings of the ungodly.
Resurrection of the just	50	And again we bear record—for we saw and heard, and this is the testimony of the gospel of Christ concerning them who shall come forth in the resurrection of the just—
Receive testimony of Jesus	51	They are they who received the testimony of Jesus, and believed on his name and were baptized after the manner of his burial, being buried in the water in his name, and this according to the commandment which he has given—
Keep commandments, cleansed from sin, receive Holy Spirit	52	That by keeping the commandments they might be washed and cleansed from all their sins, and receive the Holy Spirit by the laying on of the hands of him who is ordained and sealed unto this power;
Sealed by Holy Spirit of promise	53	And who overcome by faith, and are sealed by the Holy Spirit of promise, which the Father sheds forth upon all those who are just and true.
Church of the firstborn	54	They are they who are the church of the Firstborn.
Father gives all things	55	They are they into whose hands the Father has given all things—
Fulness of his glory	56	They are they who are priests and kings, who have received of his fulness, and of his glory;
Order of Melchizedek	57	And are priests of the Most High, after the order of Melchizedek, which was after the order of Enoch, which was after the order of the Only Begotten Son.
Sons of God	58	Wherefore, as it is written, they are gods, even the sons of God—
All things are theirs	59	Wherefore, all things are theirs, whether life or death, or things present, or things to come, all are theirs and they are Christ's, and Christ is God's.
Overcome all	60	And they shall overcome all things.
	61	Wherefore, let no man glory in man, but rather let him glory in God, who shall subdue all enemies under his feet.
Dwell in presence of God and Christ	62	These shall dwell in the presence of God and his Christ forever and ever.
Come in clouds to reign on earth	63	These are they whom he shall bring with him, when he shall come in the clouds of heaven to reign on the earth over his people.
First resurrection	64	These are they who shall have part in the first resurrection
Resurrection of the just	65	These are they who shall come forth in the resurrection of the just.
Come to Mount Zion	66	These are they who are come unto Mount Zion, and unto the city of the living God, the heavenly place, the holiest of all.
Come with angels to church of Enoch and Firstborn	67	These are they who have come to an innumerable company of angels, to the general assembly and church of Enoch, and of the Firstborn.
Names written in heaven	68	These are they whose names are written in heaven, where God and Christ are the judge of all.
Just men made perfect	69	These are they who are just men made perfect through Jesus the mediator of the new covenant, who wrought out this perfect atonement through the shedding of his own blood.
Celestial bodies	70	These are they whose bodies are celestial, whose glory is that of the sun, even the glory of God, the highest of all, whose glory the sun of the firmament is written of as being typical.	Re: three kingdoms see also ¶ D&C 88:1–126.
Terrestrial world like moon	71	And again, we saw the terrestrial world, and behold and lo, these are they who are of the terrestrial, whose glory differs from that of the church of the Firstborn who have received the fulness of the Father, even as that of the moon differs from the sun in the firmament.
Die without the law	72	Behold, these are they who died without law;
Spirits kept in prison	73	And also they who are the spirits of men kept in prison, whom the Son visited, and preached the gospel unto them, that they might be judged according to men in the flesh;
Receive Jesus after life	74	Who received not the testimony of Jesus in the flesh, but afterwards received it.
Honorable men	75	These are they who are honorable men of the earth, who were blinded by the craftiness of men.
Receive glory, but not fulness	76	These are they who receive of his glory, but not of his fulness.
Son's, but not Father's presence	77	These are they who receive of the presence of the Son, but not of the fulness of the Father.
Terrestrial bodies	78	Wherefore, they are bodies terrestrial, and not bodies celestial, and differ in glory as the moon differs from the sun.
Not valiant in testimony of Jesus	79	These are they who are not valiant in the testimony of Jesus; wherefore, they obtain not the crown over the kingdom of our God.
	80	And now this is the end of the vision which we saw of the terrestrial, that the Lord commanded us to write while we were yet in the Spirit.
Telestial glory like stars	81	And again, we saw the glory of the telestial, which glory is that of the lesser, even as the glory of the stars differs from that of the glory of the moon in the firmament.
Do not receive gospel	82	These are they who received not the gospel of Christ, neither the testimony of Jesus.
Do not deny Holy Spirit	83	These are they who deny not the Holy Spirit.
Those in hell	84	These are they who are thrust down to hell.
Redeemed at last resurrection	85	These are they who shall not be redeemed from the devil until the last resurrection, until the Lord, even Christ the Lamb, shall have finished his work.
Holy Spirit ministers to	86	These are they who receive not of his fulness in the eternal world, but of the Holy Spirit through the ministration of the terrestrial;
	97	And the terrestrial through the ministration of the celestial.
Ministering angels	88	And also the telestial receive it of the administering of angels who are appointed to minister for them, or who are appointed to be ministering spirits for them; for they shall be heirs of salvation.
Surpasses all understanding	89	And thus we saw, in the heavenly vision, the glory of the telestial, which surpasses all understanding;
	90	And no man knows it except him to whom God has revealed it.
Terrestrial excels telestial	91	And thus we saw the glory of the terrestrial which excels in all things the glory of the telestial, even in glory, and in power, and in might, and in dominion.
Celestial excels all	92	And thus we saw the glory of the celestial, which excels in all things—where God, even the Father, reigns upon his throne forever and ever;
	93	Before whose throne all things bow in humble reverence, and give him glory forever and ever.
	94	They who dwell in his presence are the church of the Firstborn; and they see as they are seen, and know as they are known, having received of his fulness and of his grace;
	95	And he makes them equal in power, and in might, and in dominion.
	96	And the glory of the celestial is one, even as the glory of the sun is one.
	97	And the glory of the terrestrial is one, even as the glory of the moon is one.
Telestial like stars	98	And the glory of the telestial is one, even as the glory of the stars is one; for as one star differs from another star in glory, even so differs one from another in glory in the telestial world;
	99	For these are they who are of Paul, and of Apollos, and of Cephas.
	100	These are they who say they are some of one and some of another—some of Christ and some of John, and some of Moses, and some of Elias, and some of Esaias, and some of Isaiah, and some of Enoch;
Receive not the gospel	101	But received not the gospel, neither the testimony of Jesus, neither the prophets, neither the everlasting covenant.
Refuse to gather	102	Last of all, these all are they who will not be gathered with the saints, to be caught up unto the church of the Firstborn, and received into the cloud.
Liars, sorcerers, adulterers, etc.	103	These are they who are liars, and sorcerers, and adulterers, and whoremongers, and whosoever loves and makes a lie.
Earthly punishment	104	These are they who suffer the wrath of God on earth.
Eternal fire	105	These are they who suffer the vengeance of eternal fire.
In hell until the end	106	These are they who are cast down to hell and suffer the wrath of Almighty God, until the fulness of times, when Christ shall have subdued all enemies under his feet, and shall have perfected his work;
When Christ's work is finished	107	When he shall deliver up the kingdom, and present it unto the Father, spotless, saying: I have overcome and have trodden the wine-press alone, even the wine-press of the fierceness of the wrath of Almighty God.
And he is crowned	108	Then shall he be crowned with the crown of his glory, to sit on the throne of his power to reign forever and ever.
Innumerable members of telestial world	109	But behold, and lo, we saw the glory and the inhabitants of the telestial world, that they were as innumerable as the stars in the firmament of heaven, or as the sand upon the seashore;
	110	And heard the voice of the Lord saying: These all shall bow the knee, and every tongue shall confess to him who sits upon the throne forever and ever;
Judged by works	111	For they shall be judged according to their works, and every man shall receive according to his own works, his own dominion, in the mansions which are prepared;
Never get to be with God or Christ	112	And they shall be servants of the Most High; but where God and Christ dwell they cannot come, worlds without end.
End of vision	113	This is the end of the vision which we saw, which we were commanded to write while we were yet in the Spirit.
Showed us many things	114	But great and marvelous are the works of the Lord, and the mysteries of his kingdom which he showed unto us, which surpass all understanding in glory, and in might, and in dominion;
Commanded not to write	115	Which he commanded us we should not write while we were yet in the Spirit, and are not lawful for man to utter;
Only to be seen and understood by the Spirit	116	Neither is man capable to make them known, for they are only to be seen and understood by the power of the Holy Spirit, which God bestows on those who love him, and purify themselves before him;
	117	To whom he grants this privilege of seeing and knowing for themselves;
	118	That through the power and manifestation of the Spirit, while in the flesh, they may be able to bear his presence in the world of glory.
	119	And to God and the Lamb be glory, and honor, and dominion forever and ever. Amen.
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