| December 6, 1832, Kirtland, Ohio. |
| Parable of the wheat and the tares: Satan rules
through Babylon the whore. Apostles have spread the seed and it begins
to grow but is still tender. Priesthood passes to one generation to the
next §. Priesthood remains until all is restored.
Saviors to Israel through the priesthood. |
| Kirtland Revelations
Book heading: A Revelation
explaining the parable of the Wheet & <the> Tears |
Not printed in the Book of Commandments.
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| 1835 Doctrine and Covenants 6 heading: Revelation
explaining the parable of the wheat and tares December 1832. / ON PRIESTHOOD. |
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Kirtland Revelations Book |
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| Parable of wheat and tares |
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Verily thus saith the Lord unto you my servants concerning
the parable of the wheaet and of the tears, |
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KRB, 31–32. |
| Field = world apostles
= sowers |
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Behold verily I say that the
field was the world and the Apostles were the sowers of the seed |
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Pink:
dropped after 1835 |
While apostles sleep Babylon
seduces all nations
Satan reigns sowing tares |
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and after they have fallen asleep the great
persecutor of the church the apostate, the whore, even Babylon, that maketh
all nations to drink of her cup, in whose hearts the enemy even Satan
sitteth to reign, behold
he soweth the tears, wherefore the tears choke the wheet and drive the
church into the wilderness, |
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Enemies
the whore: cf. ¶ D&C 88:94
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| Now Lord's crop begins to rise |
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but behold in the last days, even now while the Lord is begining
to bring forth the word, and the blade is springing up and is yet tender, |
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| Angels want to harvest |
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behold verily I say unto you the angels are crying unto
the Lord, day and night who are ready and waiting to be sent forth [32]
to reap down the fields, |
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| No you will destroy the tender
(weak) wheat |
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but the Lord saith unto them pluck not up the
tears while the blade is yet tender (for verily your faith is weak) lest
you destroy the wheat also, |
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Let wheat and tares grow together
Then harvest and burn fields |
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therefore let the wheat and the tears grow together untill
the harvest is fully ripe then ye shall first gather out the wheat from
among the tears and after the gathering of the wheet, behold and lo the
tears are baund in bund[l]es, and the field remaineth to be burned |
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| Priesthood passes through lineage |
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therefore thus saith the Lord unto you with
whom the priesthood hath continued through the lineage of your fathers, |
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Royal
Lineage;
Priesthood Teachings |
| Lawful heirs hidden
from the world |
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for ye are lawful heirs according to the flesh and have
been hid from the world with Christ in God |
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| Must remain until
all is restored |
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therefore your life, and the Priesthood
hath remained and must needs remain through you and your lineage
untill the restoration of all things spoken by the mouth of all the holy
Prophets since the world began, |
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Turquoise: dropped after 1835
Pink: added after 1835
Red: added in 1835
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Be a light to the gentiles
Through priesthood a savior to Israel |
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therefore blessed are ye if ye continue in my
goodness, a light unto the Gentiles and th<r>ough this Priesthood a savior
unto my people Israel the Lord hath said it Amen. |
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Kirtland December 6th [AD?] 1832 given by Joseph the seer
and writen by Sidney the scribe an Councellor, & Transcribed by Frederick
assistent scribe and councellor — — — — — — |
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D&C 87
D&C 85
Ohio Revelations
Doctrine and Covenants
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