History of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, Volume 1Smith, Joseph, Jr.
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History of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, Volume 1
Smith, Joseph, Jr.
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints; Smith, Joseph, Jr., 1805-1844
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;
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;
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.
11. We, Joseph Smith, Jun., and Sidney Rigdon, being in the Spirit,
on the sixteenth of February, in the year of our Lord, one thousand
eight hundred and thirty-two,
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--
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,
14. Of whom we bear record; and the record which we bear is the
fullness of the Gospel of Jesus Christ who is the Son, whom we saw
and with whom we conversed in the heavenly vision.
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:
16. Speaking of the resurrection of the dead, concerning those who
shall hear the voice of the Son of Man, and shall come forth;
17. They who have done good in the resurrection of the just, and
they who have done evil in the resurrection of the unjust.
{247} 18. Now this caused us to marvel, for it was given unto us of
the Spirit;
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;
20. And we beheld the glory of the Son, on the right hand of the
Father and received of His fullness;
21. And saw the holy angels, and they who are sanctified before his
throne, worshiping God and the Lamb, who worship Him forever and
ever.
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!
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;
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