History of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Volume 5 — John Shaqi
History of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Volume 5Smith, Joseph, Jr.
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History of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Volume 5
Smith, Joseph, Jr.
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints; Smith, Joseph, Jr., 1805-1844
Again it is said: "and if they commit no murder, wherein they shed
innocent blood--yet they shall come forth in the first resurrection and
{XLII} enter into their exaltation; but they shall be destroyed in the
flesh, and shall be delivered unto the buffetings of Satan unto the
day of redemption, saith the Lord God" (v. 26). "The blasphemy against
the Holy Ghost, which shall not be forgiven in the world, nor out of
the world is in that ye commit murder, wherein ye shed innocent blood,
and assent unto my death after ye have received my new and everlasting
covenant" (v. 27). That is to say, the doctrine is here set forth that
the murderer hath not eternal life abiding in him (1 John 3:15). There
is no forgiveness for him in this world or in the world to come. The
same idea is to be found in other revelations of Joseph Smith. Notably
in section 42: "Behold, I speak unto the Church. Thou shalt not kill;
and he that kills shall not have forgiveness in this world nor in the
world to come" (v. 18); "if any persons among you shall kill, they
shall be delivered up and dealt with according to the law of the land;
for remember, that he hath no forgiveness" (v. 79); then again and in
connection with breaking covenant, note the following expression: "And
this is all according to the oath and covenant of the priesthood. *
* * But whoso breaketh this covenant, after he hath received it, and
altogether turned therefrom, shall not have forgiveness in this world
or in the world to come (v. 39-40).
The expression "new and everlasting covenant" (v. 4) occurs several
times in the revelation on marriage: "as pertaining to the new and
everlasting covenant it was instituted," etc. (v. 6); "if a man marry
a wife * * * * * by the new and everlasting covenant, and it is
sealed," etc. (v. 19). The phrase occurs a number of other times in the
revelation, viz., in verses 26, 27, 41 and 42. It occurs also in many
other revelations by Joseph Smith: In section 1--"That mine everlasting
covenant might be established" (v. 22); "this is a new and everlasting
covenant" (Sec. 22: 1); "I have sent mine everlasting covenant into the
world" (Sec. 45: 9); same in Sec. 49, 9; 66, 2; 76, 101; 78: 11, and in
at least a score of other sections.
_5. The Evidence of Recurrence of Principles in the Revelation on
Marriage That are Found in Other Revelations Through Joseph Smith_.
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