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
Principles that appear in previous revelations reappear in this
revelation on marriage: for example, it is said in Sec. 130: "There is
a law irrevocably decreed in heaven, before the foundations of this
world, upon which all blessings are predicated; and when we obtain
any blessing from God it is by obedience to that law upon which it is
predicated." In Sec. 88, occurs the following: "All kingdoms have a law
given: and there are many kingdoms; and unto every kingdom is given a
law; and unto every law there are certain bounds also and conditions.
All beings who abide not in those conditions are not justified," verse
{XLIII} 36 to 38. In the revelation on marriage this doctrine is set
forth in the following passage: "No one can reject this covenant and be
permitted to enter into my glory; for all who will have a blessing at
my hands shall abide the law which was appointed for that blessing, and
the conditions thereof, as were instituted from before the foundation
of the world. * * * * * * * * * And will I appoint unto you, saith the
Lord, except it be by law, even as I and my Father ordained unto you,
before the world was! * * * * * * * * * * * I am the Lord thy God, and
will give unto thee the law of my Holy Priesthood, as was ordained by
me, and my Father, before the world was," verses 4, 5, 11, 28. The
identity of the principle is complete, and tends to establish identity
of authorship.
_6. The Evidence of the Particularization of Ideas_.
In the revelation on marriage there is a singularity of expression,
which, for want of a better term, I will call a particularization of
ideas, that is decidedly peculiar to the Prophet, for example: "And
verily I say unto you, that the conditions of this law are these: All
covenants, contracts, bonds, obligations, oaths, vows, performances,
connections, associations, or expectations, that are not made, and
entered into, and sealed, by the Holy Spirit of promise, of him who
is anointed, both as well for time and for all eternity, and that too
most holy, by revelation and commandment through the medium of mine
anointed, whom I have appointed on the earth to hold this power, (and
I have appointed unto my servant Joseph to hold this power in the last
days, and there is never but one on the earth, at a time, on whom
this power and the keys of this Priesthood are conferred,) are of no
efficacy, virtue or force, in and after the resurrection from the dead;
for all contracts that are not made unto this end, have an end when men
are dead. * * * * And everything that is in the world, whether it be
ordained of men, by thrones, or principalities, or powers, or things of
name, whatsoever they may be, that are not by me, or by my word, saith
the Lord, shall be thrown down, and shall not remain after men are
dead, neither in nor after the resurrection, saith the Lord your God!"
(verses 7, 13).
A similar particularization of things is found in verses 15, 18, 19,
26, 30, 59, 61, of the revelation on marriage.
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