{"collection":"Sacred Texts: Mormons","full_text_available":false,"graph_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/v2/api/page/sacred_texts_v1_mor_dc_dc045_htm/graph","html_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/v2/page/sacred_texts_v1_mor_dc_dc045_htm","id":"sacred_texts_v1_mor_dc_dc045_htm","license":"unknown_pending_legal_review","rights_basis":"sacred_texts_v1_preview_gate_primary_text_only; acquisition-method/ToS and compilation-copyright questions still open, not resolved by this gate","source":"sacred_texts_v1","source_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/browse/mor/dc/dc045.htm","summary":"This is Section 45 of the *Doctrine and Covenants*, a Latter-day Saint scriptural text comprising revelations received by Joseph Smith, placing it within the tradition of 19th-century American restorationist prophecy. The text is structured as a first-person divine address \u2014 Christ speaking directly to the early LDS church \u2014 and functions primarily as an extended apocalyptic prophecy modeled closely on Matthew 24 (the Olivet Discourse), with Smith's revelatory additions woven in. It traces a sequence of end-times signs: the scattering and eventual gathering of Israel, wars and desolations, cosmic disturbances, Christ's Second Coming in glory, the binding of Satan, and the inauguration of a millennial reign. Distinctively, the section introduces the concept of a \"New Jerusalem\" or Zion to be built in the American West as a city of refuge for the righteous \u2014 a concrete geographical and political claim that sets this text apart from traditional Christian eschatology. It also instructs Smith to translate the New Testament as a prerequisite for fuller prophetic understanding, and commands the early Saints to gather westward and purchase land for this future holy city. The text is notable for its urgent, imminent framing \u2014 wars \"at your very doors\" \u2014 directing apocalyptic expectation toward the immediate circumstances of the 1831 American frontier church.","tags":[],"text":null,"title":"Doctrine and Convenants: 45. Revelation through Joseph Smith to the Church, Kirtland, Ohio, March 7, 1831.","tradition":"Sacred Texts: Mormons","translated_text":null,"word_count":2259}