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Doctrine and Convenants: 77. Revelation to Joseph Smith, Hiram, Ohio, March 1832.

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This is Section 77 of the Doctrine and Covenants, a Latter-day Saint (Mormon) scripture, presented as a question-and-answer revelation given through Joseph Smith that interprets specific symbolic imagery from the Book of Revelation (chapters 4–11). The text systematically decodes John's apocalyptic visions: the sea of glass is the sanctified earth in its eternal state; the four beasts represent individual creatures displaying the glory of all animal creation; and the sealed book with seven seals maps onto seven thousand-year periods of earth's temporal history. A distinctive claim running throughout is that the events of Revelation are calendared to specific cosmic millennia, with the gathering of Israel and sealing of 144,000 high priests assigned to the sixth thousand years, and the final sanctification of the earth and judgment of all things to the seventh. The text also identifies the angel from the east and the "little book" eaten by John as manifestations of Elias, the prophesied restorer who will gather the tribes of Israel. For anyone deciding whether to read it: this is a dense doctrinal exegesis that transforms Revelation's poetry into a literal, structured eschatological timeline unique to LDS theology, with specific claims about angels, priesthood orders, and the chronology of the last days.

Doctrine and Convenants: 77. Revelation to Joseph Smith, Hiram, Ohio, March 1832.

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