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Doctrine and Convenants: 110. Visions given to Joseph Smith and Oliver Cowdery in the temple at Kirtland, Ohio, April 3, 1836.

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Section 110 of the Doctrine and Covenants is a canonical LDS scripture recording a visionary experience claimed by Joseph Smith and Oliver Cowdery on April 3, 1836, at the newly dedicated Kirtland Temple in Ohio. It belongs to the genre of prophetic vision narrative, situated within the restorationist tradition of early Mormonism. The passage recounts a theophany in which Jesus Christ appears to accept the temple, forgives the recipients of their sins, and promises to manifest himself there to the faithful. Three subsequent heavenly messengers then appear: Moses, who confers "keys" for gathering scattered Israel; Elias, who restores the Abrahamic covenant; and Elijah, whose return fulfills the Malachi prophecy about turning the hearts of fathers to children. The distinctive claim of the text is institutional and eschatological — that specific priesthood "keys" (delegated divine authority) were literally transferred in this event, activating the final dispensation before the Second Coming. For Latter-day Saints, this section functions as the scriptural warrant for practices like genealogical work and temple ordinances for the dead.

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