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Doctrine and Convenants: 130. Instructions given by Josep...

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This is Section 130 of the Doctrine and Covenants, a scripture canonized by the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, consisting of recorded teachings and revelations attributed to Joseph Smith from 1843. The section addresses the nature of God and the afterlife, asserting a distinctively corporeal theology: the Father and Son possess literal, tangible bodies of flesh and bone, while the Holy Ghost is a spirit personage — a claim that sharply distinguishes Latter-day Saint theology from mainstream Christian trinitarianism. It describes the afterlife in concrete, cosmological terms, including angels residing on a glass-like sphere before God, the earth itself being transformed into a divine "Urim and Thummim," and resurrected social relationships persisting into eternity. The section also records a prophecy, dated December 25, 1832, predicting that the Civil War would begin in South Carolina and arise from the slavery question — a prophecy Latter-day Saints cite as evidence of prophetic foresight. Two principles with lasting doctrinal weight close the section: that knowledge and intelligence gained in this life carry forward into the resurrection, and that all divine blessings operate through fixed, heavenly laws rather than arbitrary divine favor. Someone interested in LDS theology, 19th-century American religious thought, or the textual sources behind distinctive Mormon doctrines would find this section highly relevant.

Doctrine and Convenants: 130. Instructions given by Josep...

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