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Mormon Doctrine & Covenants 59. Revelation through Joseph Smith, in Zion, Jackson County, Missouri, August 7, 1831.

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This is a Latter-day Saint (Mormon) scriptural text — specifically Doctrine and Covenants Section 59 — presented as a divine revelation received by Joseph Smith in Jackson County, Missouri in 1831. The revelation addresses members who had gathered to the designated land of Zion, pronouncing blessings on them for their obedience and promising both earthly abundance and eternal reward. Its core content is a restatement of commandments: love of God and neighbor, observance of the Sabbath as a day of sacrament and rest, gratitude, sacrifice through humility, and moderation in using the earth's resources. A distinctive feature is its theology of material abundance as divine gift — the earth's fruits (food, clothing, shelter, sensory pleasure) are explicitly declared good and given for human use and enjoyment, provided they are used with "judgment, not to excess." The text's notable claim is that God's wrath is kindled not by moral failings per se but specifically by failure to acknowledge his hand in all things — ingratitude framed as the foundational offense. Readers interested in early Mormon theology of land, covenant community, Sabbath practice, or the religious legitimation of material life will find this a compact and representative primary source.

Mormon Doctrine & Covenants 59. Revelation through Joseph Smith, in Zion, Jackson County, Missouri, August 7, 1831.

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