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Mormon Doctrine & Covenants 64. Revelation through Joseph Smith to the elders of the Church, Kirtland, Ohio, September 11, 1831.

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This is a Mormon scriptural text — a purported divine revelation received by Joseph Smith in 1831, now canonized in the Doctrine and Covenants (Section 64). It belongs to the tradition of Mormon "modern revelation," presenting direct first-person speech from God to early Church leaders in the prophetic idiom of the King James Bible. The central command is forgiveness: God declares that while specific named elders (including Ezra Booth, Edward Partridge, and Isaac Morley) have sinned, the saints are required to forgive all men unconditionally, since withholding forgiveness constitutes the greater sin. The text also delivers practical ecclesiastical directives — instructing specific individuals whether to sell or retain their farms and businesses in Kirtland, Ohio, and directing migration to "the land of Zion" (Missouri). A distinctively urgent eschatological note runs throughout: the present day is framed as a period of sacrifice and tithing before an imminent burning judgment that will destroy the proud and wicked "as stubble." The text closes with an expansive millennial vision in which Zion will become a global ensign, drawing people from every nation and causing the nations of the earth to tremble before her.

Mormon Doctrine & Covenants 64. Revelation through Joseph Smith to the elders of the Church, Kirtland, Ohio, September 11, 1831.

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