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Mormon Doctrine & Covenants 78. Revelation through Joseph Smith, Hiram, Ohio, March 1832.

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This is a Latter-day Saint (Mormon) scriptural revelation, presented as direct divine speech transmitted through Joseph Smith in March 1832, recorded in the History of the Church. Its immediate occasion is organizational: it commands the establishment of a formal storehouse system for the poor, to be governed by Smith, Newel K. Whitney, and Sidney Rigdon in council with the saints in Zion. The central theological argument links material equality to spiritual advancement — members must achieve equality in earthly goods as a prerequisite for equal access to heavenly blessings, framing economic cooperation as a sacred covenant whose violation results in loss of church standing and spiritual punishment. The text makes distinctive cosmological claims, referencing the pre-mortal figure of Michael (Adam) as a prince appointed at Adam-ondi-Ahman, and addressing recipients as "the church of the Firstborn" who will be taken up in a cloud and made rulers over multiple kingdoms. The overall posture is paternalistic and eschatological: the Lord reassures followers that they are "little children" not yet capable of bearing full knowledge, but promises hundredfold earthly and eternal rewards for faithful stewardship. Readers interested in early Mormon economic theology, the United Order, or LDS cosmology will find this a compact primary source combining practical institutional instruction with expansive millennial promise.

Mormon Doctrine & Covenants 78. Revelation through Joseph Smith, Hiram, Ohio, March 1832.

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