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1 Verily, thus saith the Lord unto you my
servant Joseph, that inasmuch as you have inquired of my hand to
know and understand wherein I, the Lord, justified my servants
Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, as also Moses, David and Solomon, my
servants, as touching the principle and doctrine of their having
many wives and concubines—
2 Behold, and lo, I am the Lord thy God, and
will answer thee as touching this matter.
3 Therefore, prepare
thy heart to receive and obey the instructions which I am
about to give unto you; for all those who have this law
revealed unto them must obey the same.
4 For behold, I reveal unto you a new and an
everlasting covenant; and if ye abide not that covenant, then are
ye damned; for no one can reject this covenant and be permitted to
enter into my glory.
5 For all who will have a blessing at my hands
shall abide the law which was appointed for that blessing, and the
conditions thereof, as were instituted from before the foundation
of the world.
6 And as pertaining to the new and everlasting
covenant, it was instituted for the fulness of my glory; and he
that receiveth a fulness thereof must and shall abide the law, or
he shall be damned, saith the Lord God.
7 And verily I say unto you, that the
conditions of this law are these: All covenants, contracts, bonds,
obligations, oaths, vows, performances, connections, associations,
or expectations, that are not made and entered into and sealed by
the Holy Spirit of promise, of
him who is anointed, both as well for time and
for all eternity, and that too most
holy, by revelation and commandment through the medium of mine
anointed, whom I have appointed on the earth to hold this
power (and I have appointed unto my servant Joseph to hold
this power in the last days, and there is never but one on the
earth at a time on whom this power and the keys of this
priesthood are conferred), are of no efficacy,
virtue, or force in and after the resurrection from the dead; for
all contracts that are not made unto this end have an end when men
are dead.
8 Behold, mine house is a house of order, saith
the Lord God, and not a house of confusion.
9 Will I accept of an offering, saith the Lord,
that is not made in my name?
10 Or will I receive at your hands that which I
have not appointed?
11 And will I appoint unto you, saith the Lord,
except it be by law, even as I and my Father ordained unto you,
before the world was?
12 I am the Lord thy God; and I give unto you
this commandment—that no man shall come unto the Father but by me
or by my word, which is my law, saith the Lord.
13 And everything that is in the world, whether
it be ordained of men, by thrones, or principalities, or powers,
or things of name, whatsoever they may be, that are not by me or
by my word, saith the Lord, shall be thrown down, and shall not
remain after men are dead, neither in nor after the resurrection,
saith the Lord your God.
14 For whatsoever things remain are by me; and
whatsoever things are not by me shall be shaken and destroyed.
15 Therefore, if a man marry him a wife in the
world, and he marry her not by me nor by my word, and he covenant
with her so long as he is in the world and she with him, their
covenant and marriage are not of force when they are dead, and
when they are out of the world; therefore, they are not bound by
any law when they are out of the world.
16 Therefore, when they are out of the world
they neither marry nor are given in marriage; but are appointed
angels in heaven, which angels are ministering servants, to
minister for those who are worthy of a far more, and an exceeding,
and an eternal weight of glory.
17 For these angels did not abide my law;
therefore, they cannot be enlarged, but remain separately and
singly, without exaltation, in their saved condition, to all
eternity; and from henceforth are not gods, but are angels of God
forever and ever.
18 And again, verily I say unto you, if a man
marry a wife, and make a covenant with her for time and for all
eternity, if that covenant is not by me or by my word, which is my
law, and is not sealed by the Holy Spirit of promise, through
him whom I have anointed and appointed unto this power, then
it is not valid neither of force when they are out of the world,
because they are not joined by me, saith the Lord, neither by my
word; when they are out of the world it cannot be received there,
because the angels and the gods are appointed there, by whom they
cannot pass; they cannot, therefore, inherit my glory; for my
house is a house of order, saith the Lord God.
19 And again, verily I say unto you, if a man
marry a wife by my word, which is my law, and by the new and
everlasting covenant, and it is sealed unto them by the Holy
Spirit of promise, by him who is
anointed, unto whom I have appointed this power and the keys
of this priesthood; and it shall be said unto
them—Ye shall come forth in the first resurrection; and if it be
after the first resurrection, in the next resurrection; and shall
inherit thrones, kingdoms, principalities, and powers, dominions,
all heights and depths—then shall it be written in the Lamb’s Book
of Life, that he shall commit no murder whereby to shed innocent
blood, and if ye abide in my covenant, and commit no murder
whereby to shed innocent blood, it shall be done unto them in all
things whatsoever my
servant hath put upon them, I
have promised by my Holy Spirit, in time, and
through all eternity; and shall be of full force when they are out
of the world; and they shall pass by the angels, and the gods,
which are set there, to their exaltation and glory in all things,
as hath been sealed upon their heads, which glory shall be a
fulness and a continuation of the seeds forever and ever.
20 Then shall they be gods, because they have
no end; therefore shall they be from everlasting to everlasting,
because they continue; then shall they be above all, because all
things are subject unto them. Then shall they be gods, because
they have all power, and the angels are subject unto them.
21 Verily, verily, I say unto you, except ye
abide my law ye cannot attain to this glory.
22 For strait is the gate, and narrow the way
that leadeth unto the exaltation and continuation of the lives,
and few there be that find it, because ye receive me not in the
world neither do ye know me.
23 But if ye receive me in the world, then
shall ye know me, and shall receive your exaltation; that where I
am ye shall be also.
24 This is eternal lives—to know the only wise
and true God, and Jesus Christ, whom he hath sent. I am he.
Receive ye, therefore, my law.
25 Broad is the gate, and wide the way that
leadeth to the deaths; and many there are that go in thereat,
because they receive me not, neither do they abide in my law.
26 Verily, verily, I say unto you, if a man
marry a wife according to my word, and they are sealed by the Holy
Spirit of promise, according to mine
appointment, and he or she shall commit any sin
or transgression of the new and everlasting covenant whatever, and
all manner of blasphemies, and if they commit no murder wherein
they shed innocent blood, yet they shall come forth in the first
resurrection, and enter into their exaltation; but they shall be
destroyed in the flesh, and shall be delivered unto the buffetings
of Satan unto the day of redemption, saith the Lord God.
27 The blasphemy against the Holy Ghost, which
shall not be forgiven in the world nor out of the world, is in
that ye commit murder wherein ye shed innocent blood, and assent
unto my death, after ye have received my new and everlasting
covenant, saith the Lord God; and he that abideth not this law can
in nowise enter into my glory, but shall be damned, saith the
Lord.
28 I am the Lord thy God, and will give unto
thee the law of my Holy Priesthood, as was ordained by me and my
Father before the world was.
29 Abraham received all things, whatsoever he
received, by revelation and commandment, by my word, saith the
Lord, and hath entered into his exaltation and sitteth upon his
throne.
30 Abraham received promises concerning his
seed, and of the fruit of his loins—from whose loins ye are,
namely, my servant Joseph—which were to continue so long as they
were in the world; and as touching Abraham and his seed, out of
the world they should continue; both in the world and out of the
world should they continue as innumerable as the stars; or, if ye
were to count the sand upon the seashore ye could not number them.
31 This promise is yours also, because ye are
of Abraham, and the promise was made unto Abraham; and by this law
is the continuation of the works of my Father, wherein he
glorifieth himself.
32 Go ye, therefore, and do the works of
Abraham; enter ye into my law and ye shall be saved.
33 But if ye enter not into my law ye cannot
receive the promise of my Father, which he made unto Abraham.
34 God commanded promised Abraham, and Sarah
gave Hagar to Abraham to wife. And why did she do it? Because this
was the law; and from Hagar sprang many people. This, therefore,
was fulfilling, among other things, the promises.
35 Was Abraham, therefore, under condemnation?
Verily I say unto you, Nay; for I, the Lord, commanded
approved it.
36 Abraham was commanded to offer his son
Isaac; nevertheless, it was written: Thou shalt not kill. Abraham,
however, did not refuse, and it was accounted unto him for
righteousness.
37 Abraham received concubines, and they bore
him children; and it was accounted unto him for righteousness,
because they were given unto him, and he abode in my law; as Isaac
also and Jacob did none other things than that which they were
commanded; and because they did none other things than that which
they were commanded, they have entered into their exaltation,
according to the promises, and sit upon thrones, and are not
angels but are gods.
38 David also received many wives and
concubines, and also Solomon and Moses my servants, as also many
others of my servants, from the beginning of creation until this
time; and in nothing did they sin save in those things which they
received not of me.
39 David’s wives and concubines were given unto
him of me, by the hand of Nathan, my
servant, and others of the prophets who had the keys of this
power; and in none of these things did he sin
against me save in the case of Uriah and his wife; and, therefore
he hath fallen from his exaltation, and received his portion; and
he shall not inherit them out of the world, for I gave them unto
another, saith the Lord.
40 I am the Lord thy God, and I gave unto thee,
my servant Joseph, an appointment, and restore all things. Ask
what ye will, and it shall be given unto you according to my word.
41 And as ye have asked concerning adultery,
verily, verily, I say unto you, if a man receiveth a wife in the
new and everlasting covenant, and if she be with another man, and
I have not appointed unto her by the holy anointing, she hath
committed adultery and shall be destroyed.
42 If she be not in the new and everlasting
covenant, and she be with another man, she has committed adultery.
43 And if her husband be with another woman,
and he was under a vow, he hath broken his vow and hath committed
adultery.
44 And if she hath not committed adultery, but
is innocent and hath not broken her vow, and she knoweth it, and I
reveal it unto you, my servant Joseph, then shall you have power,
by the power of my Holy Priesthood, to take her and give her unto
him that hath not committed adultery but hath been faithful; for
he shall be made ruler over many.
45 For I have conferred upon you the keys and
power of the priesthood, wherein I restore all things, and make
known unto you all things in due time.
46 And verily, verily, I say unto you, that
whatsoever you seal on earth shall be sealed in heaven; and
whatsoever you bind on earth, in my name and by my word, saith the
Lord, it shall be eternally bound in the heavens; and whosesoever
sins you remit on earth shall be remitted eternally in the
heavens; and whosesoever sins you retain on earth shall be
retained in heaven.
47 And again, verily I say, whomsoever you
bless I will bless, and whomsoever you curse I will curse, saith
the Lord; for I, the Lord, am thy God.
48 And again, verily I say unto you, my servant
Joseph, that whatsoever you give on earth, and to whomsoever you
give any one on earth, by my word and according to my law, it
shall be visited with blessings and not cursings, and with my
power, saith the Lord, and shall be without condemnation on earth
and in heaven.
49 For I am the Lord thy God, and will be with
thee even unto the end of the world, and through all eternity; for
verily I seal upon you your exaltation, and prepare a throne for
you in the kingdom of my Father, with Abraham your father.
50 Behold, I have
seen your sacrifices, and will forgive all your sins; I have
seen your sacrifices in obedience to that which I have told
you. Go, therefore, and I make a way for your escape, as I
accepted the offering of Abraham of his son Isaac.
51 Verily, I say unto
you: A commandment I give unto mine handmaid, Emma Smith, your
wife, whom I have given unto you, that she stay herself and
partake not of that which I commanded you to offer unto her;
for I did it, saith the Lord, to prove you all, as I did
Abraham, and that I might require an offering at your hand, by
covenant and sacrifice.
52 And let mine
handmaid, Emma Smith, receive all those that have been given
unto my servant Joseph, and who are virtuous and pure before
me; and those who are not pure, and have said they were pure,
shall be destroyed, saith the Lord God.
53 For I am the Lord
thy God, and ye shall obey my voice; and I give unto my
servant Joseph that he shall be made ruler over many things;
for he hath been faithful over a few things, and from
henceforth I will strengthen him.
54 And I command mine
handmaid, Emma Smith, to abide and cleave unto my servant
Joseph, and to none else. But if she will not abide this
commandment she shall be destroyed, saith the Lord; for I am
the Lord thy God, and will destroy her if she abide not in my
law.
55 But if she will
not abide this commandment, then shall my servant Joseph do
all things for her, even as he hath said; and I will bless him
and multiply him and give unto him an hundredfold in this
world, of fathers and mothers, brothers and sisters, houses
and lands, wives and children, and crowns of eternal lives in
the eternal worlds.
56 And again, verily
I say, let mine handmaid forgive my servant Joseph his
trespasses; and then shall she be forgiven her trespasses,
wherein she has trespassed against me; and I, the Lord thy
God, will bless her, and multiply her, and make her heart to
rejoice.
57 And again, I say,
let not my servant Joseph put his property out of his hands,
lest an enemy come and destroy him; for Satan seeketh to
destroy; for I am the Lord thy God, and he is my servant; and
behold, and lo, I am with him, as I was with Abraham, thy
father, even unto his exaltation and glory.
58 Now, as touching the law of the priesthood,
there are many things pertaining thereunto.
59 Verily, if a man be called of my Father, as
was Aaron, by mine own voice, and by the voice of him that sent
me, and I have endowed him with the keys of the power of this
priesthood, if he do anything in my name, and according to my law
and by my word, he will not commit sin, and I will justify him.
60 Let no one,
therefore, set on my servant Joseph; for I will justify him;
for he shall do the sacrifice which I require at his hands for
his transgressions, saith the Lord your God.
61 And again, as pertaining to the law of the
priesthood—if any man espouse a virgin, and desire to espouse
another, and the first give her consent, and if he espouse the
second, and they are virgins, and have vowed to no other man, then
is he justified; he cannot commit adultery for they are given unto
him; for he cannot commit adultery with that that belongeth unto
him and to no one else.
62 And if he have ten virgins given unto him by
this law, he cannot commit adultery, for they belong to him, and
they are given unto him; therefore is he justified.
63 But if one or either of the ten virgins,
after she is espoused, shall be with another man, she has
committed adultery, and shall be destroyed; for they are given
unto him to multiply and replenish the earth, according to my
commandment, and to fulfil the promise which was given by my
Father before the foundation of the world, and for their
exaltation in the eternal worlds, that they may bear the souls of
men; for herein is the work of my Father continued, that he may be
glorified.
64 And again, verily,
verily, I say unto you, if any man have a wife, who holds the
keys of this power, and he teaches unto her the law of my
priesthood, as pertaining to these things, then shall she
believe and administer unto him, or she shall be destroyed,
saith the Lord your God; for I will destroy her; for I will
magnify my name upon all those who receive and abide in my
law.
65 Therefore, it
shall be lawful in me, if she receive not this law, for him to
receive all things whatsoever I, the Lord his God, will give
unto him, because she did not believe and administer unto him
according to my word; and she then becomes the transgressor;
and he is exempt from the law of Sarah, who administered unto
Abraham according to the law when I commanded Abraham to take
Hagar to wife.
66 And now, as pertaining to this law, verily,
verily, I say unto you, I will reveal more unto you, hereafter;
therefore, let this suffice for the present. Behold, I am Alpha
and Omega. Amen.
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