Doctrine and Covenants by Community of Christ

Author:Community of Christ
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Herald Publishing House
Published: 2016-08-21T16:00:00+00:00

SECTION 101

Revelation given through Joseph Smith, Jr., April 23, 1834, at Kirtland, Ohio. A “United Order of Enoch” had been established to manage the temporal affairs of the church in Kirtland and in Zion. The Order was now in financial difficulties, largely because of losses sustained through mob action. In accordance with this revelation, the Order was now dissolved, its properties being divided among the members of the Order in such fashion as to constitute their individual stewardships.

For an explanation of the unusual names used in this revelation, consult the introduction to Doctrine and Covenants 77. The probable significance of these names is as follows:

The “Order”…The United Order of Enoch; “Pelagoram”…Sidney Rigdon; “Tahhanes”…Tannery; “Mahemson”…Martin Harris; “Zombre”…John Johnson; “Gazelam”…Joseph Smith; “Shederlaomach”…Frederick G. Williams; “Olihah”…Oliver Cowdery; “Lane-shine-house”…Printing Office; “Ahashdah”…Newel K. Whitney; “Ozondah”…Store; “Shinehah”…Kirtland; “Shinelah”…Print; “Shinelane”…Printing; “Cainhannoch”…New York; “Shule”…Ashery.

1 a. Verily I say unto you, my friends, I give unto you counsel and a commandment, concerning all the properties which belong to the order, which I commanded to be organized and established, to be an united order, and an everlasting order for the benefit of my church, and for the salvation of men until I come,

b. with promise immutable and unchangeable, that inasmuch as those whom I commanded were faithful, they should be blessed with a multiplicity of blessings; but inasmuch as they were not faithful, they were nigh unto cursing.

c. Therefore, inasmuch as some of my servants have not kept the commandment, but have broken the covenant, by covetousness and with feigned words, I have cursed them with a very sore and grievous curse;

d. for I, the Lord, have decreed in my heart, that inasmuch as any man, belonging to the order, shall be found a transgressor; or, in other words, shall break the covenant with which ye are bound, he shall be cursed in his life, and shall be trodden down by whom I will, for I, the Lord, am not to be mocked in these things;

e. and all this that the innocent among you, may not be condemned with the unjust; and that the guilty among you may not escape, because I, the Lord, have promised unto you a crown of glory at my right hand.

f. Therefore, inasmuch as you are found transgressors, ye cannot escape my wrath in your lives; inasmuch as ye are cut off by transgression, ye cannot escape the buffetings of Satan until the day of redemption.

2 a. And now I give unto you power from this very hour, that if any man among you, of the order, is found a transgressor, and repenteth not of the evil, that ye shall deliver him over unto the buffetings of Satan; and he shall not have power to bring evil upon you.

b. It is wisdom in me; therefore, a commandment I give unto you, that ye shall organize yourselves, and appoint every man his stewardship, that every man may give an account unto me of the stewardship which is appointed unto him;

c. for it is expedient that I,

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