The Collected Works. Joseph Smith Jr.

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      ⁸⁰ And now this is the end of the vision which we saw of the terrestrial, that the Lord commanded us to write while we were yet in the Spirit.

      ⁸¹ And again, we saw the glory of the telestial, which glory is that of the lesser, even as the glory of the stars differs from that of the glory of the moon in the firmament.

      ⁸² These are they who received not the gospel of Christ, neither the testimony of Jesus.

      ⁸³ These are they who deny not the Holy Spirit.

      ⁸⁴ These are they who are thrust down to hell.

      ⁸⁵ These are they who shall not be redeemed from the devil until the last resurrection, until the Lord, even Christ the Lamb, shall have finished his work.

      ⁸⁶ These are they who receive not of his fulness in the eternal world, but of the Holy Spirit through the ministration of the terrestrial;

      ⁸⁷ And the terrestrial through the ministration of the celestial.

      ⁸⁸ And also the telestial receive it of the administering of angels who are appointed to minister for them, or who are appointed to be ministering spirits for them; for they shall be heirs of salvation.

      ⁸⁹ And thus we saw, in the heavenly vision, the glory of the telestial, which surpasses all understanding;

      ⁹⁰ And no man knows it except him to whom God has revealed it.

      ⁹¹ And thus we saw the glory of the terrestrial which excels in all things the glory of the telestial, even in glory, and in power, and in might, and in dominion.

      ⁹² And thus we saw the glory of the celestial, which excels in all thingswhere God, even the Father, reigns upon his throne forever and ever;

      ⁹³ Before whose throne all things bow in humble reverence, and give him glory forever and ever.

      ⁹⁴ They who dwell in his presence are the church of the Firstborn; and they see as they are seen, and know as they are known, having received of his fulness and of his grace;

      ⁹⁵ And he makes them equal in power, and in might, and in dominion.

      ⁹⁶ And the glory of the celestial is one, even as the glory of the sun is one.

      ⁹⁷ And the glory of the terrestrial is one, even as the glory of the moon is one.

      ⁹⁸ And the glory of the telestial is one, even as the glory of the stars is one; for as one star differs from another star in glory, even so differs one from another in glory in the telestial world;

      ⁹⁹ For these are they who are of Paul, and of Apollos, and of Cephas.

      ¹⁰⁰ These are they who say they are some of one and some of anothersome of Christ and some of John, and some of Moses, and some of Elias, and some of Esaias, and some of Isaiah, and some of Enoch;

      ¹⁰¹ But received not the gospel, neither the testimony of Jesus, neither the prophets, neither the everlasting covenant.

      ¹⁰² Last of all, these all are they who will not be gathered with the saints, to be caught up unto the church of the Firstborn, and received into the cloud.

      ¹⁰³ These are they who are liars, and sorcerers, and adulterers, and whoremongers, and whosoever loves and makes a lie.

      ¹⁰⁴ These are they who suffer the wrath of God on earth.

      ¹⁰⁵ These are they who suffer the vengeance of eternal fire.

      ¹⁰⁶ These are they who are cast down to hell and suffer the wrath of Almighty God, until the fulness of times, when Christ shall have subdued all enemies under his feet, and shall have perfected his work;

      ¹⁰⁷ When he shall deliver up the kingdom, and present it unto the Father, spotless, saying: I have overcome and have trodden the wine-press alone, even the wine-press of the fierceness of the wrath of Almighty God.

      ¹⁰⁸ Then shall he be crowned with the crown of his glory, to sit on the throne of his power to reign forever and ever.

      ¹⁰⁹ But behold, and lo, we saw the glory and the inhabitants of the telestial world, that they were as innumerable as the stars in the firmament of heaven, or as the sand upon the seashore;

      ¹¹⁰ And heard the voice of the Lord saying: These all shall bow the knee, and every tongue shall confess to him who sits upon the throne forever and ever;

      ¹¹¹ For they shall be judged according to their works, and every man shall receive according to his own works, his own dominion, in the mansions which are prepared;

      ¹¹² And they shall be servants of the Most High; but where God and Christ dwell they cannot come, worlds without end.

      ¹¹³ This is the end of the vision which we saw, which we were commanded to write while we were yet in the Spirit.

      ¹¹⁴ But great and marvelous are the works of the Lord, and the mysteries of his kingdom which he showed unto us, which surpass all understanding in glory, and in might, and in dominion;

      ¹¹⁵ Which he commanded us we should not write while we were yet in the Spirit, and are not lawful for man to utter;

      ¹¹⁶ Neither is man capable to make them known, for they are only to be seen and understood by the power of the Holy Spirit, which God bestows on those who love him, and purify themselves before him;

      ¹¹⁷ To whom he grants this privilege of seeing and knowing for themselves;

      ¹¹⁸ That through the power and manifestation of the Spirit, while in the flesh, they may be able to bear his presence in the world of glory.

      ¹¹⁹ And to God and the Lamb be glory, and honor, and dominion forever and ever. Amen.

      Revelation to Joseph Smith, Hiram, Ohio, March 1832.

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      History of the Church 1:253-55.

      ¹ Q. What is the sea of glass spoken of by John, 4th chapter, and 6th verse of the Revelation? A. It is the earth, in its sanctified, immortal, and eternal state.

      ² Q. What are we to understand by the four beasts, spoken of in the same verse? A. They are figurative expressions, used by the Revelator, John, in describing heaven, the paradise of God, the happiness of man, and of beasts, and of creeping things, and of the fowls of the air; that which is spiritual being in the likeness of that which is temporal; and that which is temporal in the likeness of that which is spiritual; the spirit of man in the likeness of his person, as also the spirit of the beast, and every other creature which God has created.

      ³ Q. Are the four beasts limited to individual beasts, or do they represent classes or orders? A. They are limited to four individual СКАЧАТЬ