Revelation given through Joseph Smith the Prophet to Orson Pratt, at Fayette, New York, November 4, 1830. Brother Pratt was nineteen years old at the time. He had been converted and baptized when he first heard the preaching of the restored gospel by his older brother, Parley P. Pratt, six weeks before. This revelation was received in the Peter Whitmer, Sr. home.
1-4, The faithful become
the sons of God through the Atonement; 5-9, The preaching of the gospel prepares
the way for the Second Coming; 10-12, Prophecy comes by the power of the Holy Ghost.
1 My son Orson, hearken
and hear and behold what I, the Lord God, shall say unto you, even Jesus Christ
your Redeemer;
2 The light and the
life of the world, a light which it shineth in darkness and the darkness
comprehendeth it not;
3 Who so loved the
world that he gave his own life, that as many as would believe might become the
sons of God. Wherefore you ar my sons.
4 And blessed are you
because you have believed;
5 And more blessed are
you because you are called of me to preach my gospel—
6 To lift up your voice
as with the sound of a trump, both long and loud, and cry repentance unto a
crooked and perverse generation, preparing the way of the Lord for his second
coming.
7 For behold, verily,
verily, I say unto you, the time is soon at hand that I shall come in a cloud
with power and great glory.
8 And it shall be a
great day at the time of my coming, for all nations shall tremble.
9 But before that great
day shall come, the sun shall be darkened, and the moon be turned into blood;
and the stars shall refuse their shining, and some shall fall, and great
destructions await the wicked.
10 Wherefore, lift up
your voice and spare not, for not the Lord God hath spoken; therefore prophesy,
and it shall be given by the power of the Holy Ghost.
11 And if you are faithful, behold, I am with you until I come—
12 And verily, verily, I
say unto you, I come quickly. I am your Lord and your Redeemer. Even so. Amen.
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