48 Foreshadowing the great work to be done in the atemples of the Lord in the bdispensation of the fulness of times, for the redemption of the dead, and the csealing of the children to their parents, lest the whole earth be smitten with a curse and utterly wasted at his coming. Doctrine and Covenants 136. https://en.wikisource.org/w/index.php?title=The_Doctrine_and_Covenants/Section_138&oldid=4997709, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License. Followers 0. In June 1979 the First Presidency announced that it would become section 138 of the 1 On the third of October, in the year nineteen hundred and eighteen, I sat in my room apondering over the scriptures; 2 And areflecting upon the great batoning csacrifice that was made by the Son of God, for the dredemption of the world; 3 And the great and wonderful alove made manifest by the Father and the Son in the coming of the bRedeemer into the world; 4 That through his aatonement, and by bobedience to the principles of the gospel, mankind might be saved. "The importance of canonizing this revelation, along with section 138 in the Doctrine and Covenants, was commented on by Elder Boyd K. Packer: 'We live in a day of great events relating to the scriptures. 27 But his ministry among those who were dead was limited to the abrief time intervening between the crucifixion and his resurrection; 28 And I wondered at the words of Peter—wherein he said that the Son of God preached unto the aspirits in prison, who sometime were disobedient, when once the long-suffering of God waited in the days of Noah—and how it was possible for him to preach to those spirits and perform the necessary labor among them in so short a time. Doctrine and Covenants 136. 17:1 (1–24); D&C 110:13 (13–15). Doctrine and Covenants 137. 138:1 On the third of October, in the year nineteen hundred and eighteen, I sat in my room pondering over the scriptures; 20 But unto the wicked he did not go, and among the ungodly and the unrepentant who had defiled themselves while in the flesh, his voice was not raised; 21 Neither did the rebellious who rejected the testimonies and the warnings of the ancient prophets behold his presence, nor look upon his face. ), 10 "For for this cause was the gospel preached also to them that are dead, that they might be judged according to men in the flesh, but live according to God in the spirit." These were accounts of two visions, one from Joseph Smith in 1837 and the other from his nephew, Joseph F. Smith, in 1918. Product Rating . Dan. Doctrine & Covenants 138:47-48. by LDS Scripture of the Day | posted in: Doctrine and Covenants | 0 . Sections 121 to 138; Doctrine and Covenants. 41 Noah, who gave warning of the flood; Shem, the great high priest; Abraham, the father of the faithful; Isaac, Jacob, and Moses, the great law-giver of Israel; 42 And Isaiah, who declared by prophecy that the Redeemer was anointed to bind up the broken-hearted, to proclaim liberty to the captives, and the opening of the prison to them that were bound, were also there. 47 The Prophet Elijah was to plant in the ahearts of the children the promises made to their fathers. 59 And after they have paid the penalty of their transgressions, and are washed clean, shall receive a reward according to their works, for they are heirs of salvation. Alma 34:14 (9–16). 40 aAbel, the first bmartyr, was there, and his brother cSeth, one of the mighty ones, who was in the express dimage of his father, Adam. 43 Moreover, Ezekiel, who was shown in vision the great valley of dry bones, which were to be clothed upon with flesh, to come forth again in the resurrection of the dead, living souls; 44 Daniel, who foresaw and foretold the establishment of the kingdom of God in the latter days, never again to be destroyed nor given to other people; 45 Elias, who was with Moses on the Mount of Transfiguration; 46 And Malachi, the prophet who testified of the coming of Elijah—of whom also Moroni spake to the Prophet Joseph Smith, declaring that he should come before the ushering in of the great and dreadful day of the Lord—were also there.