Episode 84: Someday Jesus will drink wine with you and Moroni

Doctrine and Covenants 27-29

Section 27

Revelation to Joseph Smith, Harmony, Pennsylvania, August 1830

Make your own wine for the sacrament (don't buy it from your enemies)

¹ Listen to Jesus. ² It doesn't matter what you eat or drink in the sacrament. ³ But here's a commandment that I give to you: Don't buy wine or strong drink from your enemies. ⁴ Make your own wine and strong drinks.

Someday Jesus will drink wine with you and Moroni

⁵ This is wise of me [Jesus], so don't be surprised when I'm drinking wine with you and Moroni, whom I sent to reveal the Book of Mormon, which contains the gospel, and to whom I gave the keys to the stick of Ephraim. ⁶ And also Elias, whom I gave the keys to everything the prophets have said about the last days. ^7-8 And John the Baptist, whom I sent to ordain Joseph Smith, Jr. and Oliver Cowdery to the priesthood. ⁹ And Elijah, whom I gave the keys to turning the hearts of fathers and sons to each other to prevent the whole earth from being smitten with a curse. ¹⁰ And Joseph, Jacob, Issac, and Abraham. ¹¹ And with Michael (aka Adam), the father and prince of all, the ancient of days. ¹² And with Peter, James, and John, whom I sent to you, and by whom I have ordained you and confirmed you to be apostles. ¹³ Unto whom I have committed the keys of my kingdom. ¹⁴ And those that my Father gave me out of the world. ¹⁵ So gird up your loins so you can withstand the evil day. ¹⁸ Amen.

Section 28

Revelation through Joseph Smith to Oliver Cowdery Fayette, New York, September 1830

Only Joseph Smith receives commandments (Not you, Oliver Cowdery)

¹ I [God] say to you, Oliver [Cowdery], that whatever you teach the church is okay with me. ² But only Joseph Smith, Jr. receives revelations and commandments from me - just like Moses did. ³ And you must obey the commandments and believe the revelations that I give to him. ⁴ So go ahead and teach. ⁵ But don't claim you've received any commandments. ⁶ And don't tell Joseph Smith what to do. ⁷ I've given him the keys to the mysteries and revelations, and only he will have them until I appoint someone else to replace him.

Go preach to the Lamanites

⁸ I'm sending you to preach to the Lamanites. You'll have some revelations, but no commandments. ⁹ No one knows where the city of Zion will be built, but it'll be somewhere near the Lamanites. ¹⁰ Don't leave until after the conference, over which Joseph Smith will preside.

God didn't reveal anything through Hiram Page's stone (Satan deceived him)

¹¹ Tell Hiram Page that I didn't write the things that were written from that stone. Satan deceived him. ¹⁶ Keep your mouth open all the time. Amen.

Section 29

Revelation to Joseph Smith, Fayette, New York, September 1830

Listen to the voice of Jesus, the great I am

¹ Listen to the voice of Jesus, the great I am.

God will send flies and maggots to eat the wicked

⁸ Soon I [Jesus] will burn all the wicked people. ¹¹ Then I'll reveal myself and dwell on earth for a thousand years. ¹³ After that, a trumpet will sound, the earth will quake, and dead bodies will come alive. ¹⁴ But before any of that happens, the sun will darken, the moon will turn into blood, and stars will fall. ¹⁵ And there'll be weeping and wailing, ¹⁶ with great hailstorms that will destroy crops.¹⁷ And I'll take vengeance on the wicked. ¹⁸ Then I, God, will send flies and maggots to eat their flesh. ¹⁹ Their flesh will fall from their bones and their eyes from their sockets. ²⁰ Then the birds and beasts will eat them.

The great and abominable church will burn

²¹ And the great and abominable church, the whore of all the earth, will be burned.

All the dead people will come forth

²² When the thousand years are over, and people begin to deny God, I'll spare the earth for a while. ²³ Then the end will come, heaven and earth will be destroyed, and there'll be a new heaven and earth. ²⁶ Before the earth is destroyed, Michael my archangel will blow his trumpet, and all the dead people will come forth. ²⁷ The righteous dead will be on my right side, and the wicked on my left. ²⁸ And I'll say, “Go you cursed people to burn forever in the fire.”

Those who don't believe will be damned

³⁶ The devil existed before Adam and rebelled against me, along with one-third of the heavenly ghosts. ³⁷ And they were thrust down to hell. ³⁹ The devil had to tempt people or they couldn't be free. If you can't taste the bitter things, you can't taste the sweet. ⁴⁰ So the devil tempted Adam, Adam ate the forbidden fruit and became subject to the will of the devil. ⁴⁴ Those who don't believe will be damned, ⁴⁵ because they obey the devil and do evil things. ⁴⁶ Except for little children. They are all redeemed by my only begotten. ⁴⁷ Because I haven't given power to Satan to tempt them yet. ⁵⁰ And that's all I have to say about that. Amen.