D&C 11

D&C 21

D&C 1

of Jesus Christ,

a listen together.

v6 Now as you have asked,

to lay the foundation thereof,

v6 Behold, this is mine authority,

behold, I say

and the authority

unto you,

of my servants,

keep my commandments,

and my preface unto the book of my commandments,

and seek

and to build it up

which I have given them

to bring forth

to publish

and establish the cause of Zion.

unto you, O inhabitants of the earth.

v7 Seek not for riches

unto the most holy faith

v7 Wherefore, fear and tremble, O ye people,

but for wisdom;

for what I the Lord have decreed in them

and, behold, the mysteries of God shall be unfolded unto you,

v8 And verily I say unto you, that
$ they who go forth,
$ bearing these tidings unto the inhabitants of the earth,

Behold, he that hath eternal life

to them is power given to seal both on earth and in heaven,

is rich.

the unbelieving and rebellious;

v9 Yea, verily, to seal them up unto the day when the wrath of God shall be poured out upon the wicked without measure--

$ v10 Unto the day when the Lord shall come to recompense unto every man according to his work,

$ and, if you desire, you shall be the means of doing much good

$ and measure to every man according to the measure which he has measured

in this generation.

to his fellow man.

v9 Say nothing but repentance

v3 Which church

v11 Wherefore the voice of the Lord

[Note: II Thes. 2(:4) = Isa. 66(:6) Parallel and "cast out" rhetorical analysis (both dated 4/6/95).]

Keep my commandments,

v4 Wherefore, meaning the church,

that all that will hear may hear:

and assist

$ v12 Prepare ye,
$ prepare ye

to ¹bring forth ²my work,

for ²that which ¹is to come,

according to my commandments,

thou shalt give heed

for the Lord is nigh;

and you shall be blessed.

$ and his sword is bathed in heaven,
$ and it shall fall upon the inhabitants of the earth.

v10 Behold, thou hast a gift,

unto all his words
and commandments

v14 And the arm of the Lord shall be revealed;

(D&C 11)

(D&C 21)

(D&C 21)

(D&C 1)

or thou shalt have a gift

(v4..) which he shall give unto you

v5 For his word ye shall receive,

a if thou wilt desire. . b of
. . . . c me
a in faith, with an honest heart, believing in 
. . b the power of
. . . . c Jesus Christ,

as he receiveth them,

as if from mine own mouth,

a that they who will not hear
. . b the voice of
. . . . c the Lord,
a neither
. . b the voice of
. . . . c his servants,

a or in

a neither give heed to

. . b my power

. . b the words of

. . . . c which speaketh unto you;

. . . . c the prophets and apostles,

a v11 For, behold, it is I
. . b that speak;
a behold, I 
. . b am the light which shineth in darkness,
a and by my power
. . b I give these words unto thee.

v12 And now, verily, verily, I say unto thee,

$ yea, to do justly,
$ to walk humbly,
$ to judge righteously;

a and have broken
. . b mine everlasting covenant;

(D&C 11)

(D&C 21)

(D&C 1)

v16 ³They ²seek not ¹the Lord to establish his righteousness,
$ but every man walketh in his own way,
$ and after the image of his own god,

$ which shall enlighten your mind,

$ whose image is in the likeness of the world,

$ and whose substance is that of an idol,
which waxeth old and shall perish in Babylon the great,which shall fall.

v17 Wherefore, I the Lord, knowing the calamity which should come upon the inhabitants of the earth,

or by this shall you

from before you,

called upon my servant Joseph Smith, Jun.,

know,
$ all things whatsoever you desire of me,

and cause the heavens to shake for your good, and his name's glory.

$ which are pertaining unto things of righteousness,

$ in faith believing in me that you shall receive.

$ and gave him commandments;