Emma Smith in Doctrine and Covenants 132 - Revision history

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GregSmith at 03:44, 29 April 2024

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	So perhaps our Heavenly Father will reveal more about exactly what the revelation means at a future date. The textual clues that already exist as well as personal experience can certainly delimit the logical number of options for possible interpretation, but we would be wise to not shut out the possibility of further light and knowledge settling the question for us definitively. Since we don't know and likely can't know, it's not rational to fret anxiously over what this verse actually meant. What we can know is that following the commandment to practice plural marriage was a moral imperative for the Lord. The commandment to enter into eternal sealings as men and women is required for our becoming gods. Failure to follow the lord's "word which is his law" results in the consequence of either a deprivation of the fulness of mortal/earthly felicity possible and/or the deprivation of God's fulness and nature that he has promised to those that keep his commandments.		So perhaps our Heavenly Father will reveal more about exactly what the revelation means at a future date. The textual clues that already exist as well as personal experience can certainly delimit the logical number of options for possible interpretation, but we would be wise to not shut out the possibility of further light and knowledge settling the question for us definitively. Since we don't know and likely can't know, it's not rational to fret anxiously over what this verse actually meant. What we can know is that following the commandment to practice plural marriage was a moral imperative for the Lord. The commandment to enter into eternal sealings as men and women is required for our becoming gods. Failure to follow the lord's "word which is his law" results in the consequence of either a deprivation of the fulness of mortal/earthly felicity possible and/or the deprivation of God's fulness and nature that he has promised to those that keep his commandments.

	{{Seealso\|Question: Is polygamy sexist?\|Question: What are the "works of Abraham" and how does this relate to plural marriage?\|Mormonism and polygamy/Requirement for exaltation}}		{{Seealso\|Question: Is polygamy sexist?\|Question: What are the "works of Abraham" and how does this relate to plural marriage?\|Mormonism and polygamy/Requirement for exaltation\|l3=Is practicing plural marriage necessary for exaltation or salvation?}}

	{{Emma polygamy Hales site links}}		{{Emma polygamy Hales site links}}

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+==Question: Was Emma Smith promised "annihilation" if she didn't accept plural marriage?==
-*[[Template:Category test]]
+===The revelation is not entirely clear on what this means===
-==To review and file==
+It is claimed that "In the revelation [D&C 132] Emma was promised annihilation if she failed to 'abide this commandment.'"<ref>{{CriticalWork:Smith:Nauvoo Polygamy|pages=29}}</ref>
-*[[Joseph Smith's First Vision/Multiple accounts of the First Vision]]
-*[[Book of Mormon/Basics]]
+Here are the verses of Doctrine and Covenants 132 in question:
-*[[Book of Mormon/B.H. Roberts]]
+:54 And I command mine handmaid, Emma Smith, to abide and cleave unto my servant Joseph, and to none else. But if she will not abide this commandment she shall be destroyed, saith the Lord; for I am the Lord thy God, and will destroy her if she abide not in my law.
-*[[Book of Mormon/Language used]]
+:55 But if she will not abide this commandment, then shall my servant Joseph do all things for her, even as he hath said; and I will bless him and multiply him and give unto him an hundred-fold in this world, of fathers and mothers, brothers and sisters, houses and lands, wives and children, and crowns of eternal lives in the eternal worlds.
-*[[Test3 sandbox DavidSmith]]
-*[[The location of the Garden of Eden]]
+One can see that the commandment given to Emma was to "to abide and cleave unto my servant Joseph, and to none else". This likely is a reference to adultery and/or being sealed to another man and not to accepting the plural marriage commandment. She is to remain faithful and supportive of her spouse. The punishment for committing adultery or being sealed to another man is that she will be "destroyed". The next verse is likely the one that refers to plural marriage though it's not entirely clear. It sets off a new clause with that "But". Plus, a different kind of consequence is promised for not accepting plural marriage. The consequence is that Joseph would "do all things for her; even as he hath said". A much more mild
-*[[The temple in Independence, Missouri]]
-*[[John Taylor's 1886 revelation]]
+Keep in mind that that same punishment is promised to both men and women that don't abide strictly by the new and everlasting covenant by either committing adultery or are sealed illegally. This from verse 26 of the revelation:
-*[[Jackson County, Missouri]]

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+*[[Faith crisis draft 1]]
-==Question: Was Emma Smith promised "annihilation" if she didn't accept plural marriage?==
+*[[Back to top test]]
-===The revelation is not entirely clear on what this means===
+*[[Template:Category test]]
-It is claimed that "In the revelation [D&C 132] Emma was promised annihilation if she failed to 'abide this commandment.'"<ref>{{CriticalWork:Smith:Nauvoo Polygamy|pages=29}}</ref>
+==To review and file==
+*[[Joseph Smith's First Vision/Multiple accounts of the First Vision]]
-Here are the verses of Doctrine and Covenants 132 in question:
+*[[Book of Mormon/Basics]]
-:54 And I command mine handmaid, Emma Smith, to abide and cleave unto my servant Joseph, and to none else. But if she will not abide this commandment she shall be destroyed, saith the Lord; for I am the Lord thy God, and will destroy her if she abide not in my law.
+*[[Book of Mormon/B.H. Roberts]]
-:55 But if she will not abide this commandment, then shall my servant Joseph do all things for her, even as he hath said; and I will bless him and multiply him and give unto him an hundred-fold in this world, of fathers and mothers, brothers and sisters, houses and lands, wives and children, and crowns of eternal lives in the eternal worlds.
+*[[Book of Mormon/Language used]]
+*[[Test3 sandbox DavidSmith]]
-One can see that the commandment given to Emma was to "to abide and cleave unto my servant Joseph, and to none else". This likely is a reference to adultery and/or being sealed to another man and not to accepting the plural marriage commandment. She is to remain faithful and supportive of her spouse. The punishment for committing adultery or being sealed to another man is that she will be "destroyed". The next verse is likely the one that refers to plural marriage though it's not entirely clear. It sets off a new clause with that "But". Plus, a different kind of consequence is promised for not accepting plural marriage. The consequence is that Joseph would "do all things for her; even as he hath said". A much more mild
+*[[The location of the Garden of Eden]]
+*[[The temple in Independence, Missouri]]
-Keep in mind that that same punishment is promised to both men and women that don't abide strictly by the new and everlasting covenant by either committing adultery or are sealed illegally. This from verse 26 of the revelation:
+*[[John Taylor's 1886 revelation]]
+*[[Jackson County, Missouri]]

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