The revelations that are now sections 111 through 114 of the Doctrine and Covenants were received from August 1836 to April 1838, a period in which the maturing Church faced hosts of problems. These revelations gave comfort and counsel to Church leaders and members...
From the beginning, God has spoken to His children. Adam and Eve "heard the voice of the Lord God" (Genesis 3:8). God spoke through prophets in the Old Testament (see, e.g., Genesis 46:2, Exodus 6:2) and to His disciples in the New Testament Church (see, e.g., Acts...
The first temple of the Church was supposed to be built in Zion, Jackson County, Missouri, the center place for the gathering of the Saints and the planned site of the New Jerusalem. But mobs drove out the Saints before it could be completed. A second temple planned...