Christ’s return and the Shakers

51st. Commandment May 7th. 1831 A Revelation given to Sidney [Rigdon] & Parley [P. Pratt] & Leman [Copley] Received at Kirtland Geauga Ohio th[e]ir mission to the Shakers & thus saith the Lord unto them as follows Hearken unto my word my Servent Sidney & Parley & Leman for Behold verily I say unto you that I give unto you a commandment that you shall go & preach my Gospel which ye have received even as ye have received it unto the Shakers. Behold I say unto you that they desire to know the truth in Part but not all for they are not right before me & must needs repent wherefore I send you my Servents sidney & Parley to preach the Gospel unto them & my servent Leman shall be ordained unto this work that he may reason with them not according to that which he hath received of them but according to that which shall be taught ⟦them⟧ him by you my Servents & by so doing I will bless him otherwise he shall not prosper thus saith the Lord for I am God & have sent mine only begotten Son into the world for the redemption of the world & have decreed that he that receiveth him shall be saved & he that receiveth him not shall be damned & they have done unto the Son of man even as they listed & he hath taken his power on the right hand of his glory & now reigneth in the Heavens ⟦<& will>⟧ till he decends on the Earth to put all enemies under his feet which time is nigh at hand I the Lord hath spoken it but the hour & the day no man knoweth neither the angels in Heaven nor shall they know untill he come wherefore I will that all men <shall> repent for all are under sin except them which I have reserved unto myself Holy men that ye know not of wherefore I say unto you that I have sent unto you mine everlasting Covenant even that which was from the begining & that which I have promised I have so fulfilled & the Nations of the earth shall bow to it & if not of them selves they shall come down for that which is now exalted of itself shall be laid low of power. wherefore I give unto you a commandment that ye go among this People & say unto them like unto mine Apostle of old whose name was Peter believe on the name of the Lord Jesus who was on the Earth & is to come the begining & the end. Repent & be baptized in the name of Jesus christ according to the holy commandment for the remission of sins & whoso doeth this shall receive the gift of the Holy Ghost by the laying on of the hands of the Elders of this Church. & again I say unto you that whoso forbideth to marry is not ordained of God for it is ordained of God unto man wherefore it is lawful that he should have one wife & they twain shall be one flesh & all this that the Earth might answer the end of its Creation & that it might be filled with the measure of man according to his creation before the world was made & whoso forbideth to abstain from meats that man should not eat the same is not ordained of God for behold the beasts of the field & the fowls of the air & that which cometh of the Earth is ordained for the use of man for food & for raiment & that he might have in abundance but it is not given that one man should possess that which is above an other wherefore the world lieth in sin & wo be unto man that shedeth blood or that wasteth flesh & hath no need & again verily I say unto you that the son of man cometh not in the form of a woman neither of <a> man traveling on the Earth wherefore be not deceived but continue in steadfastness looking forth for the Heavens to <be> shaken & the Earth to tremble & to reel to & fro as a drunken man & for the vallies to be exhalted & for the Mountains to be made low & for the rough places to become smooth & all this when the Angel shall sound his trumpet but before this great day of the Lord shall come Jacob shall flourish in the wilderness & the Lamanit[e]s shall blossom as the rose & Zion shall flourish upon the Hills & rejoice upon the Mountains & shall be assembled together Unto the place which I have appointed behold I say unto you go forth as I have commanded you repent of all your sins ask & ye shall receive knock & it shall be opened unto you behold I will go before you & be your rearward & I will be in your midst & you shall not be confounded behold I am Jesus Christ & I come quickly even so Amen——