Item Detail
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32139
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1
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40
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English
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The Past and Future of the Temple Lot in Independence, Jackson County, Missouri
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Interpreter : A Journal of Latter-day Saint Faith and Scholarship
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2021
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44
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Provo, UT
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Interpreter Foundation
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145-216
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"Fifteen months after the Church of Christ’s inception in April 1830, Joseph Smith received a revelation indicating that Independence, Jackson County, Missouri, was to be the 'center-place' of Zion and a 'spot for a temple is lying westward, upon a lot that is not far from the court-house.' Dedication of this spot for the millennial temple soon followed on August 3, 1831, by Joseph Smith and Sidney Rigdon. A building sketch was prepared in Kirtland, Ohio, and sent to church leaders in Independence in June 1833. Smith also forwarded his plat for the City of Zion, showing 24 temples at its center and giving an explanation for their use. Tragically, the church was driven en masse out of Jackson County only months later. Reclaiming the original Partridge purchase in December 1831, known as the Temple Lot, became an early driving force for the membership of the church. A physical effort to reclaim the saints’ land and possessions in Jackson County was organized in 1834 by Joseph Smith and became known as 'Zion’s Camp.' After traveling 900 miles and poised on the north bank of the Missouri River looking toward Jackson County, Smith’s two hundred armed men were unable to proceed for various reasons. While contemplating what to do, given the reality of their situation, Smith received a revelation to 'wait for a little season, for the redemption of Zion.' That poignant phrase — 'the redemption of Zion' — became a tenet of the church thereafter. In the years following the martyrdom and the subsequent 'scattering of the saints,' three independent expressions of the Restoration returned to Independence to reclaim or redeem the Temple Lot in fulfillment of latter-day scripture. This essay examines their historical efforts." [Article Abstract]
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