Revelations of Joseph Smith - 1843
When: 9 February 1843 (Thursday)
Where: Nauvoo, Hancock County, Illinois, USA (Joseph Smith Jr. Red Brick Store)
Who: Joseph Smith
What: There are resurrected and spirit bodies in heaven, how to distinguish messengers of God.
Source: D&C 129; First published in the Deseret News (23 April 1856) and included as section 129 in the 1876 Doctrine and Covenants.
When: 2 April 1843 (Sunday)
Where: Ramus, Hancock County, Illinois, USA (Ramus is later known as Macedonia, Webster today)
Who: Joseph Smith
What: The Father and the Son may appear to men and they have bodies of flesh and bones, angels dwell in a celestial sphere, celestial earth with be a great Urim and Thummin, a white stone is given to all who enter the celestial world, intelligence we gain in this life stays with us in the resurrection, blessings come from obedience to the law.
Source: D&C 130; First published in the Elders’ Journal (August 1838) and included as section 115 in the 1876 Doctrine and Covenants.
When: 16-17 May 1843 (Tuesday-Wednesday)
Where: Ramus, Hancock County, Illinois, USA
Who: Joseph Smith
What: Celestial marriage is essential to exaltation, how men are sealed up unto eternal life, all spirit is matter.
Source: D&C 131; First published in the Deseret News (24 September 1856) and included as section 131 in the 1876 Doctrine and Covenants.
When: 12 July 1843 (Wednesday)
Where: Nauvoo, Hancock County, Illinois, USA (Joseph Smith Jr. Red Brick Store)
Who: Joseph Smith
What: Exaltation is gained through the new and everlasting covenant, terms and conditions of the covenant, celestial marriage and eternal families allow men to become gods, a law given for blasphemy against the Holy Ghost, Joseph is given the power to bind and seal on earth and in heaven, Emma Smith counseled to be faithful, laws concerning plurality of wives.
Source: D&C 132; First published in the Deseret News Extra (14 September 1852) and included as section 132 in the 1876 Doctrine and Covenants.
When: 25 November 1843 (Saturday)
Where: Nauvoo, Hancock County, Illinois, USA
Who: Joseph Smith concerning Elder John E. Page
What: John E. Page is told to leave Boston and go to Washington D.C to proclaim the gospel.