Joseph wonders if D&C 130:14-17 is about a personal vision of Jesus or his Second Coming; concludes the Second Coming will not be any earlier than 1890/91.

Date
Apr 2, 1843
Type
Personal Journal / Diary
Source
Joseph Smith, Jr.
LDS
Hearsay
Scribed Verbatim
Reference

William Clayton, Journal, April 2, 1843, The Joseph Smith Papers website, accessed August 27, 2024

Scribe/Publisher
William Clayton
People
Joseph Smith, Jr.
Audience
N/A
Transcription

During the day President Joseph made the following remarks on doctrine. “I was once praying very earnestly to know to the time of the comeing of the son of man when I heard a voice repeat the following ‘Joseph my son, if thou livest untill thou art 85 years old thou shalt see the face of the son of man, therefore let this suffice and trouble me no more on this matter.’ I was left thus without being able to decide wether this coming referred to the beginning of the Millenium, or to some previous appearing, or wether I should die and thus see his face. I believe the coming of the son of man will not be any sooner than that time”

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