Doctrine and Covenants 104: 16

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THE
DOCTRINE AND COVENANTS
OF THE CHURCH OF JESUS CHRIST OF LATTER-DAY SAINTS

SECTION 104

16 But it must needs be done in mine own ^away; and behold this is the way that I, the Lord, have decreed to provide for my saints, that the ^bpoor shall be exalted, in that the rich are made low.

Footnotes

16a

D&C 105: 5.

5 And ^aZion cannot be built up ^bunless it is by the ^cprinciples of the ^dlaw of the celestial kingdom; otherwise I cannot receive her unto myself.

TG Welfare.

1 Sam. 2: 8 (7-8).

8 He ^araiseth up the ^bpoor out of the dust, and lifteth up the beggar from the dunghill, to set them among princes, and to make them inherit the throne of glory: for the ^cpillars of the earth are the Lord’s, and he hath set the world upon them.

Luke 1: 52 (51-53).

52 He hath put down the mighty from their seats, and exalted them of ^alow degree.

D&C 88: 17.

17 And the redemption of the soul is through him that ^aquickeneth all things, in whose bosom it is decreed that the ^bpoor and the ^cmeek of the ^dearth shall inherit it.