Doctrine and Covenants 138: 23

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

SECTION 138

23 And the saints rejoiced in their ^aredemption, and bowed the ^bknee and acknowledged the Son of God as their Redeemer and Deliverer from death and the ^cchains of ^dhell.

Footnotes

23a	Heb. 9: 12 (11-15). 12 Neither by the blood of goats and calves, but by his own ^ablood he entered in once into the ^bholy place, having obtained eternal ^credemption for us. TG Joy. TG Redemption.
b	Rom. 14: 11. 11 For it is written, As I live, saith the Lord, every ^aknee shall bow to me, and every tongue shall ^bconfess to God. Mosiah 27: 31. 31 Yea, ^aevery knee shall bow, and every tongue confess before him. Yea, even at the last day, when all men shall stand to be ^bjudged of him, then shall they confess that he is ^cGod; then shall they confess, who live ^dwithout God in the world, that the judgment of an everlasting punishment is just upon them; and they shall quake, and tremble, and shrink beneath the glance of his ^eall-searching eye.
c	Alma 5: 7. 7 Behold, he changed their hearts; yea, he awakened them out of a deep sleep, and they awoke unto God. Behold, they were in the midst of darkness; nevertheless, their souls were illuminated by the light of the everlasting word; yea, they were encircled about by the ^abands of death, and the ^bchains of hell, and an everlasting destruction did await them.
d	TG Hell.