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

SECTION 29

8 Wherefore the decree hath gone forth from the Father that they shall be ^agathered in unto one place upon the face of this land, to ^bprepare their hearts and be prepared in all things against the day when ^ctribulation and desolation are sent forth upon the wicked.

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8a	Matt. 24: 28. 28 For wheresoever the carcase is, there will the eagles be ^agathered together. D&C 45: 66 (64-66). 66 And it shall be called the ^aNew Jerusalem, a ^bland of ^cpeace, a city of ^drefuge, a place of ^esafety for the saints of the Most High God; D&C 52: 2 (2, 42). 2 Saying: I, the Lord, will make known unto you what I will that ye shall do from this time until the next conference, which shall be held in Missouri, upon the ^aland which I will ^bconsecrate unto my people, which are a ^cremnant of Jacob, and those who are heirs according to the ^dcovenant. D&C 57: 1. 1 Hearken, O ye elders of my church, saith the Lord your God, who have assembled yourselves together, according to my commandments, in this land, which is the land of ^aMissouri, which is the ^bland which I have appointed and ^cconsecrated for the ^dgathering of the saints. D&C 103: 24. 24 And inasmuch as mine enemies come against you to drive you from my goodly ^aland, which I have consecrated to be the land of Zion, even from your own lands after these testimonies, which ye have brought before me against them, ye shall curse them;
b	3 Ne. 17: 3. 3 Therefore, go ye unto your homes, and ^aponder upon the things which I have said, and ask of the Father, in my name, that ye may understand, and ^bprepare your minds for the ^cmorrow, and I come unto you again. D&C 58: 6. 6 Behold, verily I say unto you, for this cause I have sent you—that you might be obedient, and that your hearts might be ^aprepared to ^bbear ^ctestimony of the things which are to come; D&C 78: 7. 7 For if you will that I give unto you a place in the ^acelestial world, you must ^bprepare yourselves by ^cdoing the things which I have commanded you and required of you. D&C 132: 3. 3 Therefore, ^aprepare thy heart to receive and ^bobey the instructions which I am about to give unto you; for all those who have this law revealed unto them must obey the same. TG Millennium, Preparing a People for.
c	Isa. 47: 11. 11 ¶ Therefore shall evil come upon thee; thou shalt not know from whence it riseth: and ^amischief shall fall upon thee; thou shalt not be able to put it off: and ^bdesolation shall come upon thee suddenly, which thou shalt not know. D&C 5: 19 (19-20). 19 For a desolating ^ascourge shall go forth among the inhabitants of the earth, and shall continue to be poured out from time to time, if they ^brepent not, until the earth is ^cempty, and the inhabitants thereof are ^dconsumed away and utterly destroyed by the brightness of my ^ecoming. D&C 35: 11 (11-16). 11 But ^awithout faith shall not anything be shown forth except ^bdesolations upon ^cBabylon, the same which has made ^dall nations drink of the wine of the wrath of her ^efornication. D&C 43: 17 (17-27). 17 Hearken ye, for, behold, the ^agreat ^bday of the Lord is nigh at hand.