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.

  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;

  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.

  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;

  57 And let my servant Sidney Rigdon ^aconsecrate and ^bdedicate this land, and the spot for the ^ctemple, unto the Lord.

  3 Which city shall be ^abuilt, beginning at the ^btemple lot, which is appointed by the finger of the Lord, in the western boundaries of the State of Missouri, and ^cdedicated by the hand of Joseph Smith, Jun., and others with whom the Lord was well pleased.

  35 Therefore, as I said unto you, ask and ye shall receive; pray earnestly that peradventure my servant Joseph Smith, Jun., may go with you, and preside in the midst of my people, and organize my kingdom upon the ^aconsecrated land, and establish the children of Zion upon the laws and commandments which have been and which shall be given unto you.

  15 Behold, the ^adestroyer I have sent forth to destroy and lay waste mine ^benemies; and not many years hence they shall not be left to pollute mine heritage, and to ^cblaspheme my name upon the lands which I have ^dconsecrated for the gathering together of my saints.

  4 For the Lord hath chosen ^aJacob unto himself, and Israel for his ^bpeculiar ^ctreasure.

  21 Surely he hath ^ablessed the house of ^bJacob, and hath been ^cmerciful unto the seed of Joseph.

  27 Which is my word to the ^aGentile, that soon it may go to the ^bJew, of whom the Lamanites are a ^cremnant, that they may believe the gospel, and look not for a ^dMessiah to come who has already come.

  24 But before the great day of the Lord shall come, ^aJacob shall flourish in the wilderness, and the Lamanites shall ^bblossom as the rose.

  65 And cause that the ^aremnants of Jacob, who have been cursed and smitten because of their transgression, be ^bconverted from their wild and savage condition to the fulness of the everlasting gospel;