Doctrine and Covenants 84: 27

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

SECTION 84

27 Which ^agospel is the gospel of ^brepentance and of ^cbaptism, and the ^dremission of sins, and the ^elaw of ^fcarnal commandments, which the Lord in his wrath caused to continue with the house of Aaron among the children of Israel until ^gJohn, whom God raised up, being ^hfilled with the Holy Ghost from his mother’s womb.

Footnotes

27a	D&C 107: 20. 20 The ^apower and authority of the lesser, or ^bAaronic Priesthood, is to hold the ^ckeys of the ministering of angels, and to ^dadminister in outward ^eordinances, the letter of the gospel, the baptism of repentance for the ^fremission of sins, agreeable to the covenants and commandments.
b	TG Repentance.
c	TG Baptism.
d	TG Remission of Sins.
e	TG Law of Moses.
f	Heb. 7: 16 (11-16). 16 Who is made, not after the law of a ^acarnal commandment, but after the power of an endless life.
g	John 5: 33. 33 Ye sent unto ^aJohn, and he bare ^bwitness unto the truth. D&C 27: 7. 7 And also John the son of Zacharias, which Zacharias he (^aElias) visited and gave promise that he should have a son, and his name should be ^bJohn, and he should be filled with the spirit of Elias; D&C 35: 4. 4 Thou art blessed, for thou shalt do great things. Behold thou wast sent forth, even as ^aJohn, to prepare the way before me, and before ^bElijah which should come, and thou knewest it not.
h	Luke 1: 15. 15 For he shall be great in the sight of the Lord, and shall drink neither ^awine nor strong drink; and he shall be ^bfilled with the ^cHoly Ghost, even from his mother’s womb.