Joseph addresses second anointing; those who have not transgressed are "secured by the seal" of God.

Date
Aug 13, 1843
Type
Speech / Court Transcript
Source
Joseph Smith, Jr.
LDS
Hearsay
Scribed Verbatim
Reference

Joseph Smith, Discourse, Nauvoo, Hancock Co., IL August 13, 1843; in Martha Jane Knowlton Coray, Notebook, pp. [34]–[35]; The Joseph Smith Papers, accessed September 8, 2021

Scribe/Publisher
Martha Jane Knowlton Coray
People
Joseph Smith, Jr., Martha Jane Knowlton Coray
Audience
Latter-day Saints
Transcription

And I saw another angel ascending from the east having the Seal of the living God and he cried &c. sayin[g] Hurt not the Earth nor sea nor trees till we have sealed the servants of our Go[d] in their foreheads—

Now I would ask who know the seal of the living God Behold the ignorance of the World

A measure of this sealing is to confirm upon their head in common with Elijah the doctrine of Election or the covenant with Abraham— which which when a Father & Mother of a family have entered into their children who have not transgressed are secured by the seal wherewith the Parents have been sealed— And this is the Oath of God unto our Father Abraham and this doctrine shall stand forever—

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