Doctrine and Covenants 132

The Lord speaking (Jesus Christ)

Verily, thus saith the Lord unto you my servant Joseph, that inasmuch as you have inquired of my hand to know and understand wherein I, the Lord, justified my servants Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, as also Moses, David and Solomon, my servants, as touching the principle and doctrine of their having many wives and concubines— Doctrine and Covenants 132:1–6

The Lord speaks directly to Joseph Smith and reveals the new and everlasting covenant. Later in the same revelation He says He is Jesus Christ, so the 'I' throughout is the Savior.

How we know: the verse itself names Him

• interpreted by D&C 132:24 — The speaker identifies Himself as Jesus Christ, sent by the Father.

Offerings made in His name

Will I accept of an offering, saith the Lord, that is not made in my name? Doctrine and Covenants 132:9

The Lord accepts only offerings and ordinances made in His name. Covenants have power because they are done through Jesus Christ.

• alludes to Moses 5:8 — Adam is commanded to do all that he does in the name of the Son.

Premortal Christ with the Father

And will I appoint unto you, saith the Lord, except it be by law, even as I and my Father ordained unto you, before the world was? Doctrine and Covenants 132:11

Christ says He and His Father ordained eternal laws before the world was. He was with the Father in the premortal councils.

• alludes to John 17:5 — The glory Christ had with the Father before the world was.

The Way to the Father

I am the Lord thy God; and I give unto you this commandment—that no man shall come unto the Father but by me or by my word, which is my law, saith the Lord. Doctrine and Covenants 132:12

Jesus repeats what He taught in mortality: no one comes to the Father except through Him and His word.

• alludes to John 14:6 — I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me.

All that endures is by Him

And everything that is in the world, whether it be ordained of men, by thrones, or principalities, or powers, or things of name, whatsoever they may be, that are not by me or by my word, saith the Lord, shall be thrown down, and shall not remain after men are dead, neither in nor after the resurrection, saith the Lord your God. Doctrine and Covenants 132:13–14

Christ teaches that only what is done by Him and His word lasts beyond death. Everything else will be shaken and destroyed.

• alludes to Hebrews 12:27 — Things that are shaken are removed, that the things which cannot be shaken may remain.

The Lamb's Book of Life

Lamb — Christ as the sacrificial offering

And again, verily I say unto you, if a man marry a wife by my word, which is my law, and by the new and everlasting covenant, and it is sealed unto them by the Holy Spirit of promise, by him who is anointed, unto whom I have appointed this power and the keys of this priesthood; and it shall be said unto them—Ye shall come forth in the first resurrection; and if it be after the first resurrection, in the next resurrection; and shall inherit thrones, kingdoms, principalities, and powers, dominions, all heights and depths—then shall it be written in the Lamb's Book of Life, that he shall commit no murder whereby to shed innocent blood, and if ye abide in my covenant, and commit no murder whereby to shed innocent blood, it shall be done unto them in all things whatsoever my servant hath put upon them, in time, and through all eternity; and shall be of full force when they are out of the world; and they shall pass by the angels, and the gods, which are set there, to their exaltation and glory in all things, as hath been sealed upon their heads, which glory shall be a fulness and a continuation of the seeds forever and ever. Doctrine and Covenants 132:19

Those who keep this covenant are written in the Lamb's Book of Life. The Lamb is Jesus Christ, whose sacrifice makes eternal life possible.

How we know: the verse itself names Him

• the same title in Revelation 21:27 — Only they which are written in the Lamb's book of life enter the holy city.
• the same title in Revelation 13:8 — The book of life of the Lamb slain from the foundation of the world.

Receive Me and Know Me

Verily, verily, I say unto you, except ye abide my law ye cannot attain to this glory. Doctrine and Covenants 132:21–23

The narrow way to exaltation is receiving and knowing Christ Himself. He promises that those who receive Him will be where He is.

How we know: the verse itself names Him

• alludes to Matthew 7:13-14 — Strait is the gate, and narrow is the way, which leadeth unto life.
• alludes to John 14:3 — That where I am, there ye may be also.

Jesus Christ — 'I am he'

Jesus — Jehovah saves; Christ — the Anointed One

This is eternal lives—to know the only wise and true God, and Jesus Christ, whom he hath sent. I am he. Receive ye, therefore, my law. Doctrine and Covenants 132:24

The speaker of the revelation declares that He is Jesus Christ, sent by the Father. Eternal life means truly knowing the Father and Him.

How we know: the verse itself names Him · a Church study aid lists it

• quotes John 17:3 — Christ's intercessory prayer: this is life eternal, that they might know thee ... and Jesus Christ, whom thou hast sent.

Those who receive Him not

Broad is the gate, and wide the way that leadeth to the deaths; and many there are that go in thereat, because they receive me not, neither do they abide in my law. Doctrine and Covenants 132:25

The broad way to 'the deaths' is chosen by those who do not receive Christ or keep His law.

• alludes to Matthew 7:13 — Wide is the gate, and broad is the way, that leadeth to destruction.

Assenting to His death

The blasphemy against the Holy Ghost, which shall not be forgiven in the world nor out of the world, is in that ye commit murder wherein ye shed innocent blood, and assent unto my death, after ye have received my new and everlasting covenant, saith the Lord God; and he that abideth not this law can in nowise enter into my glory, but shall be damned, saith the Lord. Doctrine and Covenants 132:27

Christ speaks of His own death. The unpardonable sin includes consenting to His death after receiving the fulness of His covenant, like crucifying Him again.

• alludes to Hebrews 6:4-6 — Those who fall away after full light crucify to themselves the Son of God afresh.
• alludes to D&C 76:35 — Sons of perdition crucify Him unto themselves and put Him to an open shame.

His Holy Priesthood ordained with the Father

I am the Lord thy God, and will give unto thee the law of my Holy Priesthood, as was ordained by me and my Father before the world was. Doctrine and Covenants 132:28

Christ calls the priesthood His own and says He and His Father ordained its law before the world. The Holy Priesthood is His priesthood.

How we know: the verse itself names Him

• the same title in D&C 107:3 — The Holy Priesthood after the Order of the Son of God.

The Son speaks of His Father's promise to Abraham

This promise is yours also, because ye are of Abraham, and the promise was made unto Abraham; and by this law is the continuation of the works of my Father, wherein he glorifieth himself. Doctrine and Covenants 132:31–33

The Son speaks of His Father's work and glory and of the Father's covenant with Abraham. Christ invites Joseph and the Saints to do the works of Abraham and enter His law to be saved.

• alludes to Moses 1:39 — The Father's work and glory is to bring to pass the immortality and eternal life of man.
• alludes to Abraham 2:9-11 — The Abrahamic promise of seed and blessings.

Abraham's offering of Isaac

Abraham was commanded to offer his son Isaac; nevertheless, it was written: Thou shalt not kill. Abraham, however, did not refuse, and it was accounted unto him for righteousness. Doctrine and Covenants 132:36

Abraham's willingness to offer his son Isaac is a similitude of Heavenly Father offering His Only Begotten Son. Christ recalls it here as an example of obedient faith.

• the same event in Genesis 22:1-14 — The account of Abraham offering Isaac.
• interpreted by Jacob 4:5 — Abraham's offering of Isaac is a similitude of God and his Only Begotten Son.

Sealing in His name

And verily, verily, I say unto you, that whatsoever you seal on earth shall be sealed in heaven; and whatsoever you bind on earth, in my name and by my word, saith the Lord, it shall be eternally bound in the heavens; and whosesoever sins you remit on earth shall be remitted eternally in the heavens; and whosesoever sins you retain on earth shall be retained in heaven. Doctrine and Covenants 132:46

The sealing power works only when used in Christ's name and by His word. It is the same power He promised Peter.

• alludes to Matthew 16:19 — Christ gives Peter the keys to bind on earth and in heaven.
• alludes to D&C 128:10 — Joseph cites Christ's promise to Peter as the precedent for sealing.

Christ prepares a place in His Father's kingdom

For I am the Lord thy God, and will be with thee even unto the end of the world, and through all eternity; for verily I seal upon you your exaltation, and prepare a throne for you in the kingdom of my Father, with Abraham your father. Doctrine and Covenants 132:49

Christ promises to be with Joseph always and to prepare a throne for him in His Father's kingdom, echoing His mortal promises to His disciples.

How we know: the verse itself names Him

• alludes to Matthew 28:20 — Lo, I am with you alway, even unto the end of the world.
• alludes to John 14:2 — In my Father's house are many mansions ... I go to prepare a place for you.

Offering of Isaac recalled

Behold, I have seen your sacrifices, and will forgive all your sins; I have seen your sacrifices in obedience to that which I have told you. Go, therefore, and I make a way for your escape, as I accepted the offering of Abraham of his son Isaac. Doctrine and Covenants 132:50–51

The Lord compares Joseph's trial to Abraham's offering of Isaac, where He provided a way of escape. The episode itself is a type of the Father's sacrifice of His Son, echoed softly here.

• alludes to Genesis 22:12-13 — The Lord stays Abraham's hand and provides a ram in Isaac's place.
• alludes to Jacob 4:5 — Abraham's offering as a similitude of God and his Only Begotten Son.

The Son sent by the Father

Verily, if a man be called of my Father, as was Aaron, by mine own voice, and by the voice of him that sent me, and I have endowed him with the keys of the power of this priesthood, if he do anything in my name, and according to my law and by my word, he will not commit sin, and I will justify him. Doctrine and Covenants 132:59

Christ speaks of the Father as 'him that sent me'. Priesthood holders are called by the voice of both, act in Christ's name, and are justified by Him.

How we know: a footnote points to Him · a Church study aid lists it

• alludes to Hebrews 5:4 — No man taketh this honour unto himself, but he that is called of God, as was Aaron.
• alludes to John 6:38 — Christ came to do the will of him that sent Him.

The Son speaks of His Father's work

But if one or either of the ten virgins, after she is espoused, shall be with another man, she has committed adultery, and shall be destroyed; for they are given unto him to multiply and replenish the earth, according to my commandment, and to fulfil the promise which was given by my Father before the foundation of the world, and for their exaltation in the eternal worlds, that they may bear the souls of men; for herein is the work of my Father continued, that he may be glorified. Doctrine and Covenants 132:63

The Son again speaks of His Father's premortal promise and the work that glorifies the Father, the eternal family and the souls of men.

• alludes to Moses 1:39 — The Father's work and glory.

Alpha and Omega

Alpha and Omega — the first and last letters of the Greek alphabet; the beginning and the end

And now, as pertaining to this law, verily, verily, I say unto you, I will reveal more unto you, hereafter; therefore, let this suffice for the present. Behold, I am Alpha and Omega. Amen. Doctrine and Covenants 132:66

Christ seals the revelation with His title Alpha and Omega. He is the beginning and the end of all things.

How we know: the verse itself names Him

• the same title in Revelation 1:8 — I am Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the ending, saith the Lord.
• the same title in D&C 19:1 — I am Alpha and Omega, Christ the Lord.