Doctrine and Covenants 27

Jesus Christ

Jesus — Jehovah saves; Christ — the Anointed One

Listen to the voice of Jesus Christ, your Lord, your God, and your Redeemer, whose word is quick and powerful. Doctrine and Covenants 27:1

The speaker names Himself: Jesus Christ, who is our Lord and our God.

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• the same title in D&C 29:1 — Same opening: 'Listen to the voice of Jesus Christ.'

Redeemer

Redeemer — the One who buys us back from sin and death

Listen to the voice of Jesus Christ, your Lord, your God, and your Redeemer, whose word is quick and powerful. Doctrine and Covenants 27:1

Christ is our Redeemer because He paid the price to free us; His word is living and powerful.

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

• alludes to Hebrews 4:12 — 'The word of God is quick, and powerful.'

Sacrament — remembrance of His body and blood

For, behold, I say unto you, that it mattereth not what ye shall eat or what ye shall drink when ye partake of the sacrament, if it so be that ye do it with an eye single to my glory—remembering unto the Father my body which was laid down for you, and my blood which was shed for the remission of your sins. Doctrine and Covenants 27:2

The Savior explains that what matters in the sacrament is not the kind of drink but remembering His body given and His blood shed for our sins.

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• alludes to Luke 22:19-20 — The Last Supper: my body given for you, my blood shed for you.
• alludes to Moroni 5:2 — Wine in remembrance of the blood of the Son.
• alludes to 3 Nephi 18:7-11 — Christ institutes the sacrament among the Nephites.

Second Coming

Behold, this is wisdom in me; wherefore, marvel not, for the hour cometh that I will drink of the fruit of the vine with you on the earth, and with Moroni, whom I have sent unto you to reveal the Book of Mormon, containing the fulness of my everlasting gospel, to whom I have committed the keys of the record of the stick of Ephraim; Doctrine and Covenants 27:5

Christ promises a future sacrament meeting when He comes again, fulfilling what He told His apostles at the Last Supper.

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• alludes to Matthew 26:29 — 'Until that day when I drink it new with you in my Father's kingdom.'

Special witnesses of His name

And also with Peter, and James, and John, whom I have sent unto you, by whom I have ordained you and confirmed you to be apostles, and especial witnesses of my name, and bear the keys of your ministry and of the same things which I revealed unto them; Doctrine and Covenants 27:12

Through Peter, James, and John, Christ made Joseph and Oliver apostles, whose central calling is to witness of Him.

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• alludes to D&C 107:23 — The Twelve are special witnesses of the name of Christ.

Jesus Christ — gathers all things in one

Unto whom I have committed the keys of my kingdom, and a dispensation of the gospel for the last times; and for the fulness of times, in the which I will gather together in one all things, both which are in heaven, and which are on earth; Doctrine and Covenants 27:13

Paul taught that God would gather all things together in Christ; here Christ Himself says He will do the gathering in the last dispensation.

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• alludes to Ephesians 1:10 — 'Gather together in one all things in Christ.'

Jesus Christ

And also with all those whom my Father hath given me out of the world. Doctrine and Covenants 27:14

Christ speaks of the faithful as a gift from His Father to Him, the same language of His great intercessory prayer.

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• alludes to John 17:6 — 'The men which thou gavest me out of the world.'

Second Coming

And take the helmet of salvation, and the sword of my Spirit, which I will pour out upon you, and my word which I reveal unto you, and be agreed as touching all things whatsoever ye ask of me, and be faithful until I come, and ye shall be caught up, that where I am ye shall be also. Amen. Doctrine and Covenants 27:18

The Savior promises that the faithful will be caught up to meet Him when He comes and will be with Him.

How we know: the verse itself names Him · the chapter heading names Him

• alludes to John 14:3 — 'That where I am, there ye may be also.'
• alludes to 1 Thessalonians 4:17 — The faithful caught up to meet the Lord.