Holy Places
According to D&C 87:8, we are told to "stand ye in" these types of places.
What are holy places?
D&C 87 1-2 foretells the beginning of this American conflict.
What is the Civil War?
In D&C 86:2, these are “the children of the kingdom” who grow among tares.
What is the wheat?
The “wheat” in the parable represents this group of people.
D&C 86:2
Who are the righteous / covenant people?
This prophet received the revelations in D&C 85–87.
D&C 85–87 headers
Who is Joseph Smith?
This location is often considered a holy place where we make covenants with God.
Consider modern day temple teachings
What is the temple?
The war in D&C 87:1 would begin in this U.S. state.
What is South Carolina?
In the parable of the wheat and tares, this figure represents the one who sowed the tares.
D&C 86:3
Who is the enemy / Satan?
In D&C 86:5, this figure gathers out the wheat at the end.
Who is the reaper / angels?
D&C 85 mentions a man who was not keeping a record of the Church.
D&C 85:1–2
Who is John Whitmer?
In a spiritual sense, your home can become one of these if filled with righteousness.
D&C 88:119
What is a house of God / holy place?
D&C 87:3 prophesies that war would eventually be poured out on this group of nations.
What are all nations?
D&C 86:8-10 teaches that the priesthood continues through this kind of lineage.
What is the lawful (or chosen) lineage?
These “tares” grow with the wheat until the harvest.
D&C 86:3,7
What are the wicked / those who oppose righteousness?
D&C 85 references this man who needed to repent.
D&C 85:7
Who is William W. Phelps?
The Lord commands the Saints to flee to this area in D&C 85 to find safety and holiness.
D&C 85:7
What is Zion?
The Lord revealed the prophecy of war on this specific day in 1832.
D&C 87 heading
What is December 25, 1832 (Christmas Day)?
These promises belong to those who are "lawful heirs."
D&C 86:8
What are priesthood blessings / covenants of the fathers?
This agricultural event is symbolic of the final judgment.
D&C 86:7
What is the harvest?
The “one mighty and strong” in D&C 85:7 refers to someone who will do this.
What is set the house of God in order?
In latter days, those who do not stand in holy places may be overcome by this.
D&C 87:8
What is the desolation of abomination / destruction?
The prophecy in D&C 87:6 shows the Lord’s concern not just for the Church but for this entire group. What is this Group?
What is the whole earth / all people?
Those who inherit the priesthood in the latter days are described using this Old Testament term.
D&C 86:9
What is the seed of Abraham?
In the parable, this person "sleeps" while the enemy plants tares.
D&C 86:3
Who is the watchman / the Church / its leaders?
The Civil War prophecy was fulfilled starting in this year.
D&C 87+ History (what year the Civil War started)
What is 1861?