§235 - Footnotes

Revelation 14: God’s Kingdom Prevails as the Second Woe Comes to an End

[§235] The 144,000 and Millennial Church of the Firstborn

Footnotes for this section

  1. See generally Rev 14:1: The Lamb Stands on Mount Zion with 144,000. ↩︎
  2. See D&C 76:53-54, 56; Millet, SWRM, 566; Wiersbe, BCNT, 1069; Joseph Fielding Smith, CR, April 1949, 135; Talmage, AF, 405-406; Andrus, PP, 374. ↩︎
  3. See D&C 77:11; Draper, OSS, 83; Doxey, DCS, Vol. 2, 36; cf. Rich, SML, Vol. 2, 110-111; Daniel H. Ludlow, EM, Vol. 3, 1143-1144; and generally Rev 7:4-8: 144,000 Are Sealed from the Tribes of Israel. ↩︎
  4. See Orson Pratt, CR, April 1880, 27; Dyer, WAI, 512-513; Joseph Smith, TPJS, 39; Andrus, POGP, 353. ↩︎
  5. See JST Gen 9:23; Orson Pratt, CR, April 1880, 27; Watt, JD, Vol. 7, 81-82; Watt, JD, Vol. 8, 51. ↩︎
  6. See Andrus, DK, 348, fn 86; Madsen, JSP, 48, 152; Andrus, GGMRD, 66. ↩︎
  7. See D&C 76:67; Joseph Fielding Smith, CHMR, Vol. 2, 57-58; Andrus, PP, 376; but see Brewster, DCE, 205. ↩︎
  8. See Dan 7:10; but see Donald W. Parry, UST, 404; cf. Rev 5:11; Bruce R. McConkie, MM, 709-710; and generally The Ancient of Days Will Judge His Righteous Posterity. ↩︎
  9. See Rev 7:9; e.g., Joseph Fielding Smith, AGQ, Vol. 3, 186; but see Bruce R. McConkie, MD, 546; and generally Rev 7:9: Second Vision of Paradise and the Great Multitude. ↩︎
  10. See Heb 12:22-23; Roberts, NWG, Vol. 1, 127; Yorgason, NTEH, 286; Donald W. Parry, TAW, 488-489. ↩︎
  11. See D&C 76:66-67; Andrus, PP, 399-400; Hyrum M. Smith, DCC, 459; Brewster, DCE, 265-266. ↩︎
  12. See Bruce R. McConkie, MD, 136; Joseph Fielding Smith, CHMR, Vol. 2, 57-58; Joseph Fielding Smith, DS, Vol. 2, 42. ↩︎
  13. See Dan 7:10; and generally Daniel’s Vision of the Future Gathering at Adam-ondi-Ahman; The Ancient of Days Will Judge His Righteous Posterity. ↩︎
  14. See generally Rev 7:4-8: 144,000 Are Sealed from the Tribes of Israel; Rev 14:1: The Lamb Stands on Mount Zion with 144,000. ↩︎
  15. See e.g., D&C 107:18-19; Heb 12:23; JST Gen 9:23; Bruce R. McConkie, MM, 282; Andrus, PP, 376. ↩︎
  16. Cf. D&C 131:1; Joseph Fielding Smith, DS, 2, 32; Bruce R. McConkie, MD, 348; Daniel H. Ludlow, EM, Vol. 1, 368. ↩︎
  17. But see Andrus, PP, 376-377. ↩︎
  18. See Joseph Fielding Smith, DS, Vol. 2, 42; Bruce R. McConkie, MD, 139. ↩︎
  19. See Bruce R. McConkie, MM, 123; Andrus, DK, 25; Draper, 1989 Sperry, 252, 259. ↩︎
  20. See Bruce R. McConkie, MM, 700; Joseph Fielding McConkie, DCBM, Vol. 3, 353; Whitney, GT, 81; Bruce R. McConkie, NWAF, 337; Bruce R. McConkie, PM, 47. ↩︎
  21. See D&C 76:67; Bruce R. McConkie, MD, 136; Andrus, PP, 374-375; Joseph Fielding McConkie, RR, 530; and generally Translation of Lost Tribes Mirrors the People of Enoch. ↩︎
  22. See Matt 6:10; Luke 11:2; Joseph Fielding Smith, DS, Vol. 1, 230; Bruce R. McConkie, MD, 500; James E. Talmage, CR, April 1916, 129; Bruce R. McConkie, MD, 417-418; Joseph Fielding McConkie, DCBM, Vol. 4, 82. ↩︎
  23. See Gordon B. Hinckley, TGBH, 576; Dyer, WAI, 503-504; Dyer, WAI, 512; and generally The Doctrine and Overview of the Millennium. ↩︎
  24. See Ezra Taft Ezra Taft Benson, TETB, 170; Millet, SWRM, 402; Bruce R. McConkie, MD, 126-127; Daniel H. Ludlow, EM, Vol. 2, 790. ↩︎
  25. See Bruce R. McConkie, MD, 854; Merrill, 1992 Sperry, 166, 180; Harold B. Lee, CR, October 1968, 62; Sylvester Q. Cannon, CR, April 1936, 20; Talmage, AF, 347; Watt, JD, Vol. 14, 145; Daniel H. Ludlow, EM, Vol. 4, 1624. ↩︎
  26. See Joseph Fielding Smith, DS, Vol. 1, 229; Bruce R. McConkie, MD, 499-500; Bruce R. McConkie, TMM, Vol. 3, 373. ↩︎
  27. See Ezra Taft Benson, CR, April 1978, “’May the Kingdom of God Go Forth”’, 45; Spencer W. Kimball, CR, April 1976, “The Stone Cut without Hands”, 10; Bruce R. McConkie, MM, 131; and generally Rev 7:1: The Four Angels of the Restoration; Rev 14:6-7: The First Angel Proclaims the Everlasting Gospel. ↩︎
  28. See D&C 65:2; Bruce D. Porter, Ensign , May 2001, “Building the Kingdom”, 80; Bruce R. McConkie, CR, October 1979, “The Mystery of Mormonism”, 81; Brewster, DCE, 530; Daniel H. Ludlow, EM, Vol. 2, 790. ↩︎
  29. See D&C 45:9; D&C 65:6; James E. Talmage, CR, April 1917, 66; Ezra Taft Ezra Taft Benson, TETB, 172; Cowan, DCMS, 102. ↩︎
  30. See Andrus, DK, 28; Watt, JD, Vol. 15, 44; Draper, 1989 Sperry, 251; Bruce R. McConkie, MD, 338; Watt, JD, Vol. 7, 99. ↩︎
  31. See Daniel H. Ludlow, EM, Vol. 1, 276; George Teasdale, CR, October 1897, 11; Bruce R. McConkie, MM, 416. ↩︎
  32. See Joseph Fielding Smith, CHMR, Vol. 2, 16; Talmage, VM, 181; Doxey, DCS, Vol. 1, 530; Bruce R. McConkie, MD, 500; Cheesman, BOMKS, 119. ↩︎
  33. See Daniel H. Ludlow, EM, Vol. 2, 790; Talmage, JC, 732; Bruce R. McConkie, TMM, Vol. 3, 39. ↩︎
  34. See Watt, JD, Vol. 21, 269; Jackson, FAR, 256; Dyer, WAI, 499-500; generally The Urgency of Temple Work in the Sixth Seal; Rev 7:4-8: 144,000 Are Sealed from the Tribes of Israel. ↩︎
  35. See Draper, OSS, 83-84, 267; and generally Elijah Restores the “Sealing Power” in the Sixth Seal; The 144,000 Become Saviors on Mount Zion; The 144,000 Are Kings, Priests and Saviors on Mt. Zion. ↩︎
  36. See D&C 77:11; Millet, SS, Vol. 1, 276, 278; Joseph Fielding McConkie, RR, 557. ↩︎
  37. See Joseph Fielding Smith, CHMR, Vol. 2, 57; Jackson, SS, Vol. 5, 193-194; Watt, JD, Vol. 18, 68. ↩︎
  38. See Brewster, BICQ, 192; Bruce R. McConkie, DNTC, Vol. 3, 526; and generally Overview of the 144,000 on Mount Zion, Great Tribulation and Harvest; Rev 19:7-8: Marriage of the Lamb and His Wife [the Church]; Rev 19:11-21: Christ’s Second Coming at the End of Armageddon; Rev 19:14: Heavenly Armies [Bride] Come with Christ. ↩︎
  39. See JST Gen 9:23; Andrus, POGP, 468-469; and generally Obedience Governs the Order of Resurrection for All Things; Morning of the First Resurrection for Exalted Saints; The Celestial Resurrection After the Second Coming; The Celestial Resurrection Continues for 1000 Years; The End of the Celestial Resurrection. ↩︎
  40. See Stuy, CD, Vol. 1, 142; Andrus, DK, 158-159, 180; Millet, SWRM, 292-293. ↩︎
  41. See Rev 7:4; Dyer, WAI, 512; Millet, SWRM, 272; Bruce R. McConkie, MD, 173; Andrus, DK, 214; and generally Rev 7:4-8: 144,000 Are Sealed from the Tribes of Israel. ↩︎
  42. See Andrus, POGP, 356-357; Millet, SWRM, 288; Andrus, DK, 409-410, 440. ↩︎
  43. See Millet, SS, Vol. 1, 342; Bruce R. McConkie, MD, 139-140; Joseph Fielding McConkie, DCBM, Vol. 4, 173-174. ↩︎
  44. See Andrus, POGP, 469; Black, 1989 Sperry, 79; and generally The Saints Are Given Dominion at Adam-ondi-Ahman; Ecclesiastical and Political Kingdoms Merge. ↩︎
  45. See David B. Haight, CR, October 1983, “Become a Star Thrower”, 59; J. Reuben Clark, Jr., CR, October 1954, 78; Widtsoe, JSST, 126; Daniel H. Ludlow, EM, Vol. 3, 1144; Morrison, TFT, 54. ↩︎
  46. See Joseph F. Smith, TPC, 383; Andrus, DK, 508; Daniel H. Ludlow, EM, Vol. 2, 856; Stuy, CD, Vol. 1, 367; Daniel H. Ludlow, EM, Vol. 3, 1067. ↩︎
  47. Andrus, POGP, 357; see also Daniel H. Ludlow, EM, Vol. 3, 1067, 1135; Millet, SWRM, 57; Andrus, PP, 280. ↩︎
  48. See Millet, SWRM, 277-278; and generally The First Estate from Spirit Creation to the Grand Council; Rev 12:10: Now Is Come Strength and the Kingdom; Rev 12:12: Rejoicing in Heaven at War’s End. ↩︎
  49. See Millet, SWRM, 283-284; Bruce R. McConkie, MD, 477. ↩︎
  50. See Andrus, DK, 409; Dyer, WAI, 510. ↩︎
  51. See Joseph Smith, TPJS, 157; Russell M. Nelson, Ensign , May 2001, “Personal Preparation for Temple Blessings”, 33; William J. Critchlow, Jr., CR, October 1963, 27; Bruce R. McConkie, MD, 559; Packer, TS, 149. ↩︎
  52. See Ehat, WJS, 297, fn 8; Bruce R. McConkie, NWAF, 337; Stuy, CD, Vol. 1, 142; Millet, SWRM, 282. ↩︎
  53. See Joseph Fielding Smith, DS, Vol. 3, 126; Daniel H. Ludlow, EM, Vol. 1, 388; and generally Rev 7:2: An Angel from the East [Elias] Has the Seal of God; Elijah Restores the “Sealing Power” in the Sixth Seal; The Urgency of Temple Work in the Sixth Seal; Wasting of the Earth Without the Sealing Power. ↩︎
  54. See Daniel H. Ludlow, EM, Vol. 1, 419; Andrus, DK, 565, 576; Joseph Fielding Smith, EPHM, 32; and generally Elijah Restores the “Sealing Power” in the Sixth Seal. ↩︎
  55. See D&C 110:11; Spencer W. Kimball, CR, April 1976, “The Stone Cut without Hands”, 11; Alma Sonne, CR, April 1967, 74; and generally Priesthood Keys for the Latter-day Gathering of Israel. ↩︎
  56. See D&C 110:12; Joseph Fielding Smith, CR, April 1960, 72; Joseph Fielding Smith, AGQ, Vol. 3, 139-140; Andrus, DK, 529; but see also Joseph Fielding McConkie, RR, 892; and generally Rev 7:2: An Angel from the East [Elias] Has the Seal of God. ↩︎
  57. See Brigham H. Roberts, CR, April 1930, 48; Daniel H. Ludlow, EM, Vol. 3, 1219; Millet, SWRM, 57; Joseph Fielding McConkie, JSCS, 186. ↩︎
  58. See Andrus, DK, 416; Daniel H. Ludlow, EM, Vol. 3, 1135; H. Donl Peterson, PGRG, 163; Bruce R. McConkie, MD, 559; Joseph Fielding McConkie, JSCS, 153. ↩︎
  59. See D&C 82:14; Joseph Fielding McConkie, RR, 581-582; Andrus, DK, 567; Daniel H. Ludlow, EM, Vol. 1, 276; Andrus, DK, 550, 571. ↩︎
  60. See Watt, JD, Vol. 15, 67; Joseph Fielding McConkie, JSCS, 308-309; and generally Overview of Adam-ondi-Ahman; Foundations for Zion Laid at Adam-ondi-Ahman; Temple Ordinances Given at Adam-ondi-Ahman. ↩︎
  61. See Watt, JD, Vol. 20, 251; Watt, JD, Vol. 26, 340; Watt, JD, Vol. 25, 185. ↩︎
  62. See Andrus, DPO, 24; Andrus, DK, 213; Andrus, DK, 116, 145. ↩︎