Church History
Doctrine and Covenants 102–105


“Doctrine and Covenants Historical Resources: Doctrine and Covenants 102–105,” Doctrine and Covenants Historical Resources (2025)

“Doctrine and Covenants 102–105,” Doctrine and Covenants Historical Resources

Doctrine and Covenants 102–105

River with green trees overhanging each bank.

Fishing River, Missouri, USA, where Joseph Smith received a revelation in June 1834 calling for a peaceful redemption of Zion and a future endowment from on high in the Kirtland Temple.

Historical Background

Revelations in Context

Essays on the background of each revelation

Restoring the Ancient Order

D&C 102, 107

The Acceptable Offering of Zion’s Camp

D&C 103, 105

Map showing the route of the Camp of Israel, 1834

Camp of Israel Route May–June 1834

Newel K. Whitney and the United Firm

D&C 70, 78, 82, 92, 96, 104

Saints: The Story of the Church of Jesus Christ in the Latter Days

Narrative history of events surrounding the revelations

Volume 1, Chapter 18

The Camp of Israel

Volume 1, Chapter 19

Stewards over This Ministry

Volume 1, Chapter 22

Try the Lord

Volume 1, Chapter 26

A Holy and Consecrated Land

People

Biographical facts and historical images of individuals associated with the revelations

Places

Maps and information about places associated with the revelations from The Joseph Smith Papers, Historic Sites, and other helpful sources

Events

Timeline placing each revelation in the context of key events in the Church’s first century

View the chronology

Topics

Essays on subjects related to the revelations

Consecration and Stewardship

High Council

United Firm (“United Order”)

Zion’s Camp (Camp of Israel)

Sources

Historical background and the earliest version of each section of the Doctrine and Covenants, as published in The Joseph Smith Papers and the Church History Library catalog

Revised Minutes, 18–19 February 1834 [D&C 102]

Revelation, 24 February 1834 [D&C 103]

Revelation, 23 April 1834 [D&C 104]

Revelation, 22 June 1834 [D&C 105]

Conference Minutes, 17 February 1834

Photograph of a thimble.

Brigham Young took this thimble with him on his expedition with the Camp of Israel (Zion’s Camp). He used it to mend a tear in his tent. Thimble, owned by Brigham Young, 1830s, metal, Church History Museum.