✨ D&C 132 — What If We Had the Corrected Version? ----- Day 3
✨ D&C 132 — What If We Had the Corrected Version?
There’s a lot of noise in the LDS world right now about Joseph Smith and polygamy. People argue back and forth, and whole testimonies rise or fall on what they believe Joseph said or didn’t say.
But imagine this: what if the Lord preserved a corrected record of Section 132 — the revelation Joseph actually received on July 12, 1843 — before Brigham Young and his circle twisted it into a polygamy charter and canonized it in 1876?
We don’t know for sure. This is something only the Holy Ghost and the Lord can reveal. But we do know this: the Church has the William Clayton journal in its vaults. If they really wanted clarity, all they’d have to do is release it untampered.
And if what came out matched the pattern I’m about to describe, it would only strengthen what the Book of Mormon already teaches and what the Nemenhah records repeat: one man, one wife, sealed by Christ, through His Spirit.
📖 What the Revelation Might Look Like
Opening Lines
Joseph asks the Lord why Abraham, Jacob, David, and Solomon were permitted certain things. The answer isn’t “many wives.” The Lord instead frames it around the everlasting covenant and the promises to Abraham about his seed and priesthood continuing forever.
Middle Section
The law is laid out clearly: only covenants sealed by the Holy Spirit of Promise endure beyond death. All else ends in the grave. This is the same doctrine Joseph taught elsewhere — ordinances without the Spirit are dead works. Notice: nothing here about plural marriage.
The Sealing
A man and woman joined by God’s word and Spirit “shall be of full force… in the world to come” and have “a continuation of chosen seed forever.” Eternal marriage, yes. Polygamy, no.
The Narrow Way
The way is narrow. Eternal lives mean knowing God and Christ. Broad is the way that leads to destruction. This centers everything on relationship with the Lord, not on multiplying wives.
Covenant Warnings
Sin after covenant brings consequences. Murder and blasphemy against the Holy Ghost remain unforgivable. But nothing here justifies lust or abuse.
Return to Abraham
The covenant promise is Joseph’s too, as a descendant. Eternal posterity is tied to the covenant — not to collecting women.
Priesthood Keys
Joseph is given priesthood keys of sealing and loosing, blessing and cursing, binding on earth and heaven. This echoes Matthew 16. Again, authority and Spirit — not polygamy.
The Closing
The Lord ends by saying more will be revealed later — pointing to continuing revelation.
🔍 What’s Missing?
Compare this to the Utah version of Section 132:
The polygamy justifications are gone.
The threats to Emma are gone.
The loophole about “raising up seed” is gone.
Instead, the doctrine harmonizes perfectly with earlier scripture:
Jacob 2:24 — “For there shall not any man among you have save it be one wife.”
D&C 101 (1835 edition) — “We believe that one man should have one wife, and one woman but one husband.”
The Nemenhah Records — covenant marriage is sacred, but polygamy is condemned as a corruption of the gentiles.
🌾 My Witness
I once sat in on a High Council court. My number was called first — number one. And back then, I was told and taught that my whole duty was to protect the Church.
But I’ve learned since then: our duty is not to protect the Church. Our duty is to protect the Savior. His word. His truth. His voice.
And when I look at the Book of Mormon, the 1835 Doctrine & Covenants, and the Nemenhah Records, I see a united testimony: polygamy is not of Christ.
If the William Clayton journal were ever opened and read, I believe it would only prove the same.
At the end of the day, this isn’t about dusty manuscripts. It’s about listening to the Holy Ghost. He is the one who confirms truth. And what He whispers to me is simple:
The everlasting covenant is not about multiple wives. It’s about being sealed to Christ and to your eternal companion, walking together into Eternal Lives.
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