8  Wherefore the decree hath gone forth from the Father that they shall be ^agathered in unto one place upon the face of this land, to prepare their hearts and be prepared in all things against the day when tribulation and desolation are sent forth upon the wicked.

  66  And it shall be called the New Jerusalem, a ^bland of peace, a city of refuge, a place of safety for the saints of the Most High God;

  1  Hearken, O ye elders of my church, saith the Lord your God, who have assembled yourselves together, according to my commandments, in this land, which is the land of Missouri, which is the ^bland which I have appointed and consecrated for the gathering of the saints.

  24  And inasmuch as mine enemies come against you to drive you from my goodly ^aland, which I have consecrated to be the land of Zion, even from your own lands after these testimonies, which ye have brought before me against them, ye shall curse them;

  57  And let my servant Sidney Rigdon ^aconsecrate and dedicate this land, and the spot for the temple, unto the Lord.

  3  Which city shall be built, beginning at the temple lot, which is appointed by the finger of the Lord, in the western boundaries of the State of Missouri, and ^cdedicated by the hand of Joseph Smith, Jun., and others with whom the Lord was well pleased.

  35  Therefore, as I said unto you, ask and ye shall receive; pray earnestly that peradventure my servant Joseph Smith, Jun., may go with you, and preside in the midst of my people, and organize my kingdom upon the consecrated land, and establish the children of Zion upon the laws and commandments which have been and which shall be given unto you.

  15  Behold, the destroyer I have sent forth to destroy and lay waste mine enemies; and not many years hence they shall not be left to pollute mine heritage, and to blaspheme my name upon the lands which I have ^dconsecrated for the gathering together of my saints.

  4  For the Lord hath chosen ^aJacob unto himself, and Israel for his peculiar treasure.

  21  Surely he hath blessed the house of Jacob, and hath been merciful unto the seed of Joseph.