Thirty-Eight (1843)consciously blind and deaf. After two days of discussing many of these things, his scribes
wrote up a brief synopsis of what was assumed that Joseph had taught the men. Brigham
Young included it in his Doctrine and Covenants, as section 131.
Joseph’s Last Revelation as a Mortal Human Being
Joseph knew his time was almost over upon this earth as a mortal. He knew he
would not return as a mortal again but as a resurrected being who would one day join
forces with his reincarnated brother Hyrum, and guide and direct Hyrum just as Moroni
had done for him.
None of the LDS people then or today knows “even a hundredth part”^39 of “the
mysteries of the kingdom of God” that Joseph knew but never told them. LDS history does,
however, report correctly what Joseph said below:
Many men will say, “I will never forsake you, but will stand by you at all
times.” But the moment you teach them some of the mysteries of the kingdom
of God that are retained in the heavens and are to be revealed to the children of
men when they are prepared for them, they will be the first to stone you and
put you to death. It was this same principle that crucified the Lord Jesus Christ,
and will cause the people to kill the prophets in this generation.^40During this year of 1843, the infamous D&C section 132 was written as another
“revelation.” It was Joseph’s last and most controversial. It became another great stumbling
block for the Saints, but not by Joseph’s hand. Its infamy to the resurrected Joseph and the
need to have it properly explained by him comes as a result of the changes made by
Brigham Young, with the collusion of William Clayton, and written under Clayton’s hand to
conform to Young’s doctrine of polygamy. It is of such great importance to LDS/Mormon
history that it is specifically detailed in the appendix on polygamy in this biography. (See
Appendix 2: “Mormon Polygamy—The Truth Revealed!”)
“Oh Wretched Man That I Am!”
The bustling year of 1843, among other events, consisted of Joseph being arrested again^41
and then released, thanks to the unique Nauvoo charter that protected him through a writ of
habeas corpus.^42 Joseph’s attitude towards his own mortality changed precipitously according to
the frustrations he felt in dealing with the people. No one ever understood the extreme pressure,
including his obligation not to disclose his true identity, which caused him to feel the
wretchedness of his own soul. Joseph often found himself sobbing alone, away from the people
he was forced to deceive for their own good. Joseph’s flesh often completely overwhelmed him.
At times, overwhelmed by his mortal flesh, he became angry with his enemies, cursing
them and imagining ways that he could extract vengeance upon them, even going to the
extreme final act of defending himself when he was already consigned to his own fate, by
shooting at his enemies when they rushed the jail to kill him. Once again, the LDS/Mormon
leaders and historians who followed Joseph’s life, failed to “know [Joseph’s] history,” for some
would suppose the gospel would include fighting back as Joseph was perceived to do against
his enemies. In supposing this, they knew nothing of the man, Joseph, or of the gospel as Christ
presented it to the ancient inhabitants of America.