Come, Follow Me Doctrine and Covenants
Doctrine and Covenants 76
Refuge, by Shaelynn Abel
“What will happen to me after I die?” Nearly everyone asks this question in some form or another. For centuries, many Christian traditions, relying on biblical teachings, have taught of heaven and hell, of paradise for the righteous and torment for the wicked. But can the entire human family really be divided so strictly? In February 1832, Joseph Smith and Sidney Rigdon wondered if there was more to know about the subject (see Doctrine and Covenants 76, section heading).
There certainly was. While Joseph and Sidney were pondering these things, the Lord “touched the eyes of [their] understandings and they were opened” (verse 19). They received a revelation so stunning, so expansive, so illuminating that the Saints simply called it “the Vision.” It threw open heaven’s windows and gave God’s children a mind-stretching view of eternity. The vision revealed that heaven is grander and broader and more inclusive than most people had previously supposed. God is more merciful and just than we can comprehend. And God’s children have an eternal destiny more glorious than we can imagine.
D&C 76: A vision given to Joseph Smith the Prophet and Sidney Rigdon, at Hiram, Ohio, February 16, 1832. Prefacing the record of this vision, Joseph Smith’s history states: “Upon my return from Amherst conference, I resumed the translation of the Scriptures. From sundry revelations which had been received, it was apparent that many important points touching the salvation of man had been taken from the Bible, or lost before it was compiled. It appeared self-evident from what truths were left, that if God rewarded every one according to the deeds done in the body the term ‘Heaven,’ as intended for the Saints’ eternal home, must include more kingdoms than one. Accordingly, … while translating St. John’s Gospel, myself and Elder Rigdon saw the following vision.” At the time this vision was given, the Prophet was translating John 5:29.
- Come, Follow Me Study and Teaching Helps — Lesson 28: D&C 76 (2021), Jonn Claybaugh
Audio Roundtable: Come, Follow Me Doctrine and Covenants Lesson 28 (D&C 76) (2021)
- KnoWhy OTL13A — What Did the Lord Mean When He Said Moses Would Become “God to Pharaoh” During the Plagues of Egypt?, Jeffrey M. Bradshaw, March 26, 2018
- “The Kingdoms of Glory”: D&C 76; 131; 132:19-24; 137, Taylor Halverson, December 7, 2013
Scripture Roundtable: D&C Gospel Doctrine Lesson 20, "The Kingdoms of Glory", Administration, June 16, 2017
- “How long can rolling waters remain impure?”: Literary Aspects of the Doctrine and Covenants, Richard Dilworth Rust, October 6, 2017
- The Doctrine of Resurrection in the Book of Mormon, A. Keith Thompson, July 31, 2015
- Come, Follow Me—For Home and Church: Doctrine and Covenants 2025
- Joseph Smith’s Bible Translation, Revelations in Context
- “The Vision”, Revelations in Context
- Chapter 27: Doctrine and Covenants 76:1–49, Doctrine and Covenants Institute Student Manual (2017)
- Chapter 28: Doctrine and Covenants 76:50–119, Doctrine and Covenants Institute Student Manual (2017)
- Hearing about the Three Degrees of Glory for the First Time – Doctrine and Covenants 76, Liahona – Come, Follow Me: Doctrine and Covenants
- Section 76, Harper, Steven C. – D&C Contexts (Book of Mormon Central Archive)
- Doctrine & Covenants 76, Doctrine & Covenants Central
- Doctrine and Covenants 76 – “Great Shall Be Their Reward and Eternal Shall Be Their Glory”, BYU Studies
- Joseph Smith, Emanuel Swedenborg, and Section 76: Importance of the Bible in Latter-day Revelation from The Doctrine and Covenants: Revelations in Context
- BYU Religious Education Discussions on the Doctrine and Covenants: The Vision, Part 1 D&C 76
- BYU Religious Education Discussions on the Doctrine and Covenants: The Vision, Part 2 D&C 76
