Revelations of Joseph Smith - 1836

When: 21 January 1836 (Thursday)
Where: Kirtland Township, Geauga County, Ohio, USA
Who: Joseph Smith
What: A Revelation on the Celestial Kingdom
Source: History of the Church 2:380-82.

When: 21 January 1836 (Thursday)
Where: Kirtland Township, Geauga County, Ohio, USA (Kirtland Temple)
Who: Joseph Smith
What: Joseph sees his brother Alvin in the celestial kingdom, doctrine for the salvation of the dead is revealed, all children are saved in the celestial kingdom.
Source: D&C 137; First published in the Deseret News (4 September 1852) and included in the 1981 Doctrine and Covenants.

When: exact date is unknown, it is possible that it was given during the dedicatory services of the Kirtland Temple in March 1836
Where: Kirtland Township, Geauga County, Ohio, USA
Who: Joseph Smith
What: The course that Lehi traveled from the city of Jerusalem to the place where he and his family took ship.
Source: “The Bernhisel Manuscript,” Community of Christ Library-Archives, Independence, MO, USA; see also Franklin D. Richards and James A. Little, A Compendium of the Doctrines of the Gospel, 2nd ed., Revised and Enlarged (Salt Lake City: George Q. Cannon & sons Co., 1884), 289. See also Robert J. Matthews, “Notes on ‘Lehi’s Travels,’” BYU Studies 12:3 (Spring 1972), 312-14.

When: 27 March 1836 (Sunday)
Where: Kirtland Township, Geauga County, Ohio, USA (Kirtland Temple)
Who: Joseph Smith
What: Prayer offered at the dedication of the Kirtland Temple, which according to the Prophet was given to him by revelation.
Source: D&C 109; First published in the Messenger and Advocate (March 1836) and included as section 109 in the 1876 Doctrine and Covenants.

When: 29 March 1836 (Tuesday)
Where: Kirtland Township, Geauga County, Ohio, USA
Who: Joseph Smith
What: Lord tells those in the temple must fast through the day and night and humble themselves in order to receive further communications from Him
Source: The Papers of Joseph Smith, ed. Dean C. Jessee (Salt Lake City: Deseret Book, 1992), 2:203-204; see also History of the Church 2:429.

When: 3 April 1836 (Sunday)
Where: Kirtland Township, Geauga County, Ohio, USA (Kirtland Temple)
Who: Joseph Smith and Oliver Cowdery
What: Savior appears and accepts the Kirtland Temple. Moses, Elias, and Elijah appear and commit the keys of their dispensations.
Source: D&C 110; First published in the Deseret News (November 6, 1852) and included as section 110 in the 1876 Doctrine and Covenants.

When: Probably in mid-1836
Where: Kirtland Township, Geauga County, Ohio, USA
Who: Joseph Smith
What: Revelation concerning music and its relationship to man and the Holy Spirit
Source: Joseph Young, History of the Organization of the Seventies (Salt Lake City: Deseret News, 1878), 14-15.

When: 6 August 1836 (Saturday)
Where: Salem, Essex County, Massachusetts, USA (Site of Boarding House on Union Street)
Who: Joseph Smith (at this time Church leaders were in debt because of their labors in the Church)
What: The Lord is aware of the temporal needs of His servants, the Lord is merciful to Zion and He arranges all things from the good of His servants.
Source: D&C 111; First published in the Deseret News (25 December 1852) and included as section 111 in the 1876 Doctrine and Covenants.