>[!Properties]+ Resources >[Gospel Library](https://churchofjesuschrist.org/study/scriptures/dc-testament/dc/125?lang=eng) | [Citation Index](https://scriptures.byu.edu/#12e7d::c12e7d) | [Historical Resources](https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/study/history/doctrine-and-covenants-historical-resources-2025/45?lang=eng) | [JS Papers](https://www.josephsmithpapers.org/paperSummary/revelation-circa-march-1841-dc-125) | [CFM 2025 (Ch 125-128)](https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/study/manual/come-follow-me-for-home-and-church-doctrine-and-covenants-2025/45-doctrine-and-covenants-125-128?lang=eng) >>[!AI]- AI Context >>Revelation given through Joseph Smith the Prophet at Nauvoo, Illinois, in March 1841, to the Saints in the Iowa territory, addressing their organization and settlement amid persecution and migration. > >>[!AI]- AI Child Summary >>God told His people in a place called Iowa to build a new city named Zarahemla and live there together if they wanted to help each other and follow Him. > >>[!AI]- AI Summary >>The Lord reveals His will for the Saints across the river from Nauvoo to build up a city called Zarahemla and gather there willingly, emphasizing organization and settlement for the faithful. [[D&C 125#1|v1-2]] — instruction to name and build the city; [[D&C 125#3|]][[D&C 125#4|]] — call for volunteers to settle and contribute to Zion's growth. This revelation underscores themes of gathering, obedience, and communal building in the early Church. > >#Gospel/Revelation #Gospel/Gathering #Gospel/Zion ###### 1 1 What is the will of the Lord concerning the saints in the Territory of Iowa? ###### 2 2 Verily, thus saith the Lord, I say unto you, if those who call themselves by my name and are essaying to be my saints, if they will do my will and keep my commandments concerning them, let them gather themselves together unto the places which I shall appoint unto them by my servant Joseph, and build up cities unto my name, that they may be prepared for that which is in store for a time to come. ###### 3 3 Let them build up a city unto my name upon the land opposite the city of Nauvoo, and let the name of Zarahemla be named upon it. ###### 4 4 And let all those who come from the east, and the west, and the north, and the south, that have desires to dwell therein, take up their inheritance in the same, as well as in the city of Nashville, or in the city of Nauvoo, and in all the stakes which I have appointed, saith the Lord.