>[!Properties]+ Resources >[Gospel Library](https://churchofjesuschrist.org/study/scriptures/dc-testament/dc/22?lang=eng) | [Citation Index](https://scriptures.byu.edu/#12e16::c12e16) | [Historical Resources](https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/study/history/doctrine-and-covenants-historical-resources-2025/10?lang=eng) | [JS Papers](https://www.josephsmithpapers.org/paperSummary/revelation-16-april-1830-dc-22) | [CFM 2025 (Ch 20-22)](https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/study/manual/come-follow-me-for-home-and-church-doctrine-and-covenants-2025/11-doctrine-and-covenants-20-22?lang=eng) >>[!AI]- AI Context >>Revelation given by God through Joseph Smith the Prophet in Manchester, New York, on April 16, 1830, to the early Church members, addressing those previously baptized who sought to join without rebaptism. > >>[!AI]- AI Child Summary >>God told Joseph Smith that even if someone was baptized before, they need to be baptized again in the right way to join His true church, like starting fresh with a promise to follow Jesus. > >>[!AI]- AI Summary >>The revelation declares that previous baptisms under old covenants are invalid for entering the restored Church, emphasizing that the gospel is a new and everlasting covenant requiring rebaptism by proper authority to remit sins and receive the Holy Ghost [[D&C 22#1|v1]] — old baptisms deemed dead; [[D&C 22#2|v2]] — necessity of entering the strait gate through authorized baptism; [[D&C 22#3|v3-4]] — command to be rebaptized despite prior ordinances. It underscores the importance of divine authority and obedience to God's current commandments. This teaching highlights themes of renewal, proper priesthood authority, and the restoration of eternal covenants. > >#Gospel/Baptism #Gospel/Authority #Gospel/Covenants ###### 1 1 Behold, I say unto you that all old covenants have I caused to be done away in this thing; and this is a new and an everlasting covenant, even that which was from the beginning. ###### 2 2 Wherefore, although a man should be baptized an hundred times it availeth him nothing, for you cannot enter in at the strait gate by the law of Moses, neither by your dead works. ###### 3 3 For it is because of your dead works that I have caused this last covenant and this church to be built up unto me, even as in days of old. ###### 4 4 Wherefore, enter ye in at the gate, as I have commanded, and seek not to counsel your God. Amen.