A woman whose last name was Hubble began to profess she was a prophetess and claimed to know the Book of Mormon was true. She demanded that she should be a teacher in the church. Most saw through her hypocrisy, but a few members became her followers. John Whitmer described her as being very sanctimonious. As a result, this revelation was given which clarifies even further the manner in which the Lord will give revelation to the church.
The message is, the Lord will only give revelations to the church through the person who holds the keys to receive them. If they should be come unworthy, the Lord will replace them with another who holds the keys. The Lord says, "There is none other appointed unto you to receive commandments... And this shall be a law unto you, that ye receive not the teachings of any that shall come before you as revelations or commandments; And this I give unto you that you may not be deceived, that you may know they are not of me."
Then the Lord makes what I feel is the most important message of the section: "For verily I say unto you, that he that is ordained of me shall come in at the gate and be ordained as I have told you before." In other words, there is only one way, the Lord's way, that a person becomes a prophet and the one authorized to receive revelation for the church. Common sense sees the wisdom of this. It is a protection to the church against those that would usurp authority. If more people were aware of this revelation, they would not be sucked into groups that break away from the church claiming that they are now the ones the Lord is giving revelation to guide the church.
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