Oliver Cowdery has been appointed to take the revelations to Missouri where
the printing press has been set up so they can be published. It was
important that along with the Book of Mormon, the revelations be published.
The Book of Mormon was evidence that God was speaking to a prophet again
through new scripture, and the revelations were evidence that God had
bestowed the keys of authority and apostleship upon man again. Revelation,
new scripture, and authority are three things that are necessary if God were
re-establish his church once again on the earth. Without these, it would
only be a man made church. Those who attended the four conferences of the
church that were held in November all felt that these revelations would show
people that these three things were evidence that the church had been
restored.
Because the journey is about a thousand miles through sparsely populated and
sometimes dangerous land, and because they felt the revelations were of more
worth than all the riches of the world, and because Oliver Cowdery would
also be carrying money with him for the church in Missouri, the Lord
appointed John Whitmer to travel with Oliver. The Lord also tells John that
he is to continue making a history of the church.
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