Joseph had been reviewing and editing his manuscript on the Bible and received this revelation in answer to a question regarding the parable of the wheat and the tares in Matthew. The revelation explains that the original apostles at the time of Christ were the sowers (planters) of the seed. After their deaths, Satan sowed tares (weeds that commonly appear with and look similar to wheat) that choked the wheat (the church) and drove it into the wilderness, meaning the church was driven into apostasy. Now, at the time of the restoration of the church, the field is being sown again in the last days and the wheat is sending for blades of growth. The angels are waiting for the command to go down and destroy the tares but must wait until the wheat is fully grown and ready for harvest. If the angels were allowed to come down now, much of the wheat would be destroyed along with the tares because the church's faith isn't sufficiently strong enough at this time. A separation of the wheat and tares must take place also. This separation of the righteous and the wicked is happening now in our day as the tares bind themselves together by gravitating to groups that are similar to themselves. Much destruction of the tares will take place within themselves as they seek to destroy each other.
It is through the priesthood that the wheat will be saved. Priesthood holders can be both rightful heirs to the priesthood and legal heirs. A legal heir is one who has claim to the priesthood because of his lineage or ancestry. A rightful heir is a legal heir who can act in the priesthood because of his righteousness. So even though a person is a legal heir, he cannot necessarily act in the priesthood unless he is righteous. According to this revelation, if a person is a righteous heir, through the priesthood he is a savior to Israel or the Lord's the people. All of this will be explained further when we get to Section 121 and the Lord explains that the priesthood can only be used in terms of righteousness.
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