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Revealed to Joseph Smith, June, 1830.

" God spake unto Moses, saying, Behold, I am the Lord God Almighty, and Endless is my name, for I am without beginning of days or end of years; and is not this Endless? And, behold, thou art my son, wherefore look and I will show thee the workmanship of mine hands, but not all, for my works are without end, and also my words, for they never cease; where­fore no man can behold all my works, except he behold all my glory; and no man can behold all my glory and afterwards remain in the flesh. And I have a work for thee, Moses, my son; and thou art in the similitude of mine Only Begotten; and mine Only Begotten is and shall be the Saviour, for he is full of grace and truth; but there is no God besides me, and all things are present with me, for I know them all. And now, behold, this one thing I shew unto thee, Moses, my son, for thou art in the world, and now I show it unto thee.

And it came to pass that Moses looked and beheld the world upon which he was created, and Moses beheld the world and the ends thereof, and all the children of men which were, and which are created: of the same he greatly marvelled and wondered. And the presence of God withdrew from Moses, that his glory was not upon Moses; and Moses was left unto himself. And as he was left unto himself, he fell unto the earth. And it came to pass that it was for the space of many hours before Moses did again receive his natural strength like unto man; and he said unto himself, now, for this cause I know that man is nothing, which thing I never had supposed; but now mine eyes, mine own eyes, but not mine eyes, for mine eyes could not have beheld; for I should have withered and died in his presence; but his glory was upon me; and I beheld his face, for I was transfigured before him.

And it came to pass that when Moses had said these words, behold, Satan came tempting him, saying, Moses, son of man, worship me. And it came to pass that Moses looked upon Satan and said, who art thou? for behold, I am a son of God, in the similitude of his Only Begotten; and where is thy glory that I should worship thee? for behold, I could not look upon God, except His glory should come upon me, and I were strengthened before him. But I can look upon thee in the natural man. Is it not so, surely? Blessed is the name of my God, for His Spirit hath not altogether withdrawn from me,