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"In the revelation [D&C 132] Emma was promised annihilation if she failed to 'abide this commandment.'"[1]
To see citations to the critical sources for these claims, [[../CriticalSources|click here]]
The scripture says,
The commandment given to Emma which she must "abide" is to "abide and cleave unto" Joseph. She is to remain faithful and supportive of her spouse. G.D. Smith's portrayal of this language applying to polygamy is false.
Elsewhere, others said to be destroyed are those who have pretended to moral purity despite sexual sins (see DC 132꞉52,63).
A final verse says that "if any man have a wife, who holds the keys of this power, and he teaches unto her the law of my priesthood, as pertaining to these things, then shall she believe and administer unto him, or she shall be destroyed, saith the Lord your God; for I will destroy her; for I will magnify my name upon all those who receive and abide in my law." Note that God will destroy those who disobey—this is not a threat from Joseph about physical harm to Emma, and Emma certainly did not refrain from opposing plural marriage thereafter. She does not seem to have been frightened or intimidated.
Despite G.D. Smith's gloss, there is no "annihilation" in LDS doctrine. An earlier verse makes it clear that death will "destroy" all that is not sanctioned and endorsed by God, including marriage contracts (DC 132꞉12-14). The section then draws a distinction between being "destroyed" and "destroyed in the flesh." (DC 132꞉26)—thus some sinners may suffer physical "buffeting" by Satan while their marital relationship may remain sanctioned.
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