0 In section 137, Joseph Smith has a vision of the celestial kingdom. Who was he surprised to see there?

A commandment I give unto mine handmaid, Emma Smith, your wife, whom I have given unto you ... receive all those that have been given unto my servant Joseph, and who are virtuous and pure before me; and those who are not pure, and have said they were pure, shall be destroyed, Doctrine & Covenants 132:51

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In section 137, Joseph Smith has a vision of the celestial kingdom. Who was he surprised to see there?


His brother Alvin.

I saw my ... my brother Alvin, that has long since slept; And marveled how it was that he had obtained an inheritance in that kingdom, seeing that he had departed this life before the Lord had set his hand to gather Israel the second time, and had not been baptized. Genesis 137:5

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