The Office of the Ministry of Angels -- Part 6

This post continues a series of posts about a pattern spelled out by Mormon in Moroni 7:31-32. To summarize, Mormon offers us ten distinct details regarding the work that angels do to bring about faith and to fulfill the covenants of God. Here is the color-coded summary of the pattern:

• Angels are sent.
• They call men to repentance.
• They "fulfill" and "do the work of the covenants" of the Father.
• This is accomplished by declaring "the word of Christ" ...
• ...unto "chosen vessels of the Lord."
• The chosen vessels bear testimony of Him.
• By so doing, God "prepareth a way" for the residue of men to have faith in Christ...
• ...so that the power of the Holy Ghost can have place in their hearts.

In today's post, we'll outline how this pattern appears in Doctrine & Covenants 133.

16 Hearken and hear, O ye inhabitants of the earth. Listen, ye elders of my church together, and hear the voice of the Lord; for he calleth upon all men, and he commandeth all men everywhere to repent.
17 For behold, the Lord God hath sent forth the angel crying through the midst of heaven, saying: Prepare ye the way of the Lord, and make his paths straight, for the hour of his coming is nigh...
36 And now, verily saith the Lord, that these things might be known among you, O inhabitants of the earth, I have sent forth mine angel flying through the midst of heaven, having the everlasting gospel, who hath appeared unto some and hath committed it unto man, who shall appear unto many that dwell on the earth.
37 And this gospel shall be preached unto every nation, and kindred, and tongue, and people.
38 And the servants of God shall go forth, saying with a loud voice: Fear God and give glory to him, for the hour of his judgment is come;
39 And worship him that made heaven, and earth, and the sea, and the fountains of waters...
57 And for this cause, that men might be made partakers of the glories which were to be revealed, the Lord sent forth the fulness of his gospel, his everlasting covenant, reasoning in plainness and simplicity—
58 To prepare the weak for those things which are coming on the earth, and for the Lord’s errand in the day when the weak shall confound the wise, and the little one become a strong nation, and two shall put their tens of thousands to flight.
59 And by the weak things of the earth the Lord shall thresh the nations by the power of his Spirit. (D&C 133)