So here's alleged D&C 87 regarding Smith's prophesy on Christmas Day 1832:
"Section 87
Revelation and prophecy on war, given through Joseph Smith the Prophet, at or near Kirtland, Ohio, December 25, 1832. At this time disputes in the United States over slavery and South Carolina's nullification of federal tariffs were prevalent. Joseph Smith's history states that "appearances of troubles among the nations" were becoming "more visible" to the Prophet "than they had previously been since the Church began her journey out of the wilderness."
1–4, War is foretold between the Northern States and the Southern States; 5–8, Great calamities will fall upon all the inhabitants of the earth.
1 Verily, thus saith the Lord concerning the wars that will shortly come to pass, beginning at the rebellion of South Carolina, which will eventually terminate in the death and misery of many souls;
2 And the time will come that war will be poured out upon all nations, beginning at this place.
3 For behold, the Southern States shall be divided against the Northern States, and the Southern States will call on other nations, even the nation of Great Britain, as it is called, and they shall also call upon other nations, in order to defend themselves against other nations; and then war shall be poured out upon all nations.
4 And it shall come to pass, after many days, slaves shall rise up against their masters, who shall be marshaled and disciplined for war.
5 And it shall come to pass also that the remnants who are left of the land will marshal themselves, and shall become exceedingly angry, and shall vex the Gentiles with a sore vexation.
6 And thus, with the sword and by bloodshed the inhabitants of the earth shall mourn; and with famine, and plague, and earthquake, and the thunder of heaven, and the fierce and vivid lightning also, shall the inhabitants of the earth be made to feel the wrath, and indignation, and chastening hand of an Almighty God, until the consumption decreed hath made a full end of all nations;
7 That the cry of the saints, and of the blood of the saints, shall cease to come up into the ears of the Lord of Sabaoth, from the earth, to be avenged of their enemies.
8 Wherefore, stand ye in holy places, and be not moved, until the day of the Lord come; for behold, it cometh quickly, saith the Lord. Amen.
This item had a very tortured/suspect history and IIRC was never published by the Church as part of the official "Doctrines and Covenants" until after the ACW. It was referred to publicly in 1861 by one of the Church Elders, Orrin Pratt, to show Smith's status as a prophet and Pratt had it published in the NY Times right after war broke out, in June 1861. Curiously, it isn't mentioned in Joe's surviving journal for the 1832-33 period. It also would have been made at a time when the SC nullification issue was inflaming public opinion and lots of people were speculating about the possibility of war. The prophecy has been "reinterpreted" several times since adapt to new crises of various types.
But Joe never said that Moroni ever visited him after the last visit in 1827. By 1832 he was a good ways from Cumorah Hill in NY, living in Ohio. So if he got visited by an 1832 "AI" version created by "aliens", he apparently didn't get duped.
As we know, the History Channel gave up the first part of its name a long time ago.
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