Joseph Smith Prophesies Sidney Rigdon to Be Handled by the Devil (c. 1831)

When Sidney Rigdon falsely taught in Kirtland that the keys of the kingdom had been taken from the Church, Joseph Smith declared publicly: 'No power can pluck those keys from me, except the power that gave them to me; that was Peter, James and John. But for what Sidney has done, the devil shall handle him as one man handles another.' About three weeks later, Sidney was alone in his room when an unseen power lifted him from his bed, threw him across the room, and tossed him from one side to the other until his family rushed in from the adjoining room. Sidney was laid up for five to six weeks. When told of Joseph's prediction beforehand, Sidney himself had responded: 'Is it possible that I have been so deceived? But if Joseph says so, it is so.' The prophecy was precisely and dramatically fulfilled.