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“The Book of Mormon has come forth to remind us of the covenants of the Lord, to the convincing of all ‘that Jesus is the Christ, the Eternal God, manifesting himself unto all nations.’” Elder Richard G. Scott of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles says that a testimony of the Book of Mormon leads to a testimony of the Savior and His work.
Testifying of Christ. The Book of Mormon is another testament of Jesus Christ. Artwork from the Ninth International Art Competition shares this and other sacred messages from this holy book. “The Book of Mormon is a volume of holy scripture comparable to the Bible. It is a record of God’s dealings with the ancient inhabitants of the ...
Both the Bible and the Book of Mormon testify of Jesus Christ and teach His gospel. Each book supports the other’s teachings. Both describe God’s interactions with people in a different area of the world and teach the same principles. The Book of Mormon confirms what the Bible says about Jesus Christ and clarifies many other Christian ...
- “Branches Run Over the Wall” Jacob, also known as Israel, had 12 sons, whose descendants are collectively known as the house of Israel. One of those sons, Joseph, who inherited the birthright (see1 Chronicles 5:1–2), had two sons, Ephraim and Manasseh.
- “This Precious Land of Promise” Genesis 49:22–26 speaks of Joseph as a “fruitful bough” and states that certain “branches” or descendants of Joseph, referring at least to Lehi and Ishmael (see1 Nephi 15:12; 2 Nephi 10:22), would cross the “wall”—likely meaning the ocean (which was a wall to the people), and that they would find their way to a blessed land (see Deuteronomy 33:13), which would be the land of their inheritance (see 3 Nephi 15:12–13; 3 Nephi 16:16).
- “Speak Out of the Ground” But there is more. Isaiah spoke of a people who, like the people of Jerusalem (see Isaiah 29:2), would have an enemy “camp against” them, “lay siege against [them] with a mount” and “raise forts against [them]” (Isaiah 29:3).
- “A Fruitful Field” Isaiah also prophesied of a book that would come forth when “Lebanon shall be turned into a fruitful field, and the fruitful field shall be esteemed as a forest” (Isaiah 29:17).
- The thesis of this article was first presented in my entry entitled “Jesus Christ in the Book of Mormon” in the Encyclopedia of Mormonism (New York: Macmillan, 1992), 2:748–50.
- On “the angel of the Lord” as a manifestation of Jehovah Himself, see Gerhard Kittel, Theological Dictionary of the New Testament (Grand Rapids, Mich.: Eerdmans, 1964), 1:77–78.
- See Robert J. Matthews, “What the Book of Mormon Tells Us about Jesus Christ,” in The Book of Mormon: The Keystone Scripture, ed. Paul R. Cheesman (Provo, Utah: Religious Studies Center, Brigham Young University, 1988), 21–43, and “The Atonement of Jesus Christ: 2 Nephi 9,” in The Book of Mormon: Second Nephi, The Doctrinal Structure, ed.
- In analyzing these individual testimonies of Christ, I have tried to examine all the names and titles used by each prophet to refer to Christ, as well as the attributes and functions of Christ that they mention.
Oct 3, 1999 · 31 Joseph Smith declared the Book of Mormon to be "the most correct of any book on earth, and the keystone of our religion." 32 It is the only book that the Lord Himself has testified to be true. 33. The crowning event of this sacred record is the personal ministry of the resurrected Lord to people of ancient America.
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2 Nephi 25:26. THE KNOW. Readers unfamiliar with the Book of Mormon are sometimes surprised to find how much, from the beginning to the end, the book is about Jesus Christ.1 It is an ancient record whose stated purpose is to convince all people “that Jesus is the Christ, the Eternal God, manifesting himself unto all nations” (Title Page).
