An Examination into and an Elucidation of the Great Principle of the Mediation and Atonement of Our Lord and Savior Jesus ChristTaylor, John
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An Examination into and an Elucidation of the Great Principle of the Mediation and Atonement of Our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ
Taylor, John
Atonement -- Mormon Church; Latter Day Saint churches -- Doctrines
"And I saw another angel fly in the midst of heaven, having the
everlasting gospel to preach unto them that dwell on the earth, and to
every nation, and kindred, and tongue, and people, saying with a loud
voice, Fear God and give glory to him; for the hour of his judgment is
come: and worship him that made heaven, and earth, and the sea, and
the fountains of waters."--Revelation, xiv, 6, 7.
From the Bible, we turn to the Book of Mormon, and in its pages
discover that the same Gospel which Jesus directed His disciples to go
into all the world and preach, was preached on this continent, from
the earliest ages. The Jaredites became acquainted with it through the
revelations given to the brother of Jared; in one of which Jesus said
unto him:
"Behold, I am he who was prepared from the foundation of the world to
redeem my people. Behold, I am Jesus Christ. I am the Father and the
Son. In me shall all mankind have light and that eternally, even they
who shall believe on my name; and they shall become my sons and my
daughters."--Ether, iii, 14.
"And he ministered unto him, even as he ministered unto the
Nephites."--Ether, iii, 18.
The principles of this Gospel were very fully understood by the
Nephites before the advent of the Messiah. We quote from a sermon of
the younger Alma. He says:
"Now if it had not been for the plan of redemption, which was laid
from the foundation of the world, there could have been no
resurrection of the dead; but there was a plan of redemption laid,
which shall bring to pass the resurrection of the dead, of which has
been spoken. And now behold, if it were possible that our first
parents could have went forth and partaken of the tree of life, they
would have been for ever miserable, having no preparatory state; and
thus the plan of redemption would have been frustrated, and the word
of God would have been void, taking none effect. But behold, it was
not so; but it was appointed unto man that they must die; and after
death they must come to judgment; even that same judgment of which we
have spoken, which is the end. And after God had appointed that these
things should come unto man, behold, then he saw that it was expedient
that man should know concerning the things whereof he had appointed
unto them; therefore he sent angels to converse with them, who caused
men to behold of his glory."--Alma, xii, 25-29.
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