“The testimonies of Nephi, Jacob, and Isaiah have been given as the three great early witnesses … declaring their testimony of Christ. … Obviously, prophets coming later had their affirmations strengthened by these three, and so the reinforcing, prophetic declarations of Christ unfold throughout the Book of Mormon.
“ … In fact, the theme ‘Jesus is the Christ,’ which runs throughout the Book of Mormon, suggests that one way of reading and remembering this sacred record is to move, in effect, from one teaching about the Savior to the next” (Holland, Christ and the New Covenant, 95).