“All Shall See Salvation”

Monte S. Nyman

The next verses questioned by the wicked priests (Mosiah 12:22–24; Isaiah 52:8–10) were now interpreted as a future event by Abinadi. The salvation of the Lord will come to all peoples (Mosiah 15:28). The Book of Mormon text is essentially the same as the KJV except for the non-capitalization of LORD. Isaiah’s declaration that salvation would come when the Lord would bring again (gather) Zion (v. 29), and when the Lord comforted (gathered) his people in Jerusalem (v. 30), designates the two major gathering places of the latter days. It also sheds light upon the reference to the mountains where peace is published, or, in other words, where the gospel will be taught. Both Zion and Jerusalem are designated, in scripture, as the tops of the mountains (Isaiah 40:9; 1 Nephi 19:13; 2 Nephi 12:2; D&C 133:12–13). While the gospel will eventually be taught to all peoples (Mosiah 15:31), the major centers of administering the gospel will be from Zion (the Americas) and Jerusalem. The people who accept the gospel shall see eye to eye and confess that God’s judgments are just because they will understand the gospel taught by the prophets and the missionaries.

Book of Mormon Commentary: These Records Are True

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