“All Shall See the Salvation of the Lord”

Bryan Richards

Abinadi’s interpretation of the concept of “seeing the salvation of the Lord” revolves around the day of judgment. Apparently, we may not fully appreciate the justice and mercy of God until we stand before him in judgment. It is then that all will fully see the salvation of the Lord. “The expression eye to eye is figurative, and here it means that all people, as one, will understand and discern that the judgments of the Lord are just. Their minds will apprehend His justice and unitedly they will sing His praises.” (Reynolds and Sjodahl, Commentary on the Book of Mormon, vol. 2, p. 177) At that time, we must come forth and stand before him in his glory, and in his power, and in his might, majesty, and dominion, and acknowledge to our everlasting shame that all his judgments are just (Alma 12:15). There are two great days of judgment—at the Second Coming, and at the end of the earth, just before it is celestialized to become the home of the righteous. The latter is the time when every knee shall bow and every tongue confess, when the sheep are separated from the goats, and when those who cannot be sanctified…must remain filthy still (DC 88:35). At that time, even the vilest of sinners must confess before God that his judgments are just. Based on DC 133:3-11 and Mosiah 16:1, one can deduce that this phrase of Isaiah’s, all shall see the salvation of the Lord, is referring to both of these great judgment days.

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