Rhetorical: The next question strengthens the trap Zeezrom has laid for Amulek. Zeezrom asks about the coming Messiah. Zeezrom certainly knows what Nephite religion preaches about the Atoning Messiah, and he knows that the Atoning Messiah is termed the Son of God. He asks this question precisely because he knows the answer, and wants to use that answer against Amulek. Amulek does what both Zeezrom and Amulek know that he must do, which is acknowledge that the Son of God is the one who must come.