“The Very Eternal Father”

Brant Gardner

Rhetorical: Zeezrom apparently has conceded this last point to Amulek, and now attempts to hammer home the one that he is sure he can win, and the one that Amulek appears to have skipped, which is the contradiction between the one God and the Father/Son of God. For this reason he asks if the Son of God is the very Eternal Father. As we have seen in other locations in the Book of Mormon, this was a tenet of Nephite believe, even though some of the verses that stated so have been modified to clarify the issue for modern readers. Nevertheless, this equivalence of Father and Son is essential if we are to understand Zeezrom's rhetorical attack.

Multidimensional Commentary on the Book of Mormon

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