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Book of Mormon Commentary
Mosiah Chapter 8
c. "little children" (60). The first resurrection is also referred to as "the resurrection of the just" in
Doctrine and Covenants 76:5 a. Those coming forth in this resurrection are to inherit celestial or
terrestrial glories (D. and C. 76:5 b-h).
Abinadi said that the following will have no part in the first resurrection:
a. Those who "rebel against him [the Lord], and die in their sins" (61, 73)
b. They "that have known the commandments of God, and would not keep them" (62)
Mos 8:65 Yea, neither can the Lord redeem such: for he can not deny himself; for he can not deny
justice when it has its claim.
8:65 Once man was given his agency and chose not to obey God, the die was cast, and molded a
character which even the Lord can not redeem because of willful sinning.
THE SALVATION OF THE LoRD, VER. 66-91
Mos 8:69 The Lord hath made bare his holy arm in the eyes of all the nations: and all the ends of the
earth shall see the salvation of our God.
8:69 God's power and authority are inferred by the clause "made bare his holy arm"(Mos. 7:80; Isa.
52:10). Abinadi saw a time "when every nation, kindred, tongue and people shall see eye to eye, and
shall confess before God that his judgments are just” (71). He declared "That old serpent that did beguile
our first parents, ... was the cause of their fall; which was the cause of all mankind becoming carnal,
sensual, devilish" (74,75).
Mos 8:79 And now if Christ had not come into the world, speaking of things to come, as though they
had already come, there could have been no redemption.
8:79 Not only did Christ come and preach the gospel of the kingdom of God to be builded up here on
earth (Matt. 6:11, 38) but he won a victory over the grave and made possible the resurrection of all men
(Mos. 8:80-83).
Mos 8:90 Therefore, if ye teach the Law of Moses, also teach that it is a shadow of those things which
are to come;
8:90 It was not yet time for the fulfillment of the law of Moses and to usher in the gospel law of the
kingdom of God (Luke 16:16-18). The sacrifice of the paschal Iamb and the offerings of the first fruits
were to lead men to faith in salvation through Christ. These fleshly ordinances and commandments were
types and shadows of the atonement of Christ, and of the brotherhood of man through sacrifice and
service.