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Book of Mormon Commentary
2 Nephi Chapter 1
EXHORTATION ON THE MOSAIC LAW AND THE MESSIANIC HOPE, VER. 69-96
2 Ne 1:69 And by the law, no flesh is justified, or, by the law, men are cut off.
1:69 Lehi here gave a flashback to the law of Moses, which the Hebrew Epistle labels "the law of
a carnal commandment" (Heb. 7:16-19). The fleshly sacrifices which had been offered by the
Israelites for centuries and the law had been disannulled, "for the weakness and unprofitableness
thereof. “made nothing perfect, but was only the bringing in of a better hope."
2 Ne 1:71 Wherefore, redemption cometh in and through the holy Messiah: for he is full of grace and
truth.
1:71 The certainty and familiarity with which the Book of Mormon writers discuss the earthly
mission of the Messiah or Jesus the Christ (see A. 19:24-27) have bothered some students and
investigators. The Old Testament in most versions points to His mission but is not as plain.
Gen. 49:10-"The sceptre shall not depart from Judah, nor a law-giver from between his feet until
Shiloh come; and unto him shall the gathering of the people be."
Gen. 22:22-"And in thy seed [Abraham's] shall all the nations of the earth be blessed."
Ps. 24: 10-"Even the king of glory shall come unto you; and shall redeem his people, and shall
establish them in righteousness."
Job 19:25-"1 know that my Redeemer liveth, and that he shall stand at the latter day upon the
earth."
Isa. 9:6-"For unto us a child is born, unto us a son is given; ...and his name shall be called
Wonderful, Counselor, The mighty God, The everlasting Father, The Prince of Peace."
Jer. 23:5, 6-"1 will raise unto David a righteous Branch, and a King shall reign and prosper, and
shall execute judgment and justice in the earth. “and this is his name whereby he shall be called,
THE LORD OUR RIGHTEOUSNESS."
Dan. 7: 13-“Behold, one like the Son of man came with the clouds of heaven."
Zech. 9:9, lo-"Thy King cometh unto thee; he is just, and having salvation; lowly, and riding upon
an ass, and upon a colt the foal of an ass and his dominion shall be from sea even to sea.
Mosiah 9:41-50 relates that Alma baptized believers, and a church was built up, Christian
sacraments practiced, and Christian doctrines taught more than a century before Christ's birth. The
principle of faith is just as effectual when one looks forward as it can be while one looks backward
to A.D. 33, when Christ and his disciples built the church in Palestine.
2 Ne 1:75 That he may bring to pass the resurrection of the dead, being the first that should rise.
1:74, 75 Mankind has been concerned with immortality from the dawn of history. "If a man die,
shall he live again?" asked Job (14:14). .'This is my work and my glory, to bring to pass the
immortality, and eternal life of man" (D. and C. 22:23 b).
John wrote of this glorious hope in his last days: "!t doth not yet appear what we shall be; but we
know that, when he shall appear, we shall be like him; for we shall see him as he is. And every
man that hath this hope in him purifieth himself, even as he is pure” (1 John 3:2, 3). See also John
10:17, 18; III N. 12:25-28.
Lehi felt it was important to reveal the hope of salvation as it had been shown to him so that his
sons would know of the love and mercy of God and might turn from their ways of wickedness.