Thursday, April 18, 2024

Parallels Between the Coming of Christ to the Nephites and His Second Coming/Parousia

  

Christ’s Visit to the Nephites

Events

Christ’s Future Coming

3 Nephi 6:17-18; 7:7

Wickedness increases among the people.

Joseph Smith-Matthew 1:30

3 Nephi 7:14

People reject the prophets.

D&C 1:14

3 Nephi 8:4

Skepticism increases concerning Christ’s coming.

D&C 45:26

3 Nephi 8:6, 10-19

Earthquakes and other disturbances accompany His coming.

D&C 45:48

3 Nephi 8:20-23

Darkness covers the earth.

D&C 45:42

3 Nephi 8:24, 25

Christ comes as a thief in the night.

2 Peter 3:10

3 Nephi 9:1-13; 10:12

The wicked are destroyed at His coming; the righteous are preserved.

D&C 29:11

 

Source: The Book of Mormon Study Guide: Start to Finish, ed. Thomas R. Valletta (rev ed.; Salt Lake City: Deseret Book, 2019), 868