Were it not for the atonement,
which God himself shall make
for the sins and iniquities of his people,
they must unavoidably perish.
And there could not any man be saved
except it were through
the redemption of God.
For behold,
did not Moses prophesy unto them
concerning the coming of the Messiah,
and that God should redeem his people?
Yea, and even all the prophets
who have prophesied
ever since the world began—
have they not spoken more or less
concerning these things?
Have they not said that God himself
should come down
among the children of men,
and take upon him the form of man,
and go forth in mighty power
upon the face of the earth?
Yea, and have they not said also
that he should bring to pass
the resurrection of the dead,
and that he, himself,
should be oppressed and afflicted?