And the Lord said unto him:
Believest thou the words which I shall speak?
And he answered: Yea, Lord,
I know that thou speakest the truth,
for thou art a God of truth, and canst not lie.
And when he had said these words, behold,
the Lord showed himself unto him, and said:
Because thou knowest these things
ye are redeemed from the fall;
therefore ye are brought back into my presence;
therefore I show myself unto you.
Behold, I am he who was prepared
from the foundation of the world
to redeem my people.
Behold, I am Jesus Christ.
I am the Father and the Son.
In me shall all mankind have life, and that eternally,
even they who shall believe on my name;
and they shall become my sons and my daughters.
And never have I showed myself
unto man whom I have created,
for never has man believed in me as thou hast.
Seest thou that ye are created after mine own image?
Yea, even all men were created
in the beginning after mine own image.
Behold, this body, which ye now behold,
is the body of my spirit;
and man have I created after the body of my spirit;
and even as I appear unto thee to be in the spirit
will I appear unto my people in the flesh.
(Ether 3:11-16)