Behold, the voice of the Lord came, saying:
Lift up your head and be of good cheer;
for behold, the time is at hand,
and on this night shall the sign be given,
and on the morrow come I into the world,
to show unto the world that
I will fulfil all that which
I have caused to be spoken
by the mouth of my holy prophets.
Behold, I come unto my own,
to fulfil all things which I have made known
unto the children of men
from the foundation of the world,
and to do the will, both of the Father and of the Son—
of the Father because of me,
and of the Son because of my flesh.
And behold, the time is at hand,
and this night shall the sign be given.
And it came to pass that
at the going down of the sun there was no darkness;
and the people began to be astonished
because there was no darkness when the night came.
And there were many, who knew that
the sign which had been given was already at hand.
And they began to know that
the Son of God must shortly appear.
(3 Nephi 1:12-17)