Yea, even six hundred years from
the time that my father left Jerusalem,
a prophet would the Lord God raise up
among the Jews—even a Messiah,
or, in other words, a Savior of the world.
And he also spake concerning the prophets,
how great a number had testified of these things,
concerning this Messiah, of whom he had spoken,
or this Redeemer of the world.
Wherefore, all mankind
were in a lost and in a fallen state,
and ever would be save
they should rely on this Redeemer.
(1 Nephi 10:4-6)