Book of Mormon

[The Book of Mormon] contains a record of a fallen people, and the fulness of the gospel of Jesus Christ to the Gentiles and to the Jews also. DOCTRINE & COVENANTS 20:9

The Doctrine and Covenants testifies that the Book of Mormon is a “record of a fallen people (D&C 20:9), a chronicle of the rise and fall of two major civilizations—the Jaredites and the Lehites. In both cases these powerful nations allowed themselves to become ensnared by secret combinations and succumbed to pride and arrogance, which are destructive to individual souls and entire nations. Perhaps less obvious, the Book of Mormon is a haunting reminder of the nature of fallen man, a sobering testimonial that unless people put off the natural man and put on Christ, unless they acknowledge their weakness and seek his strength, they remain lost and fallen forever. The message of the Book of Mormon is clear and penetrating, that “salvation was, and is, and is to come in and through the atoning blood of Christ, the Lord Omnipotent” (Mosiah 3:18). (Robert L. Millet and Lloyd D. Newell. Draw Near Unto Me: Daily Reflections on the Doctrine and Covenants. 62)