The Revelations of God

In reading 3 Nephi 29 I noticed that it seemed to be another example of chiasmus in the Book of Mormon, and here’s how I would lay out the main points:

A. v1 “The covenant which the Father hath made with the children of Israel… is already beginning to be fulfilled”

B. v3 “The Lord will remember his covenant which he hath made unto his people”

C. v4 “For the sword of his justice is in his right hand… it shall soon overtake you”

D. v5 “Wo unto him that spurneth at the doings of the Lord”

D. v6 “Wo unto him that shall deny the revelations of the Lord”

C. v7 “Shall become like unto the son of perdition, for whom there was no mercy”

B. v8 “The Lord remembereth the covenant unto them”

A. v9 “Unto the fulfilling of the covenant which he hath made unto the house of Israel”

The high point of the message is really a warning against those who deny the revelations of the Lord and spurn at His doings.  Mormon sees our day and realizes that many will deny and reject the doings and revelations of the Lord.  Moroni would speak to the same topic after his father died: “And again I speak unto you who deny the revelations of God” (Mormon 8:7).  One of the great messages of the Book of Mormon is how critical it is for us to have faith in and live by the revelations of God, and the chiasmus found here is one more evidence that the book came from Hebrew prophets just as it claims.