A Type of the Coming of Christ
I searched in the Book of Mormon today for specific references to the law of Moses. I was surprised by a consistent theme that I saw which I hadn’t noticed before. Nephi wrote, “Behold, my soul delighteth in proving unto my people the truth of the coming of Christ; for, for this end hath the law of Moses been given; and all things which have been given of God from the beginning of the world, unto man, are the typifying of him” (2 Nephi 11:4). Here he connected the law of Moses with the “coming of Christ.” Similarly, he also wrote, “And, notwithstanding we believe in Christ, we keep the law of Moses, and look forward with steadfastness unto Christ, until the law shall be fulfilled. For, for this end was the law given; wherefore the law hath become dead unto us, and we are made alive in Christ because of our faith; yet we keep the law because of the commandments” (2 Nephi 25:24-25). They kept the law of Moses as they looked forward for Christ’s coming. His brother Jacob wrote, “For, for ...