The Very Eternal Father
Abinadi’s final words while teaching the priests of King Noah, before his last words as he was slain, were these: “Therefore, if ye teach the law of Moses, also teach that it is a shadow of those things which are to come—Teach them that redemption cometh through Christ the Lord, who is the very Eternal Father. Amen” (Mosiah 16:14-15). I believe if I were to say in a sacrament talk, “Jesus Christ is the very Eternal Father,” I would get some concerned looks about false doctrine being taught, but this is exactly what Abinadi declared. He expounded on this in these words, “I would that ye should understand that God himself shall come down among the children of men, and shall redeem his people. And because he dwelleth in flesh he shall be called the Son of God, and having subjected the flesh to the will of the Father, being the Father and the Son— The Father, because he was conceived by the power of God; and the Son, because of the flesh; thus becoming the Father and Son—And they are one G...