The Nephites looked to the atonement of Jesus Christ as though it had already been accomplished. The best example of this is Jarom's father. Enos received a remission for his sins because of his faith in Christ. The atonement had taken away his guilt even before Christ had suffered in Gesthemane and died on the cross. This remarkable truth sheds some light on the interaction between the Lord and his Father while in Gesthemane. When Christ prays that the cup be taken from him, if it be the will of the Father, there is probably nothing else that the Father would more have wished to do. But because men like Enos, and a multitude of others, had already received a remission of their sins, hundreds and thousands of years earlier, there could be no other way. There would be no way to reconcile these to God without the atoning sacrifice of the Savior. Therefore, the Father, by virtue of his magnificent love for us, allowed his son to suffer. Yet, he did not make him suffer alone, but there appeared an angel unto him from heaven, strengthening him (Lu 22:43).