These verses constitute a marvelous summary of the plan of salvation. A knowledge of God, his attributes, the central role of the Atonement, the necessity of keeping the commandments and enduring to the end-all these are mentioned. Further, we are taught that the Atonement comes in answer to the Fall. That is, Christ atoned for all “since the fall of Adam.” Those who have postulated the existence of pre-Adamites create the theological difficulty of having creatures not subject to the Fall and therefore not eligible for the redeeming effects of the Atonement.