“This is the atonement prepared from the foundation of the earth, going back to the premortal existence when they discussed the creation. … This is a biblical expression, too—‘the atonement prepared from the foundation of the world’—although Christians ignore that. What was going on then if they prepared a plan at that early time … ? The plan was prepared from the foundation of the world. You come here, you have faith, you put your trust in him, and then you do something—keeping his commandments. It is faith that keeps you on the track” (Nibley, Teachings of the Book of Mormon, 1:471).