Abinadi has asked, who were the seed of this Messiah? This is a question that was generated from one of the passages that the priests of Noah presented him with. Abinadi declares that the seed of the Messiah are the all the prophets who have prophesied of the coming of the Messiah. This is an ingenious line of argumentation because it will pit the priests of Noah against the holy prophets. The prophets “believed that the Lord would redeem his people, and have looked forward to that day for a remission of their sins.” If the priests of Noah do not also look forward to that day, then they have placed themselves firmly against the word of the prophets and scripture.