“All major journeys in the Book of Mormon are allegorical as well as actual, and reflect not only the different kinds of the Lord’s deliverances but also the principles on which the deliverances depend. All these journeys typify every person’s sojourn on earth and the tasks that each is given to accomplish. Only God has the overview of the journey, and only God knows what will be needed along the way. He offers everything each one needs to succeed in the quest. As the Book of Mormon amply illustrates, however, people must often be persuaded to receive Christ’s divine deliverance for their earthly journeys” (Thomas, “Types and Shadows of Deliverance,” 186–87).