“Alma, some three-quarters of a century before Christ was born, posed to his son Corianton this very issue … .
“‘Is it not as necessary that the plan of redemption should be made known unto this people as well as unto their children?
“‘Is it not as easy at this time for the Lord to send his angel to declare these glad tidings unto us as unto our children, or as after the time of his coming?’ (Alma 39:17–19; emphasis added).
“In that little passage of encouragement to a wayward son, Alma gives insight as to the very special encouragement God would provide for those who were born before Christ’s mortal ministry” (Holland, “Standard unto My People,” 9).