“A Stone Which Shall Shine Forth in Darkness Unto Light”

George Reynolds, Janne M. Sjodahl

By the power of God, which is shown in the Interpreters rendering old and forgotten writings understandable to later generations, thereby bringing to light all the “secrets and abominations,” which brought destruction upon the nation herein described, fulfilled the promise of the Lord “that I may discover unto My people who serve Me … the works of their brethren, yea, their secret works, their works of darkness, and their wickedness and abominations.” The Lord promised to prepare a stone “unto My servant Gazalem … which shall shine forth in darkness unto light.” We understand this statement to mean that this promised stone will cause that knowledge and understanding shall come forth where before only ignorance prevailed.

Gazalem is a name given to a servant of God. The word appears to have its roots in Gaz—a stone, and Aleim, a name of God as a revelator, or the interposer in the affairs of men. If this suggestion is correct, its roots admirably agree with its apparent meaning—a seer.

Commentary on the Book of Mormon, Vol. 4

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