“We are told that Nephi ‘cried mightily unto the Lord’ (3 Ne. 1:12), whereupon the Lord came unto him and answered him that the time was at hand for all that had been spoken by his holy prophets to be fulfilled. All the signs came to pass, the new star appeared in the sky, and the unbelievers ‘fell to the earth and became as if they were dead.’ (3 Ne. 1:16.) Here is one of the first lessons we learn. The words of God’s prophets are always fulfilled” (Tanner, “Christ in America,” 34–35).