“Every covenant contains promises and blessings. The Lord promised Abraham that his seed would be granted the blessings of the priesthood. (Abr. 1:18.) The Savior told the Nephites, who were a part of covenant Israel, that he would ‘bless’ them by ‘turning away every one of you from his iniquities.’ That is a wonderful promise. What turns people from their iniquities, whether it be Old Testament Israel, Book of Mormon Nephites, or Latter-day Saints? Only the principles of truth and righteousness contained in the gospel can keep a society or an individual righteous. And righteousness is the only means to happiness, peace, and rest” (Wilcox, “Abrahamic Covenant,” 272).