“It Shall Be Brought out of Darkness Unto Light”

Joseph F. McConkie, Robert L. Millet
This is meant both literally and figuratively. As Moroni says, “it [the Book of Mormon] shall be brought out of the earth.” In another sense, the golden plates came forth from a day of darkness-Nephite and Lamanite apostasy-to a day of darkness, the continuing apostasy of the nineteenth century. But the Book of Mormon would be one of the means by which light would begin to shine brightly among a people who had been wandering in sin and darkness. It would help to prepare for an eventual day of glorious light, the Millennium.

Doctrinal Commentary on the Book of Mormon, Vol. 4

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