“This Body, Which Ye Now Behold, Is the Body of My Spirit”

Brant Gardner

The vision continues with an emphasis on Yahweh’s body. He explains that the body the brother of Jared is viewing is not a mortal, physical body but “the body of my spirit,” a prefiguring of the mortal Messiah. This is the God who will come down. (See Excursus: “The Nephite Understanding of God,” following 1 Nephi 11.)

Second Witness: Analytical & Contextual Commentary on the Book of Mormon, Vol. 6

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