According to Daniel Ludlow, one major purpose for the coming forth of the Book of Mormon is to witness of the divinity of Jesus Christ. It therefore seems fitting and proper that many of the writers in this book should be personal witnesses of the Savior. Most of our present Book of Mormon was written by four men: Nephi, Jacob, Mormon and Moroni, and all four of these men personally saw the Savior and visited with Him. We have read earlier in the Book of Mormon concerning the appearance of the Lord to Nephi (2 Nephi 11:2), Jacob (2 Nephi 11:3), and Mormon (Mormon 1:15), and now Moroni says: “I have seen Jesus … He hath talked with me face to face” (Ether 12:39). [Daniel H. Ludlow, A Companion to Your Study of the Book of Mormon, p. 325]
Ether 12:39 I have seen Jesus Christ (Illustration): Chart: “People to Whom Jesus Christ or the Angel of the Lord Appeared.” Source: John W. Welch, “Ten Testimonies of Jesus Christ from the Book of Mormon,” in Doctrines of the Book of Mormon: The 1991 Sperry Symposium, ed. Bruce A. Van Orden and Brent L. Top (Salt Lake City: Deseret Book, 1992), 223-42. [John W. & J. Gregory Welch, Charting the Book of Mormon: Visual Aids for Personal Study and Teaching, F.A.R.M.S., Chart #41]