A Psalm of David.
1The Lord is my shepherd; I shall not want.
4Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil: for thou art with me; thy rod and thy staff they comfort me.
5Thou preparest a table before me in the presence of mine enemies: thou anointest my head with oil; my cup runneth over.
Psalm 23
David was taught, maybe by his faithful mother but definitely by the law of Moses, and knew of the import and power of the atonement. He knew how our Saviour had the power to succor us in our trials and sorrows. He knew the Atonement had the power to redeem us.
1And now Abinadi said unto them: I would that ye should understand that aGod himself shall bcome down among the children of men, and shall credeem his people.
2And because he adwelleth in bflesh he shall be called the cSon of God, and having subjected the flesh to the dwill of the eFather, being the Father and the Son—
5And thus the flesh becoming subject to the Spirit, or the Son to the Father, being one God, asuffereth temptation, and yieldeth not to the temptation, but suffereth himself to be mocked, and bscourged, and cast out, and disowned by his cpeople.
6And after all this, after working many mighty miracles among the children of men, he shall be led, yea, even aas Isaiah said, as a sheep before the shearer is dumb, so he bopened not his mouth.
7Yea, even so he shall be led, acrucified, and slain, the bflesh becoming subject even unto death, the cwill of the Son being swallowed up in the will of the Father.
Mosiah 15:1-2,5-7
Abinadi had a firm understanding and testimony of who Christ is and what he would do. He knew That God would come amoung His subjects and suffer at their hands. Abinadi understood that our Saviour would do that because He had that perfect love that empowered Him to redeem us inspite of ourselves.
13¶When Jesus came into the coasts of Cæsarea Philippi, he asked his disciples, saying, Whom do men say that I the Son of man am?
14And they said, Some say that thou art John the Baptist: some, aElias; and others, Jeremias, or one of the prophets.
Matthew 16:13-16
14¶But Peter, standing up with the eleven, lifted up his voice, and said unto them, Ye men of Judæa, and all ye that dwell at Jerusalem, be this known unto you, and hearken to my words:
22Ye men of Israel, hear these words; Jesus of Nazareth, a man aapproved of God among you by bmiracles and wonders and signs, which cGod did by him in the midst of you, as ye yourselves also know:
23Him, being delivered by the adeterminate counsel and bforeknowledge of God, ye have taken, and by wicked hands have ccrucified and slain:
24Whom God hath araised up, having loosed the bpains of cdeath: because it was not possible that he should be holden of it.
Acts 2:14,22-24
Peter knew who his Saviour was.
6And the disciples went, and did as Jesus commanded them,
8And a very great multitude spread their garments in the way; others cut down branches from the trees, and strawed them in the way.
9And the multitudes that went before, and that followed, cried, saying, aHosanna to the Son of David: bBlessed is he that cometh in the name of the Lord; Hosanna in the highest.
Matthew 21:6-11
the people of Jerusalem knew.
4And it came to pass, as they were much perplexed thereabout, behold, two men stood by them in shining garments:
5And as they were afraid, and bowed down their faces to the earth, they said unto them, Why seek ye the living among the dead?
7Saying, The Son of man must be delivered into the hands of sinful men, and be crucified, and the third day rise again.
Luke 24:4-7
10And while they looked stedfastly toward heaven as he went up, behold, two men stood by them in white apparel;
11Which also said, Ye men of Galilee, why stand ye gazing up into aheaven? this same Jesus, which is btaken up from you into heaven, shall so ccome in like dmanner as ye have seen him go into heaven.
Acts1:10-11
The angels in heaven know who God is and what the Atonement means for the entire human family. And, they hail Him with glory and honor.
22And now, after the many testimonies which have been given of him, this is the atestimony, last of all, which we give of him: That he blives!
23For we asaw him, even on the bright hand of cGod; and we heard the voice bearing record that he is the Only dBegotten of the Father—
24That by ahim, and through him, and of him, the bworlds are and were created, and the cinhabitants thereof are begotten dsons and daughters unto God.
D&C 76:22-24
In the 'last days' we have the testimony of the prophet, Joseph Smith, of the risen Christ; that He has overcome all so that we can overcome all.
16For behold, I, God, have asuffered these things for all, that they might not bsuffer if they would crepent;
18Which asuffering caused myself, even God, the greatest of all, to tremble because of pain, and to bleed at every pore, and to suffer both body and spirit—and would that I might bnot drink the bitter cup, and shrink—
19Nevertheless, glory be to the Father, and I partook and afinished my preparations unto the children of men.
D&C 19:16-19
Praise God this Easter season; from whom all blessings flow, on earth and in heaven.
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