Abinadi then quotes Nephi’s favorite prophet, Isaiah by
reading the most sacred of all holy texts, in my opinion, Isaiah chapter
53. When viewed in the context of
Abinadi’s testimony of the Savior, these words of Isaiah take on a clearer
meaning. It shows how the atonement
connected us to the Savior. Note these
phrases: “he has borne our griefs and
carried our sorrows; he was wounded for our transgressions he was bruised for
our iniquities; with his stripes we are healed; the Lord hath laid on him the
iniquities of us all; for the transgressions of my people was he stricken.” Then comes the connecting verse: “when thou shalt make his soul an offering
for sin he shall see his seed” (v. 10). I
believe that His seed are those who believe in Him. This suggests to me that while Christ was
suffering the atonement, He was allowed to see some, if not all, of the people
it would benefit. If so, that would
certainly have helped Him through that ordeal, don’t you think?
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