After Christ’s visit to the Nephites and Lamanites in the
Americas, the people lived in peace for 200 years. When He appeared to them, they all fell to the
earth to worship Him. Christ said to
them, “Arise and come forth unto me, that ye may thrust your hands into my
side, and also that ye may feel the prints of the nails in my hands and in my
feet, that ye may know that I am the God of Israel, and the God of the whole
earth, and have been slain for the sins of the world” (v. 14). Some people don’t believe that Jesus of
Nazareth rose again after His death.
Some say His body was stolen and hidden away. Others say He faked His death. In the verse just quoted the resurrected
Christ testified that he had been “slain for the sins of the world.” Twenty-five hundred people came forward and
felt His wounds and learned for themselves that He was speaking the truth. He then gave a handful of men the authority
to baptize and gave an explanation of His doctrine (verses 31 – 34). He also taught the Sermon on the Mount. These experiences combined with the miracles
of the next few days to even more people had an impact so great as to cause
peace for 200 years. It makes me wonder,
what greater things will occur at the Second Coming to allow those survivors to
live in peace for 1,000 years?
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