Today, I decided to do something fun: I did a quick search to see how many references there are to Jesus Christ in the Book of Mormon. So, I went to the scriptures and searched these keywords.
- Creator in the Book of Mormon: 10 times
- Savior in the Book of Mormon: 14 times
- Messiah in the Book of Mormon: 27 times
- Lamb of God in the Book of Mormon: 37 times
- Redeemer in the Book of Mormon: 40 times
- Holy One in the Book of Mormon: 64 times
- Jesus Christ in the Book of Mormon: 78 times
- Jesus in the Book of Mormon: 90 times (Note: For this and for "Christ," I had the search engine avoid the other name so that there are no duplicates of "Jesus Christ." Hope that makes sense!)
- Christ in the Book of Mormon: 247 times
- Lord in the Book of Mormon: 1200 times (Note: This one could have references to 'lords', i.e., government rulers. I looked through some of them and, as far as I know, most, if not all, are references to the Lord Jesus Christ. Also, like "Jesus" and "Christ", I had the search engine avoid pairing "Lord" with "Christ" and "Jesus.")
Whoa. Right there, there are 1,807 references to Christ. I didn't even search for Shiloh, Emmanuel, counsellor, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace, Son of Mary, the Anointed, King of the Jews, King of Israel, the Word, the Light, the bread of life, the Good Shepherd, the Deliverer, the rock, and so on.
Really, the Book of Mormon is another testament of Jesus Christ.
Cool, huh? I thought so, too.
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