The Book of Mormon parallels the time of the restoration to the end of the Millennium or the celestialization of the earth.
Book of Mormon
Lehi – Father, Patriarch and had Vision of the Tree of Life
Nephi – Younger son, Prophet, King or Governor of the land
Mosiah I – Lead exodus to Zarahelma
King Benjamin – Great speech on the atonement
Mosiah II – Political changes from Kings to Judges
Alma – Great missionary work to the Lamanites, great wars
Helaman – Secret Combinations and terror
3 Nephi – Savior visits Nephites
4 Nephi – Peace
Mormon/Moroni – End of the Millennium
Latter-days
Joseph Smith, Sr. – Father, Patriarch and had a Vision of the Tree of Life in 1811*
Joseph Smith, Jr. – Younger son, Prophet, Head of the government (Nauvoo)
Brigham Young – Lead exodus to the west
John Taylor – Wrote the Mediation & Atonement
Wilford Woodruff – Political manifesto and statehood
Rest of the 20th century Latter-day Prophets – Great missionary work, World I, II, etc
Today – Secret Combinations and terror
Future – 2nd coming of Christ
Future – Peace during the Millennium
Future – End of the Millennium
The Book of Mormon was truly written for our day to prepare us for the Second Coming of Jesus Christ. We need to follow the counsel of our prophets and always read this sacred book of scripture.
*(Smith, Lucy Mack; History of Joseph Smith by His Mother; Bookcraft, Salt Lake City, 1979:48-50)
(Special thanks to Lee Donaldson – CES Instructor)