RLDS Verse Context
Inspired Version, 1908 Book of Mormon, DC 1-144
Ether 1:71 - Ether 1:81
71 And he saith unto the Lord, I saw the finger of the Lord, and I feared lest he should smite me; for I knew not that the Lord had flesh and blood.
72 And the Lord said unto him, Because of thy faith thou hast seen that I shall take upon me flesh and blood; and never has man come before me with such exceeding faith as thou hast; for were it not so, ye could not have seen my finger. Sawest thou more than this?
73 And he answered, Nay, Lord, shew thyself unto me.
74 And the Lord said unto him, Believest thou the words which I shall speak?
75 And he answered, Yea, Lord, I know that thou speakest the truth, for thou art a God of truth, and canst not lie.
76 And when he had said these words, behold the Lord shewed himself unto him, and said, Because thou knowest these things, ye are redeemed from the fall; therefore ye are brought back into my presence; therefore I shew myself unto you.
77 Behold, I am he who was prepared from the foundation of the world to redeem my people. Behold, I am Jesus Christ. I am the Father and the Son.
78 In me shall all mankind have life, and that eternally, even they who shall believe on my name; and they shall become my sons and my daughters.
79 And never have I shewed myself unto man whom I have created, for never has man believed in me as thou hast.
80 Seest thou that ye are created after mine own image? Yea, even all men were created in the beginning, after mine own image.
81 Behold this body, which ye now behold, is the body of my spirit; and man have I created after the body of my spirit; and even as I appear unto thee to be in the spirit, will I appear unto my people in the flesh.
72 And the Lord said unto him, Because of thy faith thou hast seen that I shall take upon me flesh and blood; and never has man come before me with such exceeding faith as thou hast; for were it not so, ye could not have seen my finger. Sawest thou more than this?
73 And he answered, Nay, Lord, shew thyself unto me.
74 And the Lord said unto him, Believest thou the words which I shall speak?
75 And he answered, Yea, Lord, I know that thou speakest the truth, for thou art a God of truth, and canst not lie.
76 And when he had said these words, behold the Lord shewed himself unto him, and said, Because thou knowest these things, ye are redeemed from the fall; therefore ye are brought back into my presence; therefore I shew myself unto you.
77 Behold, I am he who was prepared from the foundation of the world to redeem my people. Behold, I am Jesus Christ. I am the Father and the Son.
78 In me shall all mankind have life, and that eternally, even they who shall believe on my name; and they shall become my sons and my daughters.
79 And never have I shewed myself unto man whom I have created, for never has man believed in me as thou hast.
80 Seest thou that ye are created after mine own image? Yea, even all men were created in the beginning, after mine own image.
81 Behold this body, which ye now behold, is the body of my spirit; and man have I created after the body of my spirit; and even as I appear unto thee to be in the spirit, will I appear unto my people in the flesh.