“What do Book of Mormon prophets teach us about Christmas?” Liahona, December 2020
Come, Follow Me: Book of Mormon
What do Book of Mormon prophets teach us about Christmas?
Christmas
December 21–27
As you read the following scriptures, what does each prophet teach us about the birth of the Savior? Consider recording your thoughts or sharing them with your family.
Nephi (about 600 BC)
“I beheld a virgin … bearing a child in her arms. And the angel said unto me: Behold the Lamb of God, yea, even the Son of the Eternal Father!” (see 1 Nephi 11:13–33).
Abinadi (about 148 BC)
“All the prophets … since the world began—… have they not said that God himself should come down among the children of men … ?” (see Mosiah 13:33–35).
King Benjamin (about 124 BC)
“The Lord … shall come … among the children of men, … and he shall be called Jesus Christ, the Son of God, … and his mother shall be called Mary” (see Mosiah 3:5–11).
Alma the Younger (about 83 BC)
“He shall be born of Mary, … even the Son of God” (see Alma 7:7–13).
Samuel the Lamanite (about 6 BC)
“Five years more cometh, and behold, then cometh the Son of God” (see Helaman 14:1–13).
Nephi, the son of Helaman (about AD 1)
“The voice of the Lord came unto him, saying: … on the morrow come I into the world” (see 3 Nephi 1:4–22).