2 Nephi 29:1

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1 But behold, there shall be many—at that day when I shall proceed to do a marvelous work among them, that I may remember my covenants which I have made unto the children of men, that I may set my hand again the second time to recover my people, which are of the house of Israel;

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Great and Marvelous Work

Nephi prophesied that when the “great and marvelous work” of restoration, foretold by Isaiah, was about to begin with the coming forth of the Book of Mormon, many would reject it and give the argument that they already had a Bible and had no need for another. The statement is its own refutation. The philosopher argues that there can be no absolutes, not realizing that such a pronouncement constitutes an absolute. The false religionist argues that the Bible contains all revelation, not realizing that since the Bible makes no such a claim for itself, the only way they could know this would be by revelation. Thus men and women find themselves in the awkward position of claiming a revelation to say that there is no revelation. Such is the confusion of which the kingdom of darkness is made.

Millet & McConkie, BOM Commentary, Vol 1, p. 347

Strange as it may seem to present day enemies of the truth, their very opposition to the receipt of more of the word of the Lord by way of the Book of Mormon is one of the signs of the times.

Bruce R. McConkie, Mormon Doctrine, 719

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The Lord covenantal with Abraham concerning his righteous seed; that covenant included the promise that Abraham's descendants would be the stewards of the gospel of salvation among all nations of the earth. To Abraham and his seed went the promise that they would hold the priesthood and be the ministers of salvation among all men. Further, Abraham and Sarah were promised that their union would be eternal and their posterity endless. (See Abraham 2:9-11.) In the complete and perfect sense this promise is remembered by the seed of Abraham when as man and woman they kneel at an altar in the house of the Lord and receive the very promises made by the Lord anciently to Abraham and Sarah as father and mother of the faithful (see D&C 132:30-32).

Messiah will set himself again the second time to recover them] In the broad sense Israel has often been gathered. Christ sought unsuccessfully to bring all Israel together in his mortal ministry. He concluded his last preachment in the temple, saying, "O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, thou that killest the prophets, and stonest them which are sent unto thee, how often would I have gathered thy children together, even as a hen gathereth her chickens under her wings, and ye would not!" (Matthew 23:37.) In a more specific sense the scriptures speak of two occasions wherein Christ directed Moses to return and restore the keys of the gathering; first, on the Mount of Transfiguration (Matthew 17); second, in the Kirtland Temple (D&C 110). (Doctrinal Commentary on the Book of Mormon, vol. 1by Robert L. Millet, Joseph Fielding McConkie)