Introduction

The Church published an updated version of the LDS SCRIPTURES in 2013.  In this Introduction, I noticed that the pronouns for Jesus, “his” and “him,” are changed to “His” and “Him.”  The next thing I notices was the phrase, "as does the Bible," has been removed from the first sentence. I also noticed that instead of saying the Lamanites are the “principle ancestors of the American Indians,” it now says “they are among the ancestors of the American Indians.” This is an acknowledgment that there are ancestors of the native people of the Americas other than just Lehi’s progeny, although this doesn’t decrease Lehi’s Children’s importance to the history of the western hemisphere.  The House of Israel, particularly the tribe of Joseph, is strongly represented here in the Americas.

I strongly agree with the Introduction statement that, “The crowning event recorded in the Book of Mormon is the personal ministry of the Lord Jesus Christ among the Nephites soon after His resurrection.”  The record of this event is the seminal base of my testimony.