The Mortal Ministry of the Savior as Understood by the Book of Mormon Prophets
Journal of Book of Mormon Studies
Spring 1993
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Provo, UT
Neal A. Maxwell Institute for Religious Scholarship
1993
80-92
"The mortal Savior was not man, not human (Alma 34:10). Infinite and eternal, he received his physical life not from a son of Adam but from the Father of Adam, God. He took upon himself the image of man, but in truth he was the model, not the copy. Thought mortal, he was still God, able to suffer and to redeem as only a god could. He was Son, because he received physical life from his Father, and Father, because he used his divine powers to give eternal life to others. Though not man, he experienced mortality, which allowed him to understand and love mortals." [abstract provided by the journal]