“In the title-page-preface the promise is made that this record would be preserved to come forth by the power of God to the convincing of the Lamanite, and also the Jew, and also the Gentile, that Jesus Christ is the Son of God. Throughout the Book of Mormon the prediction is made that this record would be preserved for that purpose and, moreover, to bear witness of the inspiration and sacredness of the Hebrew scriptures [Mormon 5:12–15; 7:8–9] … .
“Nephi wrote that the day would come ‘that the words of the book which were sealed shall be read upon the house tops; and they shall be read by the power of Christ [2 Nephi 27:11]’” (Smith, Doctrines of Salvation, 3:211).