2 Nephi 27

(Below is a list of questions and quotes that help me think about each verse as I read it. The numbers represent the verses in the chapter.)

The coming forth of the Book of Mormon is one of the ways God will accomplish His work in the latter days.

1-23. How does the fulfillment of the ancient prophecy about the Book of Mormon strengthen your testimony of the book and it's role in the Restoration of the Lords Church?
1-5. Are you ever concerned about living in the last days when all these troubles are happening? (Read D&C 38:29) Why would unprepared people need to fear? What kind of preparation would help you not to be afraid?
1. How is being lost in sin like being drunk? Why don't the wicked see the results of their wrong choices?
3. How are those who fight against the truth like a starving man who dreams about eating?
6-11 Why weren't all the gold plates translated?

"He has withheld the sealed portion of the Book of Mormon from us because it is beyond our present ability to comprehend. We have not made that spiritual progression which qualifies us to understand its doctrine." -- Bruce R McConkie, Ensign, September 1975

12-14. What do these verses teach that the Lord would do to establish the truth of the book that would come forth in the last days?

When we left our Father in Heaven's presence, we came to earth to see if we would walk by faith. This life is a test to see if we will believe in and follow God while being out of his presence. To help us during this test, God "ordained the law of witnesses, the law whereby he reveals himself to prophets and righteous men and sends them forth to teach his laws and bear testimony of their truth and divinity." - Bruce R McConkie, Promised Messiah, 84

14. How do you also serve as a witness to the truthfulness of the Book of Mormon? What can you do to strengthen your conviction of the truthfulness of the book of Mormon?

"I ask that my testimony of the Book of Mormon and all that it implies, given today under my own oath and office, be recorded by man on earth and angels in heaven… I want it absolutely clear when I stand before the judgment bar of God that I declared to the world, in the most straightforward language I could summon, that the Book of Mormon is true, that it came forth the way Joseph said it came forth and was given to bring happiness and hope to the faithful in the travail of the latter days." – Jeffrey R Holland, GC, October 2009

24-35. What are some of the conditions that would exist in the world when the Lord began this marvelous work of restoration? How has the Book of Mormon and the Restoration help you avoid those conditions? What blessings have come forth because of the Book of Mormon and the Restoration of the Gospel?
26. How could the restoration of this gospel and the translation of the Book of Mormon qualify as a marvelous work and a wonder? How does it make you feel to know you live in a day that the prophets testified of and looked forward to?