2 Nephi 29

(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 Lord provides scriptures as a second witness and to gather people to His covenant.

1. What is the marvelous work referred to in this verse?

"This marvelous work is the restoration of the church and the gospel with all its power and authority, keys and blessings which pertain to this great work of salvation of the children of men." - Joseph Fielding Smith, Church History and Modern Revelation, 1:35

"The Book of Mormon is the preeminent statement of God's covenant with and his love for his children here on earth." - Jeffrey R Holland, Christ and the New Covenant: The Messianic Message of the Book of  Mormon [1997], 4

1-2. What blessings can you identify in these verses that extend through this marvelous work? Do any of these promises apply to you?

"The Book of Mormon is to be used for a standard unto my people, which are of the house of Israel, the Lord says, and its words shall hiss forth unto the ends of the earth. We the members of the Church, and particularly the missionaries, have to be the 'hissers', or the tellers and testifiers, of the Book of Mormon unto the ends of the earth." - Ezra Taft Benson, GC, April 1975

3-6. What will people say when the Book of Mormon 'hisses' forth? What group of people wrote the Bible? What thanks have the Jews been given for preserving this important book? How can you show your gratitude for all those who have helped preserve scripture?

6-14. What blessings come to God's children when they have both the Bible and the Book of Mormon? What advantage will you have if you study from the scriptures daily?

6. When the Book of Mormon comes forth, what will many people say? How do you think it makes the Lord feel when people reject a sacred book He has sent to them? 

8-11. What does the Lord tell those who reject a second witness of his dealings with his children (the Book of Mormon)? How does knowing that the Lord continues to speak to his children on the earth today help you receive and accept further revelation through his prophets?

11. How is having a testimony of both the Bible and the Book of Mormon and other scripture a blessing in these last days?

"For me there could be no more impelling reason for reading the Book of Mormon than this statement that we who have the Book of Mormon shall be judged by what is written in it." - Marion G Romney

13-14. What is going to happen to all these records in the last days?

13. How does it make you feel to know that the Lord has prepared further scriptures which are records of his dealings with the other tribes of Israel, and that one day they will be revealed to the world?