Book of Mormon's Editor

Words of Mormon 1
Mormon abridges their history onto the plates of Mormon—He inserts the plates of Nephi into the abridgement—King Benjamin establishes peace in the land. About A.D. 385

This is an explanation from the LDS.org site:

"Mormon was the main editor and writer of what is known as the Book of Mormon. Having been commanded of the Lord, Mormon abridged, or summarized, a portion of the Nephite records. His abridgment does not contain even a "hundredth part" of his people's history, but it does contain important teachings about Jesus Christ and His gospel. Besides this abridgment—which forms the main part of the Book of Mormon—Mormon and later his son, Moroni, were inspired to include other writings. The resulting book of scripture stands alongside the Bible as another testament of Jesus Christ."

He says he read all the plates of Nephi and that there's so much content he's only using the "choice" parts. Especially the prophecies of Christ's coming. That's when I had a little a-ha moment. Thinking about those Nephites before Christ came. They must've had so much faith to believe the prophesies about a Messiah. We wait for the second coming, and that requires faith, but that's not so hard when we know Christ has already lived on the earth. Imagine the Nephites, they've only heard prophesies that one day he would arrive.

Now I'm thinking of how these scriptures apply to us. I'm having a moment where I feel the realness. That physical and spiritual things are all wrapped up together. That right now while I write these words Heavenly Father and Christ are alive. Wow.