Nephi, the son of Helaman, recalls the counsel his father gave him to build upon the rock of Christ. This idea of Christ being a stone or rock that serves as a refuge or place of safety is also common in the Old Testament. Books such as the Psalms, Isaiah, and Deuteronomy, that the Lehites would likely have had access to on the plates of brass, use similar language.

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