Zovah's Witness of the Fulfillment of the Prophecy of Christ's Birth
Published October 21, 2026 at 3:09 AM
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On the night the sign of Christ's birth was to occur, when it had grown dark, Zovah's brother, the prophet Nephi, stood on the housetop and pointed to a new, bright star in the sky, marking the fulfillment of the prophecy given by Samuel the Lamanite that there would be no darkness on the night of the Savior's birth.
In Their Own Words
“Near the edge of the roof Nephi was standing, talking to the multitude below, and as Zovah looked at him he pointed upward. Then she realized that though it was as light as midday, the stars were shining overhead, and where he pointed shone one, larger and brighter than the rest, a new star, the promised sign. — The Young Woman's Journal 27:12”
Sources & References
The Young Woman's Journal, vol. 27 no. 12 (December 1916). L. Tom Perry Special Collections, Harold B. Lee Library, Brigham Young University digital collections. https://contentdm.lib.byu.edu/digital/collection/YWJ/id/19096 (account extracted verbatim from the collection's page-level OCR; research confidence: high)
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