The four great abridgers of the Book of Mormon are Nephi, Jacob, Mormon, and Moroni. Each of these four prophets has spoken of the judgment bar of Christ, where they will meet us to hold us accountable for our use (or misuse) of the Book of Mormon. Nephi said:
'Christ will show unto you, with power and great glory, that they are his words, at the last day; and you and I shall stand face to face before his bar; and ye shall know that I have been commanded of him to write these things' (2 Nephi 33:11).
Jacob said:
'I bid you farewell, until I shall meet you before the pleasing bar of God, which bar striketh the wicked with awful dread and fear. Amen' (Jacob 6:13).
Mormon said:
'I would that I could persuade all ye ends of the earth to repent and prepare to stand before the judgment-seat of Christ' (Mormon 3:22).
We are left to ask, what else could these great prophets have done to persuade us to prepare for the Day of Judgment? Have they not taught us, exhorted us, and pleaded with us to repent? Why have they labored so hard to spare us the punishment of God? Possibly, it is because they do not want to have to condemn us in judgment at the last day when God shall show unto [us], that that which [they] have written is true (v. 29).