Jacob 6:8; Alma 12:25, 30-33; 34:9, 16; 41:2; 42:5, 8, 11, 15; Jarom 1:2; Moses 6:62; Abr. 4:21
“No less than fifteen times, the Book of Mormon uses the word plan in connection with the plan of salvation or its components. The very use of the word plan is itself striking. In bringing back this particular ‘plain and precious’ truth—namely, God not only lives but does have a plan for mankind—the Book of Mormon is unusually relevant for our age and time. Phrases about God’s planning from the ‘foundation of the world’ appear not at all in the Old Testament… .” (Neal A. Maxwell, First Nephi, The Doctrinal Foundation, BYU Religious Studies Center, p. 5)
Death Fulfills the Merciful Plan of the Creator
D&C 42:8; 93:33-34; Answers to Gospel Questions, Smith, 4:59
“But who would like to live forever in this mundane world, filled with pain, decay, sorrow, and tribulation, and grow old and infirm and yet have to remain with all the vicissitudes of mortality? I think all of us would come to the conclusion, if that proposition were placed before us, that we would not like to have it. We would reject it. We would not want life of that nature. Life here in this world is short of necessity, and yet all that is required may be accomplished, but death is just as important in the plan of salvation as birth is. We have to die—it is essential—and death comes into the world ‘to fulfill the merciful plan of the great Creator.’” (Joseph Fielding Smith, Doctrines of Salvation, 1:116)