The Nephites understood that Christ was the God who led the children of Israel through the wilderness, or the Jehovah of the Old Testament. The New Testament taught the same doctrine (see 1 Corinthians 10:1–4), but is not generally recognized in the Christian world. The Book of Mormon clearly makes this significant contribution. Nephi also knew he would come “in the fulness of his own time.” This was another way of acknowledging Christ’s total control of the earth.