Themes
At this point, you should have a very solid understanding of the chosen passage's components and contents. Now we widen our gaze and try to identify the themes of the passage as they relate to the rest of scripture.
Themes are overarching, recurring, and unifying qualities or ideas, like essential threads woven throughout a text. Generally, scriptural themes are broader and more comprehensive than patterns or connections.
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The process of searching for and identifying scriptural themes leads us to the fundamental doctrines and principles of salvation—to the eternal truths that invite the confirming witness of the Holy Ghost.
Identifying these themes will enhance the work you did when defining the doctrines and principles, and will build your personal knowledge of the gospel of Jesus Christ. You will see several themes repeated throughout scripture.
In Alma 36:1, Alma says to Helaman:
My son, give ear to my words; for I swear unto you, that inasmuch as ye shall keep the commandments of God ye shall prosper in the land.
"Prosper in the land" appears to be a key phrase.
As we can glance forward and backward to see all the usages of this phrase in the Book of Mormon, we find it is clearly a recurring theme, and based on the earliest usages, is meant to call attention back to a promise the Lord made to Lehi when they first traveled to the promised land.