They appear in Latin and Greek texts, Shakespeare and the Bible to name a few.
I know that the Book of Mormon has a handful of them at least, which should be some sort of evidence that it wasn't made up by Joseph Smith on the spot.
I was reading in Alma chapter 36 this past week and I noticed a chiasmus (I'm sure this had been pointed out to me before, but I was stoked to have noticed myself).
Alma is leaving his son Helaman with counsel before he dies. He starts out by telling him that he will be blessed by God to the degree of his obedience to God's commandments. Then he tells him to always remember how their ancestors were delivered from the Egyptians by the hand of God.
He then talks about the need for everyone to be born of the Spirit; essentially, to be reborn.
Then he talks about how he received forgiveness from God through Jesus Christ after being called to repentance by an angel.
He closes by talking about being spiritually reborn, remembering how their ancestors were led away from the Babylonians and came to the Americas, and that he would be blessed according to his degree of obedience.
Hopefully you're seeing this inverted order of counsel.
Most importantly I hope you're seeing what the central point was; that it is only through Jesus Christ that we can be forgiven and be saved.
The Book of Mormon teaches the doctrines of the Atonement of Jesus Christ, and it is through the Book of Mormon that I have received a testimony by the Holy Spirit that Jesus is my savior.
Jesus Christ is the way to forgiveness and the Book of Mormon has taught me how I can apply his sacrifice in my own life.
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