Tag: 1 Nephi

Would Nephi have sufficiently compelled to kill Laban if he had not already had Laban seek to kill him and had an angel promise to deliver Laman into his hands? Without those experiences, the knowledge that the plates contained the law of Moses may not have been enough to convince him that killing Laban was…

Laman and Lemuel choose to heed doubt over faith as they choose to murmur right after an angel promised them that the Lord would deliver Laman into their hands.

When Nephi went and did as the Lord commanded he was following the example that Lehi set in doing as the Lord commanded when he was told to for flee from Jerusalem.

I never thought before about the fact that Nephi wore a brief summary of the first book of Nephi as an introduction before he began his account. Today I realized that he was able to do that because he had already written that history before being commanded to make a second copy. Not only that…

Nephi was able to answer the questions of his brethren because of the vision that he had seen. Notice the connection between his vision, which helped him understand, and the words he used which echoed Isaiah and the words that his brethren were asking about. He spoke according to what they had access to even…

Did Nephi choose those words of Isaiah too remind his brothers that they were hardly the first in Israel to be slow to follow their God? I’m certain that he wanted then to receive the message that the Lord would not forget them no matter if they feel that he had.

The words of Moses teach about the God of Israel but the words of Isaiah apparently give a clearer picture of the Messiah who is to come.

Notice that it is when they are not actively engaged in a productive cause that Laman and Lemuel are most likely to return to wickedness and coarseness.

Whenever Laman and Lemuel wanted to turn back or murmur against Lehi Nephi would remind them of Moses and the children of Israel. That story had been told to then throughout their lives which may have given it not per to influence them.

Did Lehi murmur because he didn’t know where the Lord was leading them? He knew the Lord told him he would come to a promised land but perhaps he felt the place if Laman was a promised land. Perhaps he packed vision for some further land of promise. Add hunger and I can see why…