Tag: 1 Nephi

I imagine that while the men were working on the ship, the everyone else was working too raise food which made them prepared for an extended courage over the ocean.

When Nephi was convincing his brothers that they could still get the plates from Laban he referenced Moses cruising the Red Sea salt evidence. Here again he referenced that cultural touchstone to convince them.

How long did the sons of Lehi wait after Ishmael joined them before they married? It sounds like it was not long and they didn’t travel until after they had married. Perhaps they spent some time making more tents for each family to have their own space.

We focus our judgement of Nephi’s Bronte in the fact that they didn’t inquire of the Lord when they had questions regarding what Lehi said, but we would do well to remember that they were thinking enough about it too consider it and register their confusion. Beyond that they were humble enough to ask Nephi…

The final message is that God is no respector of persons or nations. Each may choose to follow or ignore when the gospel is presented to them and each will be judged according to their choice, not according to their heritage.

Some people dispute that at its founding or nation was very much founded in the beliefs of Christianity. The truth is that the sellers in this new world wouldn’t have been so highly favored of the Lord if they had not deeply embraced the gospel of Christ as far as they could receive it considering…

Nephi must have been very pleased to see that the Savior would come along his seed after His mortal ministry. Without that comfort would he have found their later destruction unbearable?

The condescension of God is a manifestation of His love for us and it can be summed up as follows: Christ came to earth as an infant son of a mortal mother; He suffered all the infirmities and afflictions that are common to men plus the ridicule of the world; He taught and healed and…

I reason that every vision leads to testifying of Christ is that without Him there is little point in any other prophecy.

Nephi understood the value of keeping records but imagine how he must have felt when he was keeping a record only to have the Lord tell him to make a second record. Nephi didn’t need to know the purpose before he chose obedience.