Tag: 1 Nephi

Here Nephi first gets to the meat of why he keeps a record, and even two records – the are things to come which people need to know about and ask because of a Savior and a plan that will lift the children of men unto salvation.

It seems that the land they had called Bountiful on the seashore may have seemed less bountiful when compared to the bounty of their promised land.  I wonder if there was a different way to respond to Laman and Lemuel that might have led them to repent without their first binding Nephi and having to…

Nephi was a visionary man like his father. Both of them had the vision to recognize what the Lord asked if them and to go perform whatever they were called to do, even when it was uncomfortable or didn’t make sense to them.

When the boss broke or list their spring all of the people were naturally inclined to be disheartened. I’m sure Nephi was frustrated by the situation as well but unlike the others, he chose to take action. He created a new weapon. Once he had direction he left on his own to seek food. We…

The fact that Laman and Lemuel would ask Nephi their questions indicates that they trusted that he would have answers in those topics of a spiritual nature. They didn’t like him but they knew him.

Nephite telling of the vision of the tree of Life is instructive in that it demonstrates that while the vision is universal among those who receive it, yet it is personalized to reach of them. Nephi saw the whole scope of the arc of history through the lense of his seed, and the promised land…

His response to the dream of his father may have marked the beginning of Nephi becoming a prophet in his own right. I had never before noticed the connection that after telling his dream Lehi prophesied concerning the Messiah and the forerunner of the Messiah. Considering Nephi’s experience we can surmise that Lehi had done…

I wonder if the Torah ever contained doctrine as clear as Lehi’s dream. It seems obvious to me that Father in Heaven would desire comparable plainness for any of His children who would accept it. The question is whether such things we had and then list of if the Jews were never ready to receive…

It makes sense that after prophesying regarding his seed, that Lehi would be in time with the instruction to bring wives for his sons on their journey – thus the task of recruiting Ishmael.

I always thought that Nephi wanted Zoram to come with them because the Jews might be hunting for Lehi but it occurs to me that the bigger concern might be that they would seek out Nephi for having killed Laban who was clearly a person of prominence.