Tag: 1 Nephi

1 Nephi 3 – 5 One of the reasons that Nephi went so willingly was because he had just been receiving answers from the Lord and was still feeling the Spirit. On the other hand, Laman and Lemuel may only have gone because they still feared Lehi from when he confounded them upon arriving in…

1 Nephi 1 – 2 The Jews mocked Lehi in part because he testified of the coming of a Messiah. That flies in the face of the image that they have ever waited for His coming. It sounds like Lehi was commanded to leave Jerusalem but that it may have been Nephi who first learned…

1 Nephi 22 Nephi’s brothers seem to be asking an honest question here and I expect they started listening with open hearts. It may well be that they accepted his answer right up until the time he started talking about the Lord raising a gentile nation on their new land that would scatter their seed.…

1 Nephi 21 The promises of the Lord to His covenant people who follow Him through tribulation are magnificent. How could anyone have a testimony of Him and not lean upon the Lord?

1 Nephi 20 It has been so long since I have read the words of Isaiah. There’s a powerful spirit to them. Also, the words of Isaiah that Nephi quotes are more powerful than much of what he does not quote. I love having that prophetic focus applied.

1 Nephi 19 It sounds like Nephi did not begin making his permanent record until he arrived in the promised land. (He might have had some less durable journal before that.) I suspect that one of the reasons that so much of the first two books of Nephi are comprised of quotations from the scriptures…

1 Nephi 18 The reason the Laman and Lemuel began to make themselves merry and act with much rudeness was that they were not occupied with any activity. They did not become lascivious when they were traveling and hunting, nor when they were building the ship but now Nephi did the strafing and they simply…

1 Nephi 17 Why did the Lord call Nephi to build the ship instead of Lehi? I suspect it was because Nephi was young and had the energy to see the project through while Lehi was getting old enough that after eight years in the wilderness he may not have been able to tackle this…

1 Nephi 16 When Laman and Lemuel called Nephi’s words hard I have always thought they meant “unforgiving” or “harsh.” Now I wonder if part of what they meant was “confusing.” Nephi’s words really were not harsh or even unforgiving but for those who are past feeling the spirit of God they could well be…

1 Nephi 15 What did his brothers thing when Nephi not only expounded on the meaning of his father’s dream but even added a correction “dad failed to notice that the river was filthy.”