1nephi 13

I seriously can't even handle how much has been shown to Nephi in this chapter. He saw so much!  I love that he shared it with us so that we know what He saw. 

1nephi 13

Wow. Nephi really saw so much in this vision. He then sees the Bible and how so many plain and precocious things have been taken from it. 

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I pretty mischief think it is cool that he saw the revolutionary war 

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In the next part of  ch. 13 it starts talking about how Nephi saw Columbus and how he was divinely guide droning to America. As were the others who fled 

England. This seriously is a promised land. The Lord knew that this is where the gospel would be restored.  It was all part of the plan!!

1 Nephi 13

 7 And I also saw ^agold, and silver, and silks, and scarlets, and fine-twined ^blinen, and all manner of precious clothing; and I saw many harlots.

 8 And the angel spake unto me, saying: Behold the gold, and the silver, and the silks, and the scarlets, and the fine-twined linen, and the precious clothing, and the harlots, are the ^adesires of this great and abominable church.

 9 And also for the ^apraise of the world do they ^bdestroy the saints of God, and bring them down into captivity.(It says here that the desires of the great and abomidable church are all these WORDLY things.  What are my desires?  What ARE my desires?  I desire to be a good person. I desire to serve others.  I desire to be kind and helpful tot hose around me and I desire be the best daughter of my Haevenly Father.  Unfortunately my actions don't always mirror my desires.  I guess that is the goal of this life.  To have our desires aligned with the desires Heavenly Father has for us and then to make sure our actions show those desires!!!  

1 Nephi 13

 1 And it came to pass that the angel spake unto me, saying: Look! And I looked and beheld many nations and kingdoms.

 2 And the angel said unto me: What beholdest thou? And I said: I behold many ^anations and kingdoms.

 3 And he said unto me: These are the nations and kingdoms of the Gentiles.

 4 And it came to pass that I saw among the nations of the^aGentiles the formation of a ^bgreat church.

 5 And the angel said unto me: Behold the formation of a ^achurchwhich is most abominable above all other churches, which ^bslayeththe saints of God, yea, and tortureth them and bindeth them down, and yoketh them with a ^cyoke of iron, and bringeth them down into captivity.

 6 And it came to pass that I beheld this ^agreat and ^babominablechurch; and I saw the ^cdevil that he was the founder of it.(ALL I am saying, is I am thankful to NOT be a member of the GREAT AND ABOMINABLE church!!!!)

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 1 And it came to pass that the angel said unto me: Look, and behold thy seed, and also the seed of thy brethren. And I looked and beheld the ^aland of promise; and I beheld multitudes of people, yea, even as it were in number as many as the ^bsand of the sea.

 2 And it came to pass that I beheld multitudes gathered together to battle, one against the other; and I beheld ^awars, and rumors of wars, and great slaughters with the sword among my people.

 3 And it came to pass that I beheld many generations pass away, after the manner of wars and contentions in the land; and I beheld many cities, yea, even that I did not number them.

 4 And it came to pass that I saw a ^amist of ^bdarkness on the face of the land of promise; and I saw lightnings, and I heard thunderings, and earthquakes, and all manner of tumultuous noises; and I saw the earth and the rocks, that they rent; and I saw mountains tumbling into pieces; and I saw the plains of the earth, that they were ^cbroken up; and I saw many cities that they were ^dsunk; and I saw many that they were burned with fire; and I saw many that did tumble to the earth, because of the quaking thereof.

 5 And it came to pass after I saw these things, I saw the ^avapor of darkness, that it passed from off the face of the earth; and behold, I saw multitudes who had not fallen because of the great and terrible judgments of the Lord.

 6 And I saw the heavens open, and the ^aLamb of God descending out of heaven; and he came down and ^bshowed himself unto them.

 7 And I also saw and bear record that the Holy Ghost fell upon^atwelve others; and they were ordained of God, and chosen.

 8 And the angel spake unto me, saying: Behold the twelve disciples of the Lamb, who are chosen to minister unto thy seed.

 9 And he said unto me: Thou rememberest the ^atwelve apostles of the Lamb? Behold they are they who shall ^bjudge the twelve tribes of Israel; wherefore, the twelve ministers of thy seed shall be judged of them; for ye are of the house of Israel.

 10 And these ^atwelve ministers whom thou beholdest shall judge thy seed. And, behold, they are righteous forever; for because of their faith in the Lamb of God their ^bgarments are made white in his blood.

 11 And the angel said unto me: Look! And I looked, and beheld^athree generations pass away in righteousness; and their garments were white even like unto the Lamb of God. And the angel said unto me: These are made white in the blood of the Lamb, because of their faith in him.

 12 And I, Nephi, also saw many of the ^afourth generation who passed away in righteousness.

 13 And it came to pass that I saw the multitudes of the earth gathered together.

 14 And the angel said unto me: Behold thy seed, and also the seed of thy brethren.

 15 And it came to pass that I looked and beheld the people of my seed gathered together in multitudes ^aagainst the seed of my brethren; and they were gathered together to battle.

 16 And the angel spake unto me, saying: Behold the fountain of^afilthy water which thy father saw; yea, even the ^briver of which he spake; and the depths thereof are the depths of ^chell.

 17 And the ^amists of darkness are the temptations of the devil, which ^bblindeth the eyes, and hardeneth the hearts of the children of men, and leadeth them away into ^cbroad roads, that they perish and are lost.

 18 And the large and spacious ^abuilding, which thy father saw, is vain ^bimaginations and the ^cpride of the children of men. And a great and a terrible ^dgulf divideth them; yea, even the word of the^ejustice of the Eternal God, and the Messiah who is the Lamb of God, of whom the Holy Ghost beareth record, from the beginning of the world until this time, and from this time henceforth and forever.

 19 And while the angel spake these words, I beheld and saw that the seed of my brethren did contend against my seed, according to the word of the angel; and because of the pride of my seed, and the^atemptations of the devil, I beheld that the seed of my brethren did ^boverpower the people of my seed.

 20 And it came to pass that I beheld, and saw the people of the seed of my brethren that they had overcome my seed; and they went forth in multitudes upon the face of the land.

 21 And I saw them gathered together in multitudes; and I saw^awars and rumors of wars among them; and in wars and rumors of wars I saw ^bmany generations pass away.

 22 And the angel said unto me: Behold these shall ^adwindle in unbelief.

 23 And it came to pass that I beheld, after they had dwindled in unbelief they became a ^adark, and loathsome, and a ^bfilthy people, full of ^cidleness and all manner of abominations.(That would be so hard, to see your people of my seed to pass away, to be overcome by his brother's seed.  Ugh!  I would hate that.  I think about my two boys.  I would hate to see them fall away into unbelief. I never want that to happen!  EVER!  I must stay strong for them!  I must teach them correct principles and then pray that they will govern themsleves wisely!  I always think about Heaven;y Father and how He must feel when His children are makign the wrong choices and that there is nothing He can do about it.  We have our agency and it is up to us to make the right choices.  I don't want to be one of those taht makes Heavenly Father sad. I will try my hardest to make the RIGHT choice!!!!

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 26 And the angel said unto me again: Look and behold the^acondescension of God!

 27 And I looked and ^abeheld the Redeemer of the world, of whom my father had spoken; and I also beheld the ^bprophet who should prepare the way before him. And the Lamb of God went forth and was ^cbaptized of him; and after he was baptized, I beheld the heavens open, and the Holy Ghost come down out of heaven and abide upon him in the form of a ^ddove.

 28 And I beheld that he went forth ministering unto the people, in^apower and great glory; and the multitudes were gathered together to hear him; and I beheld that they cast him out from among them.

 29 And I also beheld ^atwelve others following him. And it came to pass that they were ^bcarried away in the Spirit from before my face, and I saw them not.

 30 And it came to pass that the angel spake unto me again, saying: Look! And I looked, and I beheld the heavens open again, and I saw ^aangels descending upon the children of men; and they did minister unto them.

 31 And he spake unto me again, saying: Look! And I looked, and I beheld the Lamb of God going forth among the children of men. And I beheld multitudes of people who were ^asick, and who were afflicted with all manner of diseases, and with ^bdevils and ^cunclean spirits; and the angel spake and showed all these things unto me. And they were ^dhealed by the power of the Lamb of God; and the devils and the unclean spirits were cast out.

 32 And it came to pass that the angel spake unto me again, saying: Look! And I looked and beheld the Lamb of God, that he was ^ataken by the people; yea, the Son of the everlasting God was^bjudged of the world; and I saw and bear record.

 33 And I, Nephi, saw that he was ^alifted up upon the cross and^bslain for the sins of the world.

 34 And after he was slain I saw the multitudes of the earth, that they were gathered together to ^afight against the apostles of the Lamb; for thus were the twelve called by the angel of the Lord.

 35 And the multitude of the earth was gathered together; and I beheld that they were in a large and spacious ^abuilding, like unto the building which my father saw. And the angel of the Lord spake unto me again, saying: Behold the world and the wisdom thereof; yea, behold the house of Israel hath gathered together to ^bfightagainst the twelve apostles of the Lamb.

 36 And it came to pass that I saw and bear record, that the great and spacious building was the ^apride of the world; and it ^bfell, and the fall thereof was exceedingly great. And the angel of the Lord spake unto me again, saying: Thus shall be the destruction of all nations, kindreds, tongues, and people, that shall fight against the twelve apostles of the Lamb.Uh!  Nephi saw SOOO much!  can you believe everything that he was able to witness through this vision and speaking with the Spirit of the Lord?  He saw so much.  And at the end he KMPWS whaat the L:arge and Spacious BLDG is, the PRIDE of the WORLD!  Canyou imagine seeing everything that he is seeing....we kinda do !  Every day we see people fighting gainst the apostles of the Lord!  We see the pride of the world figh5t against those thingst that are right.  We need to stand up for what is tight ALL OF THE TIME!!!

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 24 And after he had said these words, he said unto me: Look! And I looked, and I beheld the Son of God ^agoing forth among the children of men; and I saw many fall down at his feet and worship him.

 25 And it came to pass that I beheld that the ^arod of iron, which my father had seen, was the ^bword of God, which ^cled to the fountain of ^dliving waters, or to the ^etree of life; which waters are a representation of the love of God; and I also beheld that the tree of life was a representation of the love of God.

The next thing Nephi saw was Jesus teaching the people and the people following Him and worshiping Him.  Because Nephi saw this, he knew that the rod of iron was the WORD of GOD and it LED to the TREE OF LIFE!  As I read this just now. again it came to my mind, that Nephi is seeing things that have not even happened!!  What an honor. What a privilege.  How crazy it is that he is able to see these things  I love how everything has a purpose and there is a plan to all things!   

1 Nephi 11

In 1 Nep 11 Nephi is talking to the SPirit of the Lord and asking for the interpretation of the vision his Father had.  I have always found it interesting that the Spirit doesn't just tell him what everything means, that Nephi has this GRAND vision of a LOT of different things,...

First off...Nephi beholds the TREE! And Nephi asks for the interpretation of the tree...and instead of telling Nephi what it meant, he shows him Mary and how she gave birth to Jesus.

 13 And it came to pass that I looked and beheld the great city of Jerusalem, and also other cities. And I beheld the city of Nazareth; and in the city of ^aNazareth I beheld a ^bvirgin, and she was exceedingly fair and white.

 14 And it came to pass that I saw the ^aheavens open; and an angel came down and stood before me; and he said unto me: Nephi, what beholdest thou?

 15 And I said unto him: A virgin, most beautiful and fair above all other virgins.

 18 And he said unto me: Behold, the ^avirgin whom thou seest is the ^bmother of the Son of God, after the manner of the flesh.

 19 And it came to pass that I beheld that she was carried away in the Spirit; and after she had been carried away in the ^aSpirit for the space of a time the angel spake unto me, saying: Look!

 20 And I looked and beheld the virgin again, bearing a ^achild in her arms.

 21 And the angel said unto me: Behold the ^aLamb of God, yea, even the ^bSon of the Eternal ^cFather! Knowest thou the meaning of the ^dtree which thy father saw? 

               I LOVE here how the Spirit then ASKS Nephi....what is the meaning of the tree?!  Even though Nephi had asked first, he was shown this vision of Mary and of Jesus and then said...what do YOU think is the meaning of the tree....

22 And I answered him, saying: Yea, it is the ^alove of God, which^bsheddeth itself abroad in the hearts of the children of men; wherefore, it is the ^cmost desirable above all things.

 23 And he spake unto me, saying: Yea, and the most ^ajoyous to the soul.

I will end today on these two scriptures...The LOVE of God is the MOST desirable above all things!!  AND the MOST JOYOUS to the soul.  I love these two verses.  They are so true.  I do desire to feel the Love of the Lord everyday!  And I know that when I feel His Love my soul is full of JOY!  Gosh, it feels so good!  Words cannot describe it, the deeling I have when I know the LORD is watching over me and is SHEDDING forth His Love!!  How thankful I am to know that LOVE!  To KNOW that JOY!  How thankful I am that the Lord sends me His love and shows me that He is there watching over me!