After hearing his father’s dream and his father’s prophecies, Nephi wanted to see the things his father had seen. As a result, he experienced an expansive, interactive vision, which enabled him to explain his father’s words to his brothers.
Nephi’s Vision: The Life of Jesus Christ (1 Nephi 11)
- How does the birth of Jesus Christ help us understand the love of God?
- What does the Book of Mormon teach about the baptism of Jesus?
- What is the significance of the title “the Lamb of God?”
- What does it mean to “cast out devils?”
Nephi’s Vision: His Posterity (1 Nephi 12)
- How can I recognize the temptations of the devil?
- What does it mean to be a disciple of Jesus Christ?
Nephi’s Vision: Apostasy and Restoration (1 Nephi 13)
- What is the “great and abominable church?”
- What does the Book of Mormon teach about the United States of America?
- What is an “awful state of blindness” or a “state of awful woundedness?”
- What are “plain and precious” things?
- What is Zion?
Nephi’s Vision: The Church of the Devil vs. the Church of the Lamb of God (1 Nephi 14)
Receiving Revelation (1 Nephi 11, 15)
- Why is it important to ask questions?
- How can I ask questions in a productive way?
- Why is firsthand spiritual knowledge important?
- What should I do when there are questions I can’t answer?
- How did the angel help Nephi see the relationships between his father’s dream and his father’s prophecies?
Blog Posts: January 21-26
Learning How to Learn – Nephi’s Vision
Nephi’s vision is unlike any other that I am aware of. It consists of a guided tour through a sweeping series of future events. Nephi is accompanied throughout the vision, first by the Spirit of the Lord, and then by an angel. These guides not only explain what he is seeing; they also teach him…
“Armed with Righteousness” – 1 Nephi 14:14
Nephi saw a future day in which the forces of evil in the world (“the church of the devil”) would fight against the followers of Jesus Christ (“the church of the Lamb”). Statistically, there would be no contest. The forces of evil would be numerous, with “dominion over all the earth.” The disciples of Christ…
“Wrought Upon” – 1 Nephi 13:12-13
After observing an odious society in which the wealthy oppressed the poor, Nephi saw some people from that society cross the ocean to the “land of promise” where his family’s descendants would live. The process began with a single individual: And I looked and beheld a man among the Gentiles, who was separated from the…
Harden Not Your Hearts – 1 Nephi 15:11
The 95th psalm tells us not to harden our hearts if we want to hear God’s voice (Psalm 95:7-8). Nephi tells his brothers the same thing when he hears them arguing about the meaning of their father’s words. “Have ye inquired of the Lord?” he asks. “We have not,” they reply, “for the Lord maketh…
Nephi’s Vision
The prophet Nephi was so impressed with his father’s dream and his father’s prophecies that he prayed to see what his father had seen. As a result, he saw a sweeping vision in which an angel showed him many future events and used them to explain the symbols from his father’s dream. Today, I summarized the…
What Does It Mean to “Dwindle in Unbelief?”
dwindle – Diminish gradually in size, amount, or strength (Oxford English Dictionary) Near the beginning of the Book of Mormon, Nephi learns from the Spirit that, without the brass plates containing the scriptures, his family would “dwindle and perish in unbelief” (1 Nephi 4:13). King Benjamin later emphasized this point to his sons: “Were it not for…
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