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Nephi and sees
Nephi is swept away by the spirit and sees the vision his father had described.
Most importantly, Nephi sees the future of his generations and the generations of Laman and Lemuel.
Perhaps the most potentially controversial part of the First Book of Nephi is the misunderstanding that has resulted from descriptions trying to define the " great and abominable church " that Nephi sees among the " nations and kingdoms of the Gentiles "( I Nephi 13: 3-8 ).
Besides the persecution of the saints, Nephi sees that people who comprise the great and abominable church among the Gentiles would also be involved with taking " away from the gospel of the Lamb many parts which are plain and most precious ; and also many covenants of the Lord have they taken away.

Nephi and apostles
" Latter-day Saints believe that the Bible lost some of its originally intended meaning and doctrine as spoken by the ancient prophets and apostles because of this taking away of plain and precious truths by some Gentile teachers and compilers soon after the death of the apostles, though the Bible remained an important source of truth as attested by Nephi.

Nephi and their
Limhi tells this group their story and shows the Record of Zeniff, who was the leader of the first group to try to reclaim the land of Nephi.
Much like Mormon ( who may have taken Amaleki as his model ), this last historian of the civilization that lasted for 400 years in the land of Nephi rose to the occasion and, filled with a sense of longing for what has been lost, eloquently recounted the last days of the Nephite people in their ancestral homeland, the land of Nephi.
As had happened previously, the Lord told the king ( who appears to be a spiritual leader as well as a secular leader ) to lead the righteous Nephites out of the land of Nephi, their ancestral home for the previous 400 years, to a new place.
Laman and Lemuel take out their frustration by beating Nephi.
Laman and Lemuel decide to kill Lehi and Nephi, but voice of the Lord speaks many words to them and chastises them severely, causing them to change their minds and repent.
At the pleading of their wives, and for fear of sinking, Laman and Lemuel release Nephi.
For instance, both Lehi and Nephi received their callings by revelation and visions from the Lord.
They call this new place Nephi, choose Nephi to be their king, and call themselves the people of Nephi, or Nephites.
At this time, the people with Laman and Lemuel and others who remained behind had their skin turn dark, as a sign that the people of Nephi are not to mix with them until they repent.
The remainder of Second Nephi is a recording of their ( Jacob's and Nephi's ) teachings and prophecies.
Coupled with the fact that no change in government form is specifically mentioned after 4 Nephi, most assume that the Nephites continued to use judges until their destruction in c. 385 AD.
: And thus they have taught their children that they should hate them, and that they should murder them, and that they should rob and plunder them, and do all they could to destroy them ; therefore they have an eternal hatred towards the children of Nephi.
In Second Nephi chapter 5, the original wording was: " Because of their unbelief, the Lamanites are cursed, receive a skin of blackness, and become a scourge unto the Nephites.
The vision is thus interpreted to mean that those who go through their earthly life holding fast to the gospel of Jesus Christ ( represented by an iron rod leading through a mist of blackness, 1 Nephi 8: 19-24 ) will be able to be redeemed through the grace of God and achieve salvation and eternal life.
The Book of Mormon prophet Nephi also emphasizes that after the law of Moses was " fulfilled in Christ ," the Nephites " need not harden their hearts against him when the law ought to be done away ," understanding that the law of Moses would be fulfilled through Christ's atonement and resurrection, as He also taught.
The section of the Book of Alma beginning at chapter 45 states that it is, " The account of the people of Nephi, and their wars and dissensions, in the days of Helaman, according to the record of Helaman, which he kept in his days.
In the first book of the Book of Mormon, First Nephi, Lehi and Nephi lead their family out of Jerusalem, and across the sea to the " promised land " ( the Americas ).
The Book of Mormon relates that during his family's journey to the Americas and before his death, Lehi gave important teachings to his children and their posterity that were recorded by Nephi on metallic plates that were later used in compiling the Book of Mormon.
Lehi's son, Nephi, mentions having sisters in his writings ; their names and birth order is unknown.
Nephi also mentions having sisters, though he does not mention their names or birth orders.

Nephi and followers
Alma, the chief judge and governor as well as the high priest over the people of Nephi, lead an army against Amlici and his followers and drove the rebellion out of the land.
Some time after the death of Lehi ( in the Americas ), one of the sons of Lehi, Nephi, overheard that his brothers were plotting to kill him, so Nephi, his family, and his followers left and went into the wilderness.
The followers of Nephi called themselves Nephites.
Fearing for their safety, Nephi and his followers travelled " for many days " to a new land which they called Nephi ( 2 Ne.
Afterward, in the Book of Mormon, the descendants of Laman, Lemuel and their followers are known as Lamanites, while the descendants of Nephi and his followers are called Nephites.

Nephi and by
It was first published in March 1830 by Joseph Smith as The Book of Mormon: An Account Written by the Hand of Mormon upon Plates Taken from the Plates of Nephi.
According to the text it was written by Jarom, a descendant of the prophet Nephi.
As a further complication, Mary Whitmer, mother to one of the Three Witnesses and four of the Eight Witnesses, said she had a vision of the golden plates, shown to her by an angel whom she always called " Brother Nephi ", who may or may not have been the same angel to which Smith referred.
In the version of Smith's 1838 history published by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, as well as the portion canonized by that denomination as the Pearl of Great Price, the name " Nephi " has been changed by editors to read " Moroni ".
The book immediately following Omni, the Words of Mormon, is an editorial insertion that explains how the first first person narrative came to be inserted into the Book of Mormon and how subsequent narrative will differ, being mostly third person narration by Mormon that summarizes more lengthy accounts taken from the Large Plates of Nephi.
Nephi returns alone, finds Laban passed out from drunkenness, and kills him with his own sword as directed by the Spirit of God.
Zoram, discovering Nephi's trick, goes to flee, but is persuaded by Nephi to travel with Lehi and his family and they return together with the plates.
After a stern lecture by Nephi, where he reminds them of the prophecies and offers them a choice, they tie him up and leave him to die in the desert.
Upon finding the group, Laman and Lemuel try again to hurt Nephi, but they are softened by the daughters of Ishmael and ask for forgiveness from Nephi.
Nephi is commanded by the Lord to make the small and large plates of Nephi.
Nephi also expounds on the doctrine that all prophets teach of Christ by quoting Isaiah and other prophets.
Nephi records that Jesus would be born to a virgin, conceived by the Spirit ; that Jesus would be baptized ; that there would be twelve disciples ; that he would heal the sick and bedeviled ; that he would be judged by the world ; and that he would be crucified.
Although in the book of First Nephi Jesus is never identified by name, he is identified as the son of God, a great prophet, the messiah, and the savior of the world.
In First Nephi, Nephi tells of his father Lehi prophesying that Jerusalem would be destroyed by the Babylonians.

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