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1 Nephi:
1 Nephi writes
Lehi’s vision: Jerusalem’s destruction, Messiah to come.
2 Lehi as commanded, flees Jerusalem with family; Laman and Lemuel
are angry; Nephi prays for guidance & receives comfort and blessings.
3 Lord has Lehi send
sons back for Jewish history on Laban’s brass plates; 2 failed tries; an angel
spares Nephi from Laman and Lemuel.
4 Spirit tells Nephi to
slay drunken Laban, in whose disguise he gets the plates from Laban’s servant
Zoram, who also joins Lehi’s journey.
5 Lehi
rejoices that the records contain 5 books of Moses & genealogy.
6 Nephi
writes on plates to persuade all to come unto God & be saved.
7 Lord has Lehi send sons back for Ishmael’s
family who take journey; Laman, Lemuel & some of Ishmael’s seek Nephi’s
life & bind him; he prays and bands are loosed; forgiven, they all arrive
at Lehi’s camp.
8 Lehi sees a
vision of a “tree of life” & desires family to partake of the fruit but
Laman & Lemuel refuse; Lehi preaches & prophesies to them.
9 Nephi
told to write on small “ministry” plates & larger “history” plates.
10 Lehi’s
prophesies of a Messiah to come in 600 years and of Israel’s scattering; Nephi
desires in faith to have Lehi’s vision also.
11 Spirit shows Nephi the “tree of life” &
birth & ministry of Son of God.
12 In the promised land
Nephi is shown contentions, the Lamb’s visit, His 12 disciples, Nephite
destruction & the Lamanites become numerous.
13 Nephi sees abominable
churches among Gentile nations, colonizing of America, Civil War & a
restoration by Gentiles, taken to the Jews.
14 Righteous Gentiles
numbered among the house of Israel; only God’s church or Satan’s; saints
persecuted; John will write of the last days.
15 Gentiles bring Lamanites gospel in last days;
allegory of an olive tree.
16 Lehi’s sons and Zoram
marry Ishmael’s daughters; Lehi given Liahona ball to guide their travels;
Nephi breaks bow, ball directs him to game; Ishmael dies; Lord chastens Laman
for wanting to kill Lehi and Nephi.
17 Children born; 8 yrs
pass; they enter Bountiful; Lord has Nephi build a ship; Nephi compares his
murmuring bros. to the children of Moses; Nephi shocks them with his hand to
show God’s power & they believe.
18 They set sail; Laman
& Lemuel bind Nephi; storm rages & then ends after Nephi is freed and
prays; they arrive and settle in promised land.
19 Nephi commanded to
make plates to pass down the generations; he writes of the crucifixion and of
the fate of the Jews.
20 From the brass plates, compare to Isaiah 48:
Israel turns from God.
21 From the brass plates, compare to Isaiah 49:
the Lord delivers Israel.
22 Nephi explains Isaiah: Israel scattered, helped
by Gentiles, gathered.
2 Nephi:
1 Lehi’s vision: Jerusalem is destroyed
& a new land of liberty, unless people sin; Lehi pleads with family to put
on armor of righteous and follow Nephi.
2 Lehi to Jacob for choosing to serve
God: Lehi explains trial, salvation, the Messiah’s redemption and grace,
opposition, agency, Satan & Adam’s fall.
3 Lehi to Joseph, his youngest: Joseph of Egypt
saw them in vision and was told by God of latter-day Joseph who’ll be like Moses;
he blesses Joseph.
4 Lehi counsels & blesses Laman, Lemuel,
Ishmael & Sam, then dies; L & L angry w/ Nephi’s words; Nephi pained by
his sins, rejoices & trusts in God.
5 Lord warns Nephi, Zoram, Sam, Jacob, Joseph, his sisters & their
families to flee for their life, with the records, to a place they call
Nephi; a temple is built; rebel Lamanites cursed w/ dark skin; Jacob
& Joseph made priests.
6 Jacob,
as priest, teaches from Isaiah about Israel and the Gentiles.
7 From
the brass plates, compare to Isaiah 50: the power of the Messiah.
8 From the brass
plates, see Isaiah 51 & 52: hearken and God shall comfort.
9 Jacob’s sermon: he explains God’s covenants,
the resurrection and the atonement, judgment, specific sins, salvation and the
greatness of God.
10 Angel tells
Jacob: Jews will kill Christ, this is to be a choice land of liberty.
11 Nephi testifies Jacob saw Christ; He is the
reason for the Law of Moses.
12 Nephi, from brass plates, see Isaiah 2:
temples, millennium and judgment.
13 From the brass plates, see Isaiah 3: the fall
of Judah; Judah’s worldliness.
14 From the brass plates, see Isaiah 4: Zion will
be cleansed & become Holy.
15 From the brass plates,
compare Isaiah 5: the Lord’s vineyard (the house of Israel) will become desolate;
the Lord will lift an ensign & Israel will gather.
16 From brass plates, Isaiah 6: Isaiah sees God,
is forgiven & he prophesies.
17 From the brass plates, compare to Isaiah 7:
Judah’s wars; birth of Christ.
18 From the brass plates, compare to Isaiah 8:
Isaiah’s prophecies to Israel.
19 From the brass plates, see Isaiah 9: Judah will
turn from God’s mercy.
20 From the brass plates, see Isaiah 10: In the
end God will destroy wicked.
21 From the brass plates, compare to Isaiah 11:
judgment &millennial peace.
22 From the brass plates, see Isaiah 12: a praise
to God who is in their midst.
23 From the brass plates, see Isaiah 13: God will
punish the world for evil.
24 From brass plates, see Isaiah 14: Israel
gathered, peace & devil cast out.
25 Nephi reviews Isaiah’s importance; the Law of
Moses is fulfilled in Christ.
26 Christ to appear to
the Nephites after His resurrection; their destruction by each other and by
wicked Gentiles; God’s love & goodness; His good laws.
27 See Isaiah 29: last days, wickedness, apostasy,
unreadable sealed book (Book of Mormon) & three witnesses
to come in power who will enlighten.
28 That book will be of great worth because of
false doctrines & wickedness.
29 Book rejected by many; God does speak to His
people in many lands.
30 Book to convert Gentiles, Lamanites and Jews to
Christ; millennial peace.
31 Repent, be baptized as Christ was and press
forward in faith until the end.
32 Follow the words of Christ and the Holy Spirit;
pray always for guidance.
33 Nephi writes
for our gain; these words are a testimony before us of Christ.
Jacob:
1 Nephi has Jacob lead church and dies; all kings
named after “Nephi”.
2 From the
temple Jacob reproves the Nephites: worse than Lamanites.
3 Jacob
warns of pride, whoredoms and the consequences of every sin.
4 All
prophets have testified of Christ; Jews will stumble and reject Him.
5 Allegory
of olive trees about Israel and the Gentiles (longest chapter).
6 Israel
will be redeemed and then the world burned; come unto Christ.
7 Sherem teaches against Christ, demands a sign,
is smitten, begins to retract his words & dies; attempts made to convert
hostile Lamanites.
Enos:
1 Jacob’s son Enos
records struggle for God’s forgiveness, for welfare of Nephites, Lamanites
& the plates; he fails preaching to Lamanites.
Jarom:
1 Enos’ son Jarom: people prosper and repent; Lamanite
attacks fail.
Omni:
1 Jarom’s wicked
son Omni writes of war; records pass to son
Amaron: wicked Nephites destroyed; his
brother Chemish gives
records to his son Abinadom; they pass to his son Amaleki;
king Mosiah & faithful Nephites flee
with records to Zarahemla & find a people who had
fled king Zedekiah’s Jerusalem; Mosiah interprets a record of
Coriantumr’s prior group from Babel; son Benjamin made king &
also given plates by Amaleki who had no heir & whose brother joined
a 2nd group to try and return to Nephi; 1st group failed
& only 50 returned due to feuding.
Words of Mormon:
1 Prophet Mormon prays for Lamanites & gives plates to son Moroni,
last Nephite; tells of king/prophet Benjamin
who established peace.
Mosiah:
1 Benjamin
teaches sons to search the commandments & tells son, 2nd Mosiah, to gather people so he can pass him the kingdom and church.
2 From newly
built tower Benjamin speaks to multitudes on humility and service; continue to
keep commandments; has words written and sent.
3 Angel told him of
Christ’s birth, life and atonement; children blameless but men must submit humbly
to God & are only saved through Christ.
4 Multitude
desires forgiveness; Mosiah teaches repentance & service.
5 Multitude
covenant with God and take upon them the name of Christ.
6 Mosiah made king
& priests appointed to teach; king Benjamin dies.
7 Mosiah lets Ammon & 15 go to Nephi where
king Limhi binds them & tells of bondage to Lamanites for iniquity
& slaying prophet Abinadi.
8 Ammon tells of
Zarahemla and Benjamin’s words, sees 24 unreadable gold plates found by 43 who
sought Zarahemla & found bones & ruins.
9 Record of 2nd
Nephite co. returning to settle in Nephi (see Omni) led by Zeniff, who is
victorious over an attack by Lamanite king Laman.
10 Laman dies;
son’s army attack & are slaughtered; Zeniff gives son throne.
11 Wicked son, king Noah,
taxes to build up city and defeats Lamanite army; Abinadi preaches repentance
and prophesies of future Lamanite bondage.
12 Abinadi returns 2
years later, preaches, prophesies of Noah’s death and is imprisoned where he is
questioned by & confounds Noah’s wicked priests.
13 God protects Abinadi
from being touched until the finish of his sermon: he preaches 10 commandments
& salvation by atonement, not Law of Moses.
14 He quotes Isaiah 53: the Savior’s suffering and
intercession for man’s sins.
15 Tells of Christ’s life, death and resurrection;
little children have eternal life.
16 All to be judged; devil has power over sinners
as if no redemption made.
17 Alma, a priest of Noah, believes, but he must flee for his
life after pleading for Abinadi, who is imprisoned & burned to death for
not retracting sermon.
18 Alma secretly preaches Abinadi’s words; many covenant with God through baptism & call
themselves the “church of Christ”; Alma ordains priests & instructs
them; king Noah finds out & Alma’s 450 flee into the wilderness.
19 Gideon attempts to
slay Noah who sees an approaching Lamanite army; all Nephites must flee into
wilderness; Noah, priests and some men leave wives and children behind who must
then pay half their possessions in tribute yearly to the Lamanites; Gideon
searching, finds the men returning & Noah burned; the priests had fled;
Noah’s good son Limhi becomes king.
20 Priests abduct 24
Lamanite daughters; Limhi blamed and attacked but it fails; Lamanite king taken
& pacified when Gideon remembers the priests.
21 Lamanite oppression;
Nephites loose 3 battles; great mourning leads to humility & burdens are
eased; Ammon’s men thought to be the priests are bound, freed, told of 24 gold
plates & sad disappearance of Alma’s group.
22 Gideon plans escape
from bondage by giving wine to Lamanite guards; they flee with possessions
& are received w/ joy by Mosiah in Zarahemla.
23 Record of Alma: he refuses to be king and won’t have any;
as high priest of Christ’s church he calls
teachers; they prosper in Helam, are found and put in bondage by Lamanite army
who, pursing Limhi’s group, also found priests; Lamanites guard them and let
priest Amulon be the Nephite king.
24 Lamanite king Laman Jr. lets priests afflict Alma’s group but
God makes their burdens easy; they flee to Zarahemla while Lamanites in deep
sleep.
25 King Mosiah reads Zeniff’s & Alma’s records to
the people; Alma preaches & baptizes Limhi & his people, then establishes
7 churches in Zarahemla.
26 Unbelievers deceive
many & are brought for judgment before Alma who prays; God has him remove
names of unrepentant from church records.
27 Alma Jr. and Mosiah’s 4 sons persecute church;
angel appears to them; Alma struck dumb and weak; converted,
they preach to make amends.
28 Lord gives Mosiah
permission to let his sons go preach to the Lamanites in Nephi (see Alma 17);
Mosiah translates the 24 gold plates and passes all
records to Alma
Jr. (Alma 29 says his father earlier made him high priest).
29 Mosiah’s and Alma’s sons refuse to be king;
judges then appointed by the people; Alma Jr. also becomes 1st chief judge; Alma Sr. and Mosiah die.
Alma:
1 Nehor preaches
false doctrine, is condemned for priestcraft and for murdering Gideon, retracts
his words & suffers an ignominious death.
2 Amlicites make
Amlici king, join Lamanites & lose
battle w/ Nephites.
3 Amlicites
mark their heads, fulfilling a prophecy of Nephi & lose battle.
4 1000’s of converts; church grows rich, proud and wicked; Alma makes
Nephihah the 2nd chief judge so he can devote his time
to preaching.
5 Alma’s sermon:
repent, be born of God, be humble, he testifies by the spirit of revelation and
prophecy, he teaches of Christ & to follow Him.
6 Church
set up in Zarahemla; Alma goes to preach to Gideon church.
7 In
Gideon Alma preaches of Christ’s birth and finds the people faithful.
8 Teaches in
Melek; is cast out of Ammonihah; blessed & told by same angel to return
& preach w/ Amulek who an angel told to receive him.
9 Alma:
repent or destruction is promised after receiving so much light.
10 Amulek tells
of the angel and verifies Alma’s words; wicked lawyers & judges bring
destruction by causing contention so they can get gain.
11 Zeezrom tries to catch
Amulek’s words but Amulek reads his thoughts and teaches of the resurrection of
things to their original body & guilt.
12 Alma testifies to
Amulek’s words; Antionah questions Alma & is taught how the plan of
redemption can prevent the spiritual, second death.
13 Because of
faithfulness, priests (Melchizedek greatest) are ordained after the holy order
of the Son of God, to teach commandments to all.
14 Zeezrom regrets;
scriptures & believers burned; Alma & Amulek won’t make God save them;
they are imprisoned, pray & bring walls down.
15 At Sidom, Zeezrom sick with guilt, is healed by Alma and
baptized; churches are established; Alma brings Amulek with him to Zarahemla.
16 Lamanite armies
destroy Ammonihah; Nephites become righteous & rejoice, learning that
Christ will appear to them after His resurrection.
17 Mosiah’s sons & co. split up to preach to
savage Lamanites in Nephi; Ammon captured in Ishmael, becomes king
Lamoni’s servant, saves flocks from Lamanite gang, cuts off their arms
& brings them to king.
18 King thinks Ammon is the Great Spirit and wants
to know of his power; Ammon teaches about the spirit, creation,
fall & redemption by Christ; Lamoni cries to God for mercy &
collapses as if dead for 2 days/nites.
19 Ammon prophesies
Lamoni’s awakening; king tells vision of Christ & collapses w/ wife;
servants praying in fear, collapse; secret Lamanite convert brings crowd; one
is struck dead by God attacking Ammon; convert touches queen who rises; king
rises, preaches and converts; servants rise (many taught by angels); baptisms
and a church set up.
20 Lord sends Ammon to
his brethren imprisoned in Middoni; king goes too and meets his angry father
(chief king) who tries to slay them; loosing, he bribes Ammon who amazingly
only wants brethren freed.
21 Ammon’s brother Aaron
(& co.) fail in Jerusalem & Ani-Anti, are put in prison in Middoni, freed by Lamoni and continue
preaching; Ammon is put over churches in
Ishmael & preaches daily; the people are faithful.
22 Aaron and company leave
Middoni to serve Lamoni’s father, who when converted falls as if dead; the
queen wants Aaron slain; he raises the king; whole house is converted; king
wants Aaron to preach to all the people.
23 Aaron & brethren
convert 1,000’s who call themselves Anti-Nephi-Lehies & leave weapons for
friendly trade w/ Nephites; dark skinned curse removed.
24 Lamoni’s father dies
after making son, Anti-Nephi-Lehi king; all converts bury weapons &
refuse to kill; 1005 slain by attacking Lamanites but more than that join the
believers (none are apostate Amalekites or Amulonites).
25 Lamanites blame
Nephites for slaughter & destroy Ammonihah; more wars take most Amulonites;
some burn new Lamanite converts & are hunted by remaining converts who then
join Anti-Nephi-Lehies & also bury weapons.
26 To his brethren, Ammon
compares their labors to a harvest of men; he glories in God’s power, mercy and
revelations that bring men to Christ.
27 Amalekites persuade
Lamanites again to kill peaceful Anti-Nephi-Lehies who flee to Zarahemla &
are given Jershon, guarded & called Ammonites.
28 The Lamanites follow
Ammonites to Zarahemla and lose tens of 1000’s in the largest battle yet;
thousands of Nephites also die; much mourning.
29 Ammon knows God made
men free, yet wishes he were able to tell everyone to repent so there would be
no more sorrow on the earth.
30 Anti-Christ Korihor
persuades many that prophecies are lies, asks Alma for a sign, is struck dumb,
admits devil deceived him & is trampled to death.
31 Alma takes group to
preach to rich apostate Zoramites who pray up on high Rameumptom and give
thanks that they are better than all others.
32 Success preaching to
the poor cast out of synagogues; it is more blessed to believe when not
compelled; faith grows into knowledge, like a seed.
33 Alma quotes prior
prophet Zenos that one can worship anywhere in prayer and quotes 2 more who
taught of Christ’s coming; look to Christ and live.
34 Amulek testifies of
Christ: Law of Moses points to His infinite atonement as their last blood
sacrifice for sin; pray always for His mercy and for the welfare of all; be
charitable or your prayer is vain; don’t put off repentance.
35 Ousted poor Zoramites
go to Jershon & then Melek; rich wicked Zoramites provoke Lamanites to
fight Nephites; Alma’s group return to Zarahemla; grieved by hearts hardened
against the word, Alma speaks to his sons.
36 To Helaman: he
testifies of his joyous conversion by an angel, of many deliveries from trial
and successful labors in sharing his joy with others.
37 Helaman given charge of sacred
records: plates of Nephi, plates of brass, 24 gold plates, their interpreters & the Liahona;
that compass pointed to the promised land as easily as the scriptures point to
eternal life.
38 Alma Praises Shiblon
for faithfulness, patience in persecution and testifies he knows from God that salvation is only in
Christ; bridle passion to love.
39 Admonishes Corianton
of the grievous sin of following a harlot, which also led others away; return
& preach of salvation thru Christ who shall come.
40 Alma explains
to son: after death righteous go to a peaceful paradise & wicked to misery
in darkness; no body & soul is reunited until after Christ.
41 The resurrection restores us to our prior
state: good to good, or evil to evil.
42 Adam disobeyed bringing
God’s justice: eternal spiritual and physical death; atoning for us, God had
mercy: repentance brings redemption.
43 To enslave Nephites,
Zerahemnah’s 1000’s of loin clothed Lamanites skirted half the armored Nephites
led by 25yr old Moroni, who asking Alma, learns from God of their destination
& traps them by stratagem.
44 Only desiring liberty,
Moroni demands weapons & oath of peace; he is rejected by Zerahemnah, who
attacks & is scalped; Lamanites agree when nearly destroyed; dead too many
to number, put to sea by river.
45 Alma prophesies to Helaman: Nephites all slain
by 4th generation from
Christ’s coming; Alma taken by God;
some Nephites reject Helaman.
46 To become king,
Amalickiah leads dissenters to slay Helaman; Moroni raises “Title of Liberty”
& a large defensive army who covenant to be true or die; rebels depart but
are cut off; Amalickiah & a few escape.
47 Amalickiah stirs
Lamanite king to fight, but main army flees w/ Lehonti and rest chase;
Amalickiah lets Lehonti capture his men, then poisons him, stabs the king,
blames king’s guards who flee & weds the queen.
48 Amalickiah stirs up
Lamanites to attack while Moroni builds up faith & greatly fortifies
cities; if all were as Moroni, Satan would be powerless.
49 Lamanites fail in
Ammonihah and vow to take Noah, which stronghold lost none; army loses 1000+
and king Amalickiah vows to kill Moroni.
50 Moroni fortifies,
building cities; Teancum’s army cuts off escape of Morianton’s apostates &
slays him w/ information from girl servant he beat; treaty made; Nephihah dies,
son Pahoran made 3rd
chief judge.
51 King-men voted out by freemen; 4,000 slain who
wouldn’t fight against Amalickiah; he took many cities and was
slain in his bed by Teancum.
52 Amalickiah’s brother Ammoron
made king; Teancum lures Lamanites out of Mulek to be trapped by Moroni &
Lehi; prisoners go to Bountiful.
53 Lehi holds Mulek on east sea; prisoners bury
dead & fortify Bountiful; 2000 Ammonite sons, led by Helaman, go
reclaim cities on west sea.
54 Ammoron agrees to exchange
prisoners w/ Moroni but refuses peace until Lamanites regain right to rule, as
descendants of Lehi’s oldest.
55 Nephite prisoners in
Gid are given weapons and escape when
Laman, a Lamanite deserter, gets guards drunk; Lamanites are taken prisoner,
fortify Gid & are taken to Bountiful; Lamanite army fortifies Morianton.
56 Helaman joins
Antipus & halts enemy in Judea; 2000 from Zarahemla join; Helaman
lures Lamanites away; Antipus pursues is overtaken & dies; Helaman rescues
army & takes prisoners; all of 2000 sons safe.
57 Helaman takes
Antiparah; he seizes enemy supplies & Cumeni yields; prisoners sent to
Zarahemla revolt (few escape death), returning men help win Lamanite attack;
all 2000 faithful sons live, though injured.
58 Helaman gets little aid
from Zarahemla against Manti; he prays; part takes Manti when rest lure enemy
army away & sneak back w/o fight.
59 Moroni writes chief
judge to aid Helaman; Nephihah is attacked w/o aid; survivors join Moroni who
fears wickedness will bring final defeat.
60 Moroni writes, blaming
chief judge for dead who’ll bring his judgment, blames evil factions for
bringing war & threatens to come and get aid.
61 Chief judge is driven
to Gideon; he gathers aid and sends some to Moroni asking for return aid since rebels
took Zarahemla with Lamanite alliance.
62 Moroni and some men
recruit 1000’s on way to Gideon, retake Zarahemla, send 12,000 back to aid
other armies & regain Nephihah without a fight at night; all prisoners join
the Ammonites; Teancum dies slaying Ammoron; Lamanites driven out; Moroni gives
son Moronihah charge of the armies.
63 Sacred records pass to Helaman’s brother Shiblon, then to
Helaman, son of Helaman; many go north,
some in ships; Lamanite/rebel attack fails.
Helaman:
1 Pahoran Jr. made 4th
chief judge & murdered by Kishkumen, of brother’s band; other brother Pacumeni
appointed, is slain by apostate (who leads Lamanite army under king Tubaloth, Ammoron’s son) when city taken by surprise; apostate slain by Moronihah
and Lehi’s men who banish army.
2 Helaman made
5th chief judge, is saved by servant who stabs Kishkumen, who was sent by Gadianton
& who now leads brother’s band; band flees.
3 Many migrate far north, populate, trade by
ship with south and keep many records; church
prospers; Helaman dies passing duties to son, Nephi.
4 Rebel Nephites coax Lamanites to battle and
drive all Nephites north with great loss; Moronihah preaches repentance then
regains half the cities.
5 Nephi makes Cezoram
6th chief judge; Nephi and brother
Lehi preach everywhere converting 8,000 Lamanites, are cast in prison,
encircled by ‘fire’, freed by earthquakes, hear the voice of God & are
ministered to by angels bringing 300 more converts; most Lamanites convert
& surrender.
6 Lamanites preach to Nephites bringing
repentance, peace and prosperity; Cezoram murdered and son also, by Gadianton’s
band that gains power due to Nephite wickedness, but are cast from Lamanites
who are faithful.
7 On his garden tower Nephi mourns in prayer for
his wicked brethren; crowds see & gather; he preaches to them to repent or
will be destroyed.
8 Wicked judges
anger crowd but some begin to fear the truth; Nephi tells of past prophets
& prophecies of Christ & predicts chief judge is slain by bro.
9 5 men go see, find wicked judge Seezoram dead, are taken prisoner then released;
Nephi bound, proves prophetic by naming killer’s words & deeds.
10 For obedience, God blesses Nephi
with powers and tells him to warn all of destruction; he is
protected from capture; contention and killing begins.
11 After 2 yr fierce war
Nephi begs God for a famine to bring remembrance; Gadiantons removed; Nephi
prays for rain bringing 2 years prosperity and peace; Gadianton robbers return
and prevail; 6 years of much wickedness.
12 Mans’ heart unsteady,
forgetful in prosperity, quickly evil, slow to do good until afflicted; God is
good & man weak; repentant blessed & evil cast out.
13 Only Lamanites
obedient; on a city wall Lamanite Samuel tells of an angel who told him of
Nephite destruction in 400 yrs unless they repent and have faith in Christ; he
curses hearts set on riches and predicts regret will come.
14 He predicts Christ’s
birth in 5 yrs on morn after nite of no darkness, a new star, His death w/ 3
days darkness, thunder & quakes; choose life or death.
15 Preaching spares
faithful Lamanites who’ll come to God again in last days.
16 Many seek Nephi for
baptism; Samuel, protected from arrows, flees; new signs appear; prophecies
reasoned away; people do not believe.
3 Nephi:
1 Lachoneus is chief
judge; Nephi departs giving son Nephi records; unbelievers of signs, set believers death day; Nephi prays
& God tells him sign comes tonight; most baptized; Gadiantons raid &
gain rebels.
2 People wicked and ignore signs; time
counted from sign; dark curse taken from Lamanite converts skin; severe
Nephite/Gadianton wars.
3 Robber leader Giddianhi
writes for surrender to Lachoneus who calls for prayer & repentance; all
retreat to fort built by captain Gidgiddoni.
4 Finding deserted
cities w/o plunder, robbers are beaten attacking fort; Giddianhi slain, Zemnarihah
leads siege, retreats starving, is cut off & hung; Nephites all sing
praises to God w/ joyful gratitude & humility.
5 All Nephites believe
signs & repent; all robbers caught, preached to & converts set free;
Mormon uses Nephi’s true record for abridgment & testifies of future
gathering & restoration as God covenanted w/ Israel.
6 Nephites return to
lands; peace, prosperity, just laws, cities built, then pride, persecutions,
inequality and disbelief, but some firm Lamanites; willful sinning; Lachoneus’
son Lachoneus is chief judge; preachers
slain secretly by evil judges who unite and conspire to put in a king.
7 Lachoneus slain;
people split into tribes w/ chiefs; robbers
king Jacob & flee; Nephi, aided by angels works miracles; converts
join & preach.
8 Great 3 hr storm: tempest, lightening, quakes, fire, many cities ruined,
country deformed; 3-day thick darkness, mourning & predicted regret.
9 All hear voice: cities
burned, sunk & buried because of sin; remainder asked to repent; “I am
Jesus Christ, Son of God”; Moses’ law replaced w/ sacrifice of broken heart;
for repentant He gave his life & took it up.
10 Many hours silence and shock; voice
tells desire to often gather Israel; people mourn, darkness ends and all praise the prophesied Christ.
11 Temple crowd hear
voice 3 times introduce son; Christ descends from sky and speaks; all feel
wounds & worship Him; Nephi & others given power to baptize, taught how
& told to teach all baptism & repentance.
12 Jesus told all to heed 12 called, recounts
Sermon on Mt. & Beatitudes.
13 Compare to Matt 6: alms giving; Lord’s Prayer;
treasures in heaven.
14 Matt 7: judge not; ask, knock; strait is the
gate; wise man built on rock.
15 Jesus told multitude
Law of Moses fulfilled in Him who gave it; obey commandments; ye are “other
sheep” separated because of their sin.
16 Jesus to go to yet
other sheep; write these words so future righteous Gentiles can bring Israel to
Christ and be numbered among them.
17 All (2500) asked to
ponder & pray; their tears delay Him; He heals all their afflicted, prays
for them & blesses their children; angels minister.
18 Jesus blesses the
bread & wine for the 12 (who also give it to crowd) and tells them to
always do this; tells all how to pray & to not cast out any from worship;
tells 12 not to let unworthy eat of it and gives them power to give the Holy
Ghost; He ascends to His Father in a cloud.
19 News spreads: Jesus to
return tomorrow; more arrive; 12 teach them in groups; 12 pray for Holy Ghost,
are baptized & receive it; angels & Jesus come; all told to kneel and
pray; Jesus prays in thanks to Father 3 times.
20 No bread & wine,
yet He offers it again; all praise Jesus; He says to search Isaiah: Israel
gathered, Gentiles warned, old & New Jerusalem prophecies.
21 When Gentiles get
these words to this seed, all tribes will begin to gather.
22 Isaiah 54: afflicted
to be comforted; children taught of God are peaceful.
23 Search the prophets;
Jesus expounds all their scriptures and instructs them to record Lamanite
Samuel’s prophecy of dead saints rising and ministering during the 3 days of
darkness, which was not written down.
24 See Malachi 3: messenger
to prepare way; tithes; record kept by faithful.
25 Malachi 4: 2nd
coming burns proud and heals faithful; Elijah to precede it.
26 Jesus explains all
things (recorded on plates of Nephi) and teaches for 3 days; babes utter great
marvels; those baptized hold all things in common.
27 Jesus appears &
answers 12: church of “Christ”; if gospel is of Christ, then works will follow;
Father sent Him; do & be as He; 4th generation will rebel.
28 Jesus grants desires
to 12: 9 to come to Him at age 72 & 3 to remain like John, without pain,
teaching till 2nd coming & then become immortal; Jesus departs;
3 transfigured can’t be imprisoned and they minister to all people.
29 God will remember Israel; those
disbelieving revelation & gifts are warned.
30 Gentiles commanded to repent, be
baptized and be numbered with Israel.
4 Nephi:
1 By 2 yrs all Nephites &
Lamanites are converted; all things held in common; disciples work miracles;
people rebuild and prosper; no more Law of Moses; no
contention, just love & happiness; Nephi dies & son Amos keeps record; a few Lamanites separate;
records pass to Amos’
son Amos; pride, riches, classes & other churches
appear after 2nd generation; 3 remaining disciples are persecuted;
Nephites also become wicked & robbers return; Ammaron, Amos’ brother, receives records and hides them 320 yrs after Christ’s visit.
Mormon:
1 Ammaron gives Mormon records; Nephites win Lamanite war; disciples taken away due to sin;
land cursed; Lamanite Samuel’s prophecy fulfilled.
2 Mormon made head of
armies; fierce battles; Lamanite king Aaron flees; Nephites in mourning; Mormon sorrows; lands divided no. & so.
by treaty.
3 Mormon
preaches in vain; after 2 Lamanite victories Nephites seek more revenge; Mormon
refuses to lead & pleads w/ all to prepare to meet Christ.
4 Nephites and Lamanites delight in blood and
loose 1,000’s; Nephites flee; Lamanites sacrifice prisoners to idols; Mormon
rescues records from hill.
5 Mormon relents & resumes command w/o hope;
regrets writing of carnage but it’s to convince his seed of Christ, who’ll
receive records from Gentiles.
6 King lets Nephites gather at Cumorah for
battle; records hid in hill; some given to son Moroni; Lamanite numbers bring
terror; Mormon wounded, grieves over lost souls; a few flee or defect; only 24
of 230,000 survive.
7 Mormon writes to descendants: ye are of Israel;
repent & believe in Christ.
8 Alone, Moroni
ends record; his father is killed & fleeing Nephites were hunted; Lamanites
fight each other; the 3 disciples did minister to him; who brings forth this
important record is blessed; he is shown our day.
9 Unbelievers: would be miserable in
heaven w/ guilt, ye misunderstand scripture; tells plan of salvation; disbelief
ends miracles; ask believing;
disciples preach to world; miracles follow believers; serve God wisely,
worthily; this shorter, reformed Egyptian writing is inferior to Hebrew.
Ether:
1 Taken from 24 gold plates (see
Omni and Mosiah 8 & 28): lineage of Ether back to
Jared of Babel, whose brother prayed so their language wouldn’t be confounded
& was directed how to travel to a choice land.
2 Jared, family, friends and supplies reach a
northern valley; in a cloud God talks to brother of Jared, guides them to the coast for a 4-yr stay,
scolds them for forgetting prayer and helps brother build barges.
3 Brother moltens 16
small clear stones for 8 barges, prays God to light them, sees His finger and
fears; due to faith Christ appears, ministers, gives translator stones, shows
all things, tells him to write all & seal
it.
4 Moroni told to bury
records and interpreters until Gentiles repent; what persuades men to do good,
is of God; he who believes is given more.
5 Touch
not sealed records; God will let 3 witnesses see plates & testify.
6 344 days at sea; they land, worship, till,
multiply & desire a king; bro. of Jared & sons object but Jared’s son Orihah accepts; they prosper.
7 Orihah’s son Kib reigns; his son Corihor’s rebel colony captures
him; other son Shule rescues him; Shule
reigns, is captured by Corihor’s son Noah who is slain in rescue; Shule
slays Noah’s son Cohor when attacked; prophets warn of destruction if
wicked; repentance & peace.
8 Shule’s son Omer reigns; his son Jared gains ½ the people;
Omer is captured; two other sons reunite father’s kingdom; Jared’s daughter
entices Akish to kill Omer; greed and secret oaths will destroy nations.
9 Akish & friends
oust Omer who is warned in dream; he & rest of family flee; Akish
marries daughter, slays Jared, reigns & imprisons a son to death; other
sons bring wars; 30 left flee to Omer who regains power; son Emer reigns (62 yrs prosperity) sees God; son Coriantum reigns; son Com
reigns 49 yrs & is slain by son Heth
who reigns; persecuted prophets predict a famine, which comes; poisonous snakes
chase flocks south & block peoples escape; death & repentance; rain
comes.
10 Descendant Shez rebuilds; son Riplakish reigns 42 yrs, levies taxes and evaders are enslaved; he is slain in revolt and his family flee;
descendant Morianton
retakes lands and rules justly;
wicked son Kim reigns
and is captured by brother;
Kim’s good son Levi
regains power & reigns 42 yrs; prosperity & good kings follow: son Corom, son Kish and son Lib who kills snakes, builds and trades; son Hearthom reigns 24 yrs & is captured; succeeding sons reign in captivity: Heth, Aaron, Amnigaddah and Coriantum; Com wins over ½ the people, reigns
42 yrs & overthrows Amgid;
robbers return & he fails to defeat them.
11 Prophets tell
destruction; Com’s son Shiblom reigns;
his brother slays prophets; warfare,
famine & repentance; king slain; Seth
captured; son Ahah regains realm; Etham reigns; son Moron
reigns & captured; son Coriantor is
captive; new people prophesied to come; son Ether
born.
12 Prophet Ether preaches; Coriantumr
king; Moroni tells us hope & faith bring the gift of knowledge &
miracles; God told him weaknesses bring humility & strength & Christ’s
love is charity; he prays for Gentiles, was promised salvation, bids farewell
and testifies he saw Jesus; seek Him.
13 Ether sees Old and New
Jerusalem, prophesies, is hunted and hides in a cave; Shared captures
king; sons regain realm & king slays Shared.
14 1000’s fall against
Shared’s brother Gilead, who takes throne & is slain by his priest; Lib
is ousted and slain by king; Lib’s fierce, feared brother Shiz vows
king’s life; stink of dead all over; king faints, thought dead.
15 2 million dead; king
recalls prophecies, mourns & repents; women and kids slain; king left,
beheads Shiz & faints; Ether writes & hides record.
Moroni:
1 Moroni, still alive after abridging Ether writes more: Christians hunted.
2 Christ’s prayer giving 12 power to lay on hands for gift of Holy Ghost.
3 Elders
prayer ordaining priests & teachers by power of the Holy Ghost.
4 Elders
and priests prayer administering the bread, as taught by Christ.
5 Their
prayer for taking the cup to administer the wine is recorded.
6 Repentance before baptism; meet together oft to
fast, pray, learn and partake of bread & wine; 3 witnesses are needed to
expel unrepentant sinners; forgive whenever they repent; Holy Ghost to guide
all actions.
7 Mormon’s words to
believers on faith, hope & charity; how to judge the doers of good &
evil; good only comes of God, seek it, don’t condemn it; God sends angels &
prophets to teach of Christ, bringing faith; pray for the good, in faith, to
receive it; miracles cease when faith does; no faith w/o hope; hope for
resurrection; acceptable faith & hope requires humility and charity;
charity defined: it endures, is greatest & pray for it.
8 Previous epistle from Mormon: he prays always for son; God answers
dispute thru prayer: children innocent, don’t need baptism; perfect love
dispels fear; those w/o the law also receive Christ’s mercy; faith leads to
repentance, then to baptism, remission of sins, humility, Holy Ghost, then to
hope, love, prayer & salvation; tells son to pray for Lamanites.
9 2nd
epistle to son after brutal battle: people don’t fear death & angry w/ his
preaching, but won’t give up on them; Lamanites cruel to prisoners; Nephites
worse: torturing, delighting in evil rather than goodness & are past
feeling; unspeakable widespread suffering; compliments and prays for son; will soon
deliver remaining records; “may Christ lift thee up”.
10 Moroni (before sealing records): ponder God’s mercy & these words; if
sincerely ask God in faith, then Holy Ghost will give truth; God’s many gifts
are to profit us: Spirit to teach, faith, healings, miracles, prophecy, seeing
angels, tongues & their interpretation, etc; salvation needs faith, hope
& charity; sin brings despair; ye shall soon know I lie not; farewell.
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