10 And it came to pass that I looked and beheld many waters; and they divided the Gentiles from the seed of my brethren.
11 And it came to pass that the angel said unto me: Behold the wrath of God is upon the seed of thy brethren.
12 And I looked and beheld a man among the Gentiles, who was separated from the seed of my brethren by the many waters; and I beheld the Spirit of God, that it came down and wrought upon the man; and he went forth upon the many waters, even unto the seed of my brethren, who were in the promised land.
I suppose it is possible that if the Lamanites (and apostate Nephites) had not angered the Lord, if they had kept the commandments, history might have been much different in this hemisphere. They had been promised numerous times that if they kept the commandments they would prosper in the land, that this was a land of promise for them. It may have been a long time before the gentiles discovered it. But the Lord was angry with the seed of Nephi’s brethren, and the Lord wrought upon a man, Christopher Columbus, to sail out and discover this land and the remnant of Lehi’s seed. In The Great Prologue, Mark E. Peterson positively identifies Columbus in these verses (p. 3, 26). Columbus definitely felt like an inspired man, like his life was being divinely guided. He has come under attack in the past several years, but the attacks come from those described in the last few verses. Don’t believe them.
- 2 Nephi 1:5
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