Israel will be scattered upon all the face of the earth—The Gentiles will nurse and nourish Israel with the gospel in the last days—Israel will be gathered and saved, and the wicked will burn as stubble—The kingdom of the devil will be destroyed, and Satan will be bound. About 588–570 B.C.
One thing I like and appreciate about Nephi is that he
delights in plainness (see 2 Nephi 25: 4). I like that he understands how
difficult Isaiah can be to understand. And I like that he takes the time to
interpret and make plain the prophecies and revelations, not only the
revelations of others like Isaiah, but also his own. Nephi is the designated
teacher for this clan of Lehi. He is the one who cares and has cared about the
scriptures all along. And by this time they are safely in the Promised Land,
Nephi has established himself as the successor to Lehi as prophet, and Lehi’s
time is coming to an end. So Nephi is teaching in whatever place of worship has
been established in the new land. He starts by reading scripture, and now we
get the prophetic interpretation of that scripture.
