The heading before the first verse of 1 Nephi follows this ancient style. Noon – The twelve gates of Jerusalem’s walls surrounded the people in a diagram like the twelve figures circular around the zodiac. Learn vocabulary, terms, and more with flashcards, games, and other study tools. Of course, this is how all prophets approached God–humbly and with all their heart. Everyone wants to be optimistic and spread hope, and those who point out sin for what it is, who call people judgmentally to repentance, and predict dire events continue today to be outcast. Being alone like this, you see things for how they are. Furthermore, “vision” is what the chapter introduces this entire section of the books as being about. – In the preface, Joseph Smith wrote that the lost 116 pages were translated from the “plates of Lehi.” However, D&C 10:44 indicates that these plates were “an abridgement of the account of Nephi,” which means Nephi was the “maker of those plates.” He copied a full record from his father, presumably what Lehi had written on a paper scroll. This is an interesting similarity to how things are today. Kai calls himself nfrbit — “excellent of character”, which is the same root word as for Nephi, “goodly.” The account is also autobiographical like Nephi’s account. Language Of My Father – Hugh Nibley says “learning of the Jews and the language of the Egyptians” refers not to “language of my father” but to the “record” which Nephi is making. Lehi, a prophet in Jerusalem, receives direction from God that Jerusalem will be destroyed because of the wickedness of the people. Many Prophets – Nahum (612 BC) prophesied of the fall of Ninevah. But this was hardly the calm, self-assured atmosphere that we see in the kid’s Book of Mormon cartoons. The transformation required to receive a spiritual vision takes a huge physical toll. We know the Nephites had priesthood authority through Nephi’s lineage, and presumably this came from Lehi and Lehi started out with it before leaving Jerusalem. The Gulf has a depth of 6,000 feet, the drop is precipitous--only a few feet away from the coral reef and shallow water, submerged cliff faces drop off hundreds of feet. And after this baptism of water will come a cleansing fire of the Holy Ghost. Verse 4 For personal and/or family study of the scriptures, geared towards families with teenagers, single adults, and empty nesters. Both headings and colophons could be the product of either the original author or later translators, and both provide much the same kind of information–as is the case with the book of Maimonides. The Book fo Revelation gives the full vision of God on the throne surrounded by twelve, with the book of life, and the Lamb of God takes this book symbolizing the redemption of the world. Once, Baal was proven to be a false god, Elijah made a circular altar of twelve stones for evening sacrifice, upon which a pillar of consuming fire descended. To an Arab, 'My father dwelt in … Perhaps the first example in the bible is Genesis 2:4. They will just pretend that the odds are in their favor. It was therefore appropriate for Lehi at this time to feel panic the way things were going, as a pro-Egypt member of the upper class. The challenge of building a ship and sailing across the world seems impossible. (See Exodus 13:21) Lehi may been waling on this very exodus road “as he went forth” and received his vision–perhaps on trading or government business. The traditional Mormon view is that Nephi quoted Isaiah 48 and 49 from the brass plates (see 1 Nephi 5:11-13 for the narrative's summary of the contents of the brass plates), with various explanations for why the wording of the quoted material follows the King James Version text so closely. Verse 8 tells of Lehi being “carried away in a vision. This is a formal contractual agreement. These twelve portals, again, are opening in heaven through which rain falls to the earth. A massive army was mustering against them and Lehi was telling them they had it coming and would lose. Arrangement Reflects Plan Of Salvation Cycle – Joseph M. Spencer pointed out that this verse reflects the progression of the plan of salvation. But behold, I, Nephi, will show unto you that the tender mercies of the Lord are over all those whom he hath chosen, because of their faith, to make them mighty even unto the power of deliverance.”. The challenge of retrieving the brass plates from Laban seems impossible, C. The brass plates provide invaluable knowledge for establishing a new civilization, C. The Liahona guides them to food and the promised land, B. Required fields are marked *, “This is an individual’s way of inscribing his name on a work he is proud of: it is the scribe’s way of signing his work, just as the author names himself at the beginning or end of the work he has composed. Fire Dwelt Upon A Rock – There is interesting dichotomy here between the pillar of fire that dwelt upon a rock and Lehi who shook and quake because he was not planted upon a sturdy foundation. Well, many years later, a young boy named Joseph Smith would be overtaken by darkness, pray with all his heart to God, and receive the vision of a pillar of fire. As if it were living. 1 Nephi 19. The Lord had the answer: “Behold, there is a place by me, and thou shalt stand upon a rock… that I will put thee in a clift of the rock, and will cover thee with my hand while I pass by.” It seems rock is literally required to not quake into pieces in the Lord’s presence. Instead of destruction, the dew of heaven today will recreate the Jerusalem that fell to ruin in Lehi’s day–new Jerusalem. Likewise, any missionary could tell you about brilliant, intelligent people who choose to ignore a basic truth of the gospel because they don’t have the courage to face up to it, it is uncomfortable, or they don’t want to change their lifestyle. – The printer’s manuscript of the Book of Mormon has verse one within the same part as the heading. Lack of punctuation in Hebrew and Egyptian make it hard to tell (How do Antimos explain this lack of punctuation in the printer’s manuscript?) Revelation 12:1 brings it back to cosmology by calling them 12 stars on the wreath of God’s head. Lehi felt emotionally exhausted as well because of what he learned about Egypt and the fate of his people. Faith empowered him to escape the degeneracy and destruction of the city Jerusalem, and this is the most important message we can learn today in our own setting of social degeneracy and danger. One Descending – Why did Lehi describe whatever he saw descending as “one”? Habakkuk (609-598 BC) prophesied of the fall of Jehoakim and urged repentance. He praised the power, goodness, and mercy of God, because nobody who comes unto God will perish. Chapter 11 introduces the words of Isaiah. We see Nephi interject a couple of times to explain how he is telling the story, as well as an overall summary at the very beginning. A. having had a great knowledge of the goodness and the mysteries of God. Or maybe he was trained by an Egyptian living at Jerusalem–perhaps stationed there in Egypt’s military occupation. Road Of Escape – The first place we read about a pillar of fire in the scriptures is the pillar of fire that attended the Israelites as they fled from Egypt with Moses. I absolutely love this. And the final chapter is a summary of what he has been talking about. Lehi wrote about “many things which he saw in visions and dreams… things which he prophesied and spake unto his children.” How much did he talk about events that happened? And mount Sinai was altogether on a smoke, because the Lord descended upon it in fire: and the smoke thereof ascended as the smoke of a furnace, and the whole mount quaked greatly.”. In Judges 5:8, it remarks that “not a shield or spear was seen among forty thousand in Israel,” as they had to rely on inferior wood weapons. 1 Nephi 11-14 A Charted Summary. Jeremiah preached the same thing the entire time. Over in the Old World, we developed our own zodiac circle with twelve months in the year. I think there is also a similar arrangement of headings in 1 and 2 Nephi. It is a powerful and unforgettable prophetic statement. Thy throne is high in the heavens, and thy power, and goodness, and mercy are over all the inhabitants of the earth; and, because thou art merciful, thou wilt not suffer those who come unto thee that they shall perish! Jerusalem had always managed to avoid destruction by some stroke of luck, and why would that change now? It does at least three things: All three are essential in understanding the vision. Deuteronomy 4:24: “For the Lord thy God is a consuming fire, even a jealous God.” Hebrews 12: “Whose voice then shook the earth: but now he hath promised, saying, Yet once more I shake not the earth only, but also heaven. Chapter 6 introduces the purpose of his words. 7:9). Lehi’s account of a fiery pillar recalls the escape of his Hebrew ancestors out of Egypt and clues us in on what this vision will be about: escape from bondage to a promised land. 2 And it came to pass that he spake unto me, saying: Behold I have dreamed a a dream, in the which the Lord hath commanded me that thou and thy brethren shall b return to Jerusalem. Nihpi – The original name of Egyptian god Pa-nepi (see Hugh Nibley, Lehi in the Desert). In 2 Nephi, Nephi gives at great length is final patriarchal blessings to his children, and Nephi probably included this in his own account because Lehi was too old and feable to write it himself in his record. Whoever stole the 116 pages could simply verify that this was what Lehi’s record said. Rather than you solution, I see the first person line of the current header as a chapter header. In Philemon 1:19 in the New Testament, “by the hand of” is used in the context of a formal oath: “I Paul have written it with mine own hand, I will repay it.” This is not really the same context that we find in ancient Hebrew and Nephi’s verse, though it is similar. But Mormon upset this understanding, and told us an explanation that makes better sense: 12 for the stick of Judah and 12 for Joseph–or in other words, 12 for the Old World and 12 for the New World, as there were two churches co-existing many miles apart. Egypt turned tail and fled when when Jehoakim revolted against Babylon, and later when Zedekiah revolted against Babylon. Oba. Nephi's vision, thus far, has been about events which happen in Jerusalem. All twelve hours of the day must be there. This would certainly be on Lehi’s mind, as no place would seem safe. So, this means Nephi’s account alone ended up tacked on to the end of the gold plates, right? Nephi reports that they gathered “all manner of seeds of every kind, both of grain of every kind, and also of the seeds of fruit of every kind.” (1 Nephi 8:1). Chapter 12 contains a portion of the vision which deals with the history of the Nephites and Lamanites. It would make sense to copy the lengthy prophecies verbatim and maybe a generalized overview of anything else. 1:1 The vision (comp. No wonder they get so upset when they pick up a Book of Mormon! Thousands were rounded up and taken captive to Babylon (see 2 Kings 24:11-15). Nephi’s familiarity with Hebrew and Egyptian literary styles show signs of linguistic training. Come, Follow Me Daily Study Guide for the week of September 7-13, 2020 covering 3 Nephi 1-7. Malachi 1:1: “The burden of the word of the Lord to Israel by [the hand of] Malachi.” The word “by” here is be yad. Privacy policy: This site uses Google Analytics to track and analyze visitor usage of this website, which may involve cookies. For personal and/or family study of the scriptures, geared towards 8 years old and older. The God of Israel will come six hundred years from the time Lehi left Jerusalem. About 592–591 B.C. So, when Nephi in verse 1 says he “was taught somewhat in all the learning of my father,” this does not seem to refer to his ability to create metal plates. Should Verses 1-3 Be Part Of The Heading? Then, they divided into twelve groups to pray and minister and by baptized in water, after which fire came down out of heaven and encircled them (see 3 Nephi 19:14). “Therefore, I would that ye should know, that after the Lord had shown so many marvelous things unto my father, Lehi, yea, concerning the destruction of Jerusalem, behold he went forth among the people, and began to prophesy and to declare unto them concerning the things which he had both seen and heard. It also contains much more. Isaiah 1:1 called the book a “vision” in its heading. In Egyptian, perfect past tense uses the word “had” when it is contrary-to-fact or an adverb clause to another event. But instead of the header running straight into verse one with a period missing, there is a dash. But they mocked the messengers of God, and despised his words, and misused his prophets, until the wrath of the Lord arose against his people, till there was no remedy.”, And it came to pass as he prayed unto the Lord, there came a pillar of fire and dwelt upon a rock before him; and he saw and heard much; and because of the things which he saw and heard he did quake and tremble exceedingly.”. And it came to pass that as he read, he was filled with the Spirit of the Lord. But that was at the tabernacle–God’s “dwelling place.” Now he was out in the wilderness and needed holy ground. Enter your email to subscribe and receive notifications of new content. Lehi’s full explanation likewise must have included Christ’s ascension on the cross and the rest of the symbolism we see in Revelation and Facsimile 2 of Christ’s atonement. The one thing the mist seems to leave open to view is the building (the false teaching). In its position at the beginning of the book, it has the function of introducing the book as a whole, rather than just covering the first main part, Prov 1:8-9:18. Then, he was justified in slaying the wicked priests: “Thus it was high noon with the prophet… when the sun set upon the false prophets.” Their time was up, just as Jerusalem’s time was up one the first year of Zedekiah’s reign, and anyone who did not come unto God with full heart was about to be consumed. On: 2020/01/16. But how could Nephi receive training in metal if there was no metal? That phrase got a subject and verb “slain thy prophets” and clarified it was done with a “sword.” The translators wanted the seeking of his life to likewise get clarification of how it was done: it was taken away. B. therefore I make a record of my proceedings in my days. But then we learn that in the last days of the world–in high noon, so to speak–there will be a different kind of rain: In the case of the Lord’s consuming fire, the rain from heaven is not anything different from the fire but another aspect of God’s presence. This must have been the moment Lehi saw the writing on the wall. But here as Nephi wrote this by his own hand, he gave it as a heading. People assume the plates were arranged this way from reading Words of Mormon: “after I had made an abridgment from the plates of Nephi, down to the reign of this king Benjamin, of whom Amaleki spake, I searched among the records which had been delivered into my hands, and I found these plates, which contained this small account of the prophets, from Jacob down to the reign of this king Benjamin, and also many of the words of Nephi.” He doesn’t say he found the words of Nephi and Lehi. Come, Follow Me Daily Study Guide for the week of January 13-19, 2020 covering 1 Nephi 8-10. Verse 8 1 Nephi 8–10. They Were Angry With Him – In a time of imminent invasion, it should be no surprise Lehi was considered seditious. – Why would Joseph Smith come up with this complicated explanation of multiple sets of plates if he were making it up? In any case, this combination of scribal and metallurgical knowledge set the perfect stage for gold plates to be created. He fled to Egypt but was extradited back to Jerusalem. 1 Nephi 21 (Isaiah 49) Messiah shall be a light to the Gentiles. In that lies a scroll of papyrus written with my own hand.” Another Egyptian text: “Atum says: I write your name on the holy ished tree with my own hand.”. Escape the city bubble and clear your mind of the assumptions that you’ve been given by society. We can only guess how Lehi got away. The descending pillar of fire sounds a lot like the coming of Jesus in 3 Nephi, and the pillar of smoke on Mount Sinai: And Moses brought forth the people out of the camp to meet with God; and they stood at the nether part of the mount. It’s not just about how bright the light remains, but the timing of the One and twelve. But it is a whole other issue how much we can trust the Anthon transcript that we supposedly have to be genuine, and the many years between Nephi’s departure from Jerusalem to Mormon’s transcribing the plates certainly changed the script itself greatly. None of the other brothers seem to have had the training Nephi had, and perhaps this means they went with Lehi on the travels. What was the purpose of his travel? BOOK OF MORMON AUDIO LINK http://lds.org/scriptures/bofm?lang=enghttp://ComeUntoChrist.orghttp://ChurchofJesusChrist.org – There were two reformed Egyptian scripts at this time: Hieratic and Demotic, and it is debated which may be the basis for the Book of Mormon’s reformed Egyptian. The well-known Egyptian autobiography of Ahmose begins: “Naval commander Ahmose, son of Abana, justified, says: I speak to you, all people. Verse 16-17 The Coming Of A Messiah – There was also something else that the Jews mocked Lehi for: Lehi testified that the things he “saw and heard” in the vision “manifested plainly of the coming of a Messiah” and His “redemption of the world.” Nephi did not tell us in his brief description what in the vision manifested this plainly. I have been rewarded… I grew up in the town of Nekheb. To opt out of Google Analytics, visit the Google Analytics Opt-out Page. The local government and the rest of the pro-Egypt faction would see it as a huge betrayal. Once Nephi sees the tree, he realizes that this is the only thing that will make us happy. Verse 18 explains that this first part of Nephi’s record is “an abridgment of the record of my father.” He explains that this book is not “a full account of the things which my father hath written, for he hath written many things which he saw in visions.” He thus introduces Lehi’s “visions”– and then “after I have abridged the record of my father then will I make an account of mine own life.”. But it would become necessary for all of them to do this: For I know the thoughts that I think toward you, saith the Lord, thoughts of peace, and not of evil, to give you an expected end. These twelve portals of passage reflect the twelve apertures in heaven spoken of by Enoch: “I saw six portals in which the sun rises and six portals in which the sun sets.” “Twelve gates I beheld in heaven.” Facsimile 2 is a diagram of the sun’s passage by day and by night, and it represents the moment of sunrise, where the solar barque of the morning meets the solar barque of the evening in a process of recreation. Old Testament books of prophesy used headings to immediately indicate to the reader the authorship of a Seer. In the Greek, the phrase does not actually say “One”–or say anything about what or who is on the throne. Was it the Holy Ghost deciding on the words? When you are out traveling alone in the wilderness, you see how helpless man is to the elements of nature and forces of the world. For concerns and questions please contact. 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