1 Nephi 12:6 6 And I saw the heavens open, and the Lamb of G.o.d descending out of heaven; and he came down and showed himself unto them.
1 Nephi 12:7 7 And I also saw and bear record that the Holy Ghost fell upon twelve others; and they were ordained of G.o.d, and chosen.
1 Nephi 12:8 8 And the angel spake unto me, saying: Behold the twelve disciples of the Lamb, who are chosen to minister unto thy seed.
1 Nephi 12:9 9 And he said unto me: Thou rememberest the twelve apostles of the Lamb? Behold they are they who shall judge the twelve tribes of Israel; wherefore, the twelve ministers of thy seed shall be judged of them; for ye are of the house of Israel.
1 Nephi 12:10 10 And these twelve ministers whom thou beholdest shall judge thy seed. And, behold, they are righteous forever; for because of their faith in the Lamb of G.o.d their garments are made white in his blood.
1 Nephi 12:11 11 And the angel said unto me: Look! And I looked, and beheld three generations pa.s.s away in righteousness; and their garments were white even like unto the Lamb of G.o.d. And the angel said unto me: These are made white in the blood of the Lamb, because of their faith in him.
1 Nephi 12:12 12 And I, Nephi, also saw many of the fourth generation who pa.s.sed away in righteousness.
1 Nephi 12:13 13 And it came to pa.s.s that I saw the mult.i.tudes of the earth gathered together.
1 Nephi 12:14 14 And the angel said unto me: Behold thy seed, and also the seed of thy brethren.
1 Nephi 12:15 15 And it came to pa.s.s that I looked and beheld the people of my seed gathered together in mult.i.tudes against the seed of my brethren; and they were gathered together to battle.
1 Nephi 12:16 16 And the angel spake unto me, saying: Behold the fountain of filthy water which thy father saw; yea, even the river of which he spake; and the depths thereof are the depths of h.e.l.l.
1 Nephi 12:17 17 And the mists of darkness are the temptations of the devil, which blindeth the eyes, and hardeneth the hearts of the children of men, and leadeth them away into broad roads, that they perish and are lost.
1 Nephi 12:18 18 And the large and s.p.a.cious building, which thy father saw, is vain imaginations and the pride of the children of men. And a great and a terrible gulf divideth them; yea, even the word of the justice of the Eternal G.o.d, and the Messiah who is the Lamb of G.o.d, of whom the Holy Ghost beareth record, from the beginning of the world until this time, and from this time henceforth and forever.
1 Nephi 12:19 19 And while the angel spake these words, I beheld and saw that the seed of my brethren did contend against my seed, according to the word of the angel; and because of the pride of my seed, and the temptations of the devil, I beheld that the seed of my brethren did overpower the people of my seed.
1 Nephi 12:20 20 And it came to pa.s.s that I beheld, and saw the people of the seed of my brethren that they had overcome my seed; and they went forth in mult.i.tudes upon the face of the land.
1 Nephi 12:21 21 And I saw them gathered together in mult.i.tudes; and I saw wars and rumors of wars among them; and in wars and rumors of wars I saw many generations pa.s.s away.
1 Nephi 12:22 22 And the angel said unto me: Behold these shall dwindle in unbelief.
1 Nephi 12:23 23 And it came to pa.s.s that I beheld, after they had dwindled in unbelief they became a dark, and loathsome, and a filthy people, full of idleness and all manner of abominations.
1 Nephi 13 Chapter 13
1 Nephi 13:1 1 And it came to pa.s.s that the angel spake unto me, saying: Look! And I looked and beheld many nations and kingdoms.
1 Nephi 13:2 2 And the angel said unto me: What beholdest thou? And I said: I behold many nations and kingdoms.
1 Nephi 13:3 3 And he said unto me: These are the nations and kingdoms of the Gentiles.
1 Nephi 13:4 4 And it came to pa.s.s that I saw among the nations of the Gentiles the formation of a great church.
1 Nephi 13:5 5 And the angel said unto me: Behold the formation of a church which is most abominable above all other churches, which slayeth the saints of G.o.d, yea, and tortureth them and bindeth them down, and yoketh them with a yoke of iron, and bringeth them down into captivity.
1 Nephi 13:6 6 And it came to pa.s.s that I beheld this great and abominable church; and I saw the devil that he was the founder of it.
1 Nephi 13:7 7 And I also saw gold, and silver, and silks, and scarlets, and fine-twined linen, and all manner of precious clothing; and I saw many harlots.
1 Nephi 13:8 8 And the angel spake unto me, saying: Behold the gold, and the silver, and the silks, and the scarlets, and the fine-twined linen, and the precious clothing, and the harlots, are the desires of this great and abominable church.
1 Nephi 13:9 9 And also for the praise of the world do they destroy the saints of G.o.d, and bring them down into captivity.
1 Nephi 13:10 10 And it came to pa.s.s that I looked and beheld many waters; and they divided the Gentiles from the seed of my brethren.
1 Nephi 13:11 11 And it came to pa.s.s that the angel said unto me: Behold the wrath of G.o.d is upon the seed of thy brethren.
1 Nephi 13:12 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 G.o.d, 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.
1 Nephi 13:13 13 And it came to pa.s.s that I beheld the Spirit of G.o.d, that it wrought upon other Gentiles; and they went forth out of captivity, upon the many waters.
1 Nephi 13:14 14 And it came to pa.s.s that I beheld many mult.i.tudes of the Gentiles upon the land of promise; and I beheld the wrath of G.o.d, that it was upon the seed of my brethren; and they were scattered before the Gentiles and were smitten.
1 Nephi 13:15 15 And I beheld the Spirit of the Lord, that it was upon the Gentiles, and they did prosper and obtain the land for their inheritance; and I beheld that they were white, and exceedingly fair and beautiful, like unto my people before they were slain.
1 Nephi 13:16 16 And it came to pa.s.s that I, Nephi, beheld that the Gentiles who had gone forth out of captivity did humble themselves before the Lord; and the power of the Lord was with them.
1 Nephi 13:17 17 And I beheld that their mother Gentiles were gathered together upon the waters, and upon the land also, to battle against them.
1 Nephi 13:18 18 And I beheld that the power of G.o.d was with them, and also that the wrath of G.o.d was upon all those that were gathered together against them to battle.
1 Nephi 13:19 19 And I, Nephi, beheld that the Gentiles that had gone out of captivity were delivered by the power of G.o.d out of the hands of all other nations.
1 Nephi 13:20 20 And it came to pa.s.s that I, Nephi, beheld that they did prosper in the land; and I beheld a book, and it was carried forth among them.
1 Nephi 13:21 21 And the angel said unto me: Knowest thou the meaning of the book?
1 Nephi 13:22 22 And I said unto him: I know not.
1 Nephi 13:23 23 And he said: Behold it proceedeth out of the mouth of a Jew.
And I, Nephi, beheld it; and he said unto me: The book that thou beholdest is a record of the Jews, which contains the covenants of the Lord, which he hath made unto the house of Israel; and it also containeth many of the prophecies of the holy prophets; and it is a record like unto the engravings which are upon the plates of bra.s.s, save there are not so many; nevertheless, they contain the covenants of the Lord, which he hath made unto the house of Israel; wherefore, they are of great worth unto the Gentiles.
1 Nephi 13:24 24 And the angel of the Lord said unto me: Thou hast beheld that the book proceeded forth from the mouth of a Jew; and when it proceeded forth from the mouth of a Jew it contained the fulness of the gospel of the Lord, of whom the twelve apostles bear record; and they bear record according to the truth which is in the Lamb of G.o.d.
1 Nephi 13:25 25 Wherefore, these things go forth from the Jews in purity unto the Gentiles, according to the truth which is in G.o.d.
1 Nephi 13:26 26 And after they go forth by the hand of the twelve apostles of the Lamb, from the Jews unto the Gentiles, thou seest the formation of a great and abominable church, which is most abominable above all other churches; for behold, they have taken 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.
1 Nephi 13:27 27 And all this have they done that they might pervert the right ways of the Lord, that they might blind the eyes and harden the hearts of the children of men.
1 Nephi 13:28 28 Wherefore, thou seest that after the book hath gone forth through the hands of the great and abominable church, that there are many plain and precious things taken away from the book, which is the book of the Lamb of G.o.d.
1 Nephi 13:29 29 And after these plain and precious things were taken away it goeth forth unto all the nations of the Gentiles; and after it goeth forth unto all the nations of the Gentiles, yea, even across the many waters which thou hast seen with the Gentiles which have gone forth out of captivity, thou seest--because of the many plain and precious things which have been taken out of the book, which were plain unto the understanding of the children of men, according to the plainness which is in the Lamb of G.o.d--because of these things which are taken away out of the gospel of the Lamb, an exceedingly great many do stumble, yea, insomuch that Satan hath great power over them.
1 Nephi 13:30 30 Nevertheless, thou beholdest that the Gentiles who have gone forth out of captivity, and have been lifted up by the power of G.o.d above all other nations, upon the face of the land which is choice above all other lands, which is the land that the Lord G.o.d hath covenanted with thy father that his seed should have for the land of their inheritance; wherefore, thou seest that the Lord G.o.d will not suffer that the Gentiles will utterly destroy the mixture of thy seed, which are among thy brethren.
1 Nephi 13:31 31 Neither will he suffer that the Gentiles shall destroy the seed of thy brethren.