For years I have been trying to share this information by going through verses in 1 and 2 Nephi but it seems that the point is always lost. So, instead of trying to teach verse by verse, I am sharing a very general overview of what to look for and how to see. Then I hope you will take these things and study and read 1 and 2 Nephi for yourselves. In the books of 1 and 2 Nephi, we read so many wonderful stories full of incredible truths and doctrine. Among the virtues and principles we learn are humility, obedience, repentance, and consistency. We see deeply throughout those books two kinds of love - the love for God and the love for family. We learn about the sweetness of drawing near to Christ and the bitterness of turning away. We learn how consistent actions bring about mighty changes. The lessons go on and on. We also learn one very important over-arching lesson which is what I’d like to focus on. We learn what it takes to enter back into the presence of the Lord. Nephi, as an old m
The last verse of 1 Nephi 1 and the first two verses of 1 Nephi 2 read: "But behold, I, Nephi, will show unto you that the tender c 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 d deliverance . "For behold, it came to pass that the Lord spake unto my father, yea, even in a dream, and said unto him: Blessed art thou Lehi, because of the things which thou hast done; and because thou hast been faithful and declared unto this people the things which I commanded thee, behold, they seek to a take away thy b life . "And it came to pass that the Lord a commanded my father, even in a b dream , that he should c take his family and depart into the wilderness." We again see that God often communicates in dreams. This is a very normal way for us to begin to see and understand the revelations God has for us. Most nights I find myself praying to have revelation as I rest, that the answers t