BOOK OF MORMON -1
NEPHI CRITIQUE
An
account
of Lehi and his wife Sariah, and his four sons, being called,
(beginning at the eldest) Laman, Lemuel, Sam, and Nephi. The Lord
warns
Lehi to depart out of the land of Jerusalem, because he
prophesieth
unto the people concerning their iniquity and they seek to destroy
his
life. He taketh three days’ journey into the wilderness with his
family. Nephi taketh his brethren and returneth to the land of
Jerusalem after the record of the Jews. The account of their
sufferings. They take the daughters of Ishmael to wife. They take
their
families and depart into the wilderness. Their sufferings and
afflictions in the wilderness. The course of their travels. They
come
to the large waters. Nephi’s brethren rebel against him. He
confoundeth
them, and buildeth a ship. They call the name of the place
Bountiful.
They cross the large waters into the promised land, and so forth.
This
is according to the account of Nephi; or in other words, I, Nephi,
wrote this record.
CHAPTER 1 - Nephi records the prophecies of his fictional father Lehi |
CHAPTER 2 - Lehi and his family leave Jerusalem for the wilderness |
CHAPTER 3 - Nephi returns to Jerusalem for the fictional brass plates |
CHAPTER 4 - Nephi murders Laban and takes the fictional brass plates |
CHAPTER 5 - Lehi examines the fictional brass plates |
CHAPTER 6 - Nephi explains the purpose of his writings |
CHAPTER 7 - The brothers of Nephi rebel but then repent |
CHAPTER 8 - Lehi sees a vision of the tree of life and the New Jerusalem |
CHAPTER 9 - Nephi makes two sets of brass plates |
CHAPTER 10 - Lehi and Nephi both prophecy about Jesus Christ in N.T. detail |
CHAPTER 11 - Nephi continues his prophecies out of the New Testament |
CHAPTER 12 - Nephi prophecies about his descendants in America |
CHAPTER 13 - Nephi prophecies about the United States of America |
CHAPTER 14 - Nephi prophecies against the Catholic Church |
CHAPTER 15 - Nephi prophecies about the Indians receiving the Mormon gospel |
CHAPTER 16 - Lehi's sons marry and are guided through the lush Arabian desert |
CHAPTER 17 - The brothers of Nephi rebel but then repent |
CHAPTER 18 - They build a ship in the Arabian desert and sail to America |
| CHAPTER 19 - Nephi continues his prophecies out of the New Testament |
| CHAPTER 20 - Isaiah chapter 48 was copied by Sidney Rigdon |
| CHAPTER 21 - Isaiah chapter 49 was copied by Sidney Rigdon |
| CHAPTER 22 - Nephi makes broad prophecies about the last days |