And it came to pass that the angel said unto me,: Look, and behold thy seed, and also the seed of thy brethren!. And I looked and beheld the land of promise; and I beheld multitudes of people, yea, even as it were in number, as many as the sand of the sea.
And it came to pass that I beheld multitudes gathered together, to battle, one against the other; and I beheld wars, and rumors of wars, and great slaughters with the sword among my people.
And it came to pass that I beheld many generations pass away, after the manner of wars and contentions in the land; and I beheld many cities, yea, even that I did not number them.
And it came to pass that I saw a mist of darkness on the face of the land of promise; and I saw lightnings, and I heard thunderings, and earthquakes, and all manner of tumultuous noises; and I saw the earth and the rocks, that they rent; and I saw mountains tumbling into pieces; and I saw the plains of the earth, that they were broken up; and I saw many cities, that they were sunk; and I saw many, that they were burned with fire; and I saw many, that they did tumble to the earth, because of the quaking thereof.
And it came to pass that after I saw these things, I saw the vapor of darkness, that it passed from off the face of the earth; and behold, I saw multitudes whicho had not fallen, because of the great and terrible judgments of the Lord.
And I saw the Hheavens open, and the Lamb of God descending out of Hheaven; and he came down and sheowed himself unto them.
And I also saw and bear record, that the Holy Ghost fell upon twelve others; and they were ordained of God, and chosen.
And the angel spake unto me, saying: Behold the twelve disciples of the Lamb, whicho are chosen to minister unto thy seed.
And he saithd unto me,: Thou rememberesth the twelve apostles of the Lamb? Behold, they are they whicho 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;.
aAnd these twelve ministers whichom thou beholdest, shall judge thy seed. And, behold, they are righteous forever; for because of their faith in the Lamb of God, their garments are made white in his blood.
And the angel saithd unto me,: lLook! And I looked, and beheld three generations did pass away in righteousness; and their garments were white, even like unto the Lamb of God. And the angel said unto me,: These are made white in the blood of the Lamb, because of their faith in him.
And I, Nephi, also saw many of the fourth generation, which dido passed away in righteousness.
And it came to pass that I saw the multitudes of the earth gathered together.
And the angel said unto me,: Behold thy seed, and also the seed of thy brethren!.
And it came to pass that I looked, and beheld the people of my seed gathered together in multitudes against the seed of my brethren; and they were gathered together to battle.
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 hell;.
aAnd 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 may perish, and are lost;.
aAnd the large and spacious 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 God, and Jthe Mesus Christ,ah whicho is the Lamb of God, of whom the Holy Ghost beareth record, from the beginning of the world until this time, and from this time henceforth and forever.
And while the angel spoake 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.
And it came to pass that I beheld, and saw the people of the seed of my brethren, that they had overcome my seed; and they went forth in multitudes upon the face of the land.
And I saw them gathered together in multitudes; and I saw wars, and rumors of wars among them; and in wars, and rumors of wars, I saw many generations pass away.
And the angel said unto me,: bBehold, these shall dwindle in unbelief.
And it came to pass that I beheld that, after they had dwindled in unbelief, they became a dark, and loathsome, and a filthy people, full of idleness and all manner of abominations.
Influences
- 12:1 — Hebrews 11:9 (KJV)By faith he sojourned in the land of promise, as in a strange country, dwelling in tabernacles with Isaac and Jacob, the heirs with him of the same promise:
- 12:2 — Matthew 24:6 (KJV)And ye shall hear of wars and rumours of wars: see that ye be not troubled: for all these things must come to pass, but the end is not yet.
- 12:4 — Revelation 8:5 (KJV)And the angel took the censer, and filled it with fire of the altar, and cast it into the earth: and there were voices, and thunderings, and lightnings, and an earthquake.
- 12:4 — Matthew 27:51 (KJV)And, behold, the veil of the temple was rent in twain from the top to the bottom; and the earth did quake, and the rocks rent;
- 12:6 — Revelation 21:10 (KJV)And he carried me away in the spirit to a great and high mountain, and shewed me that great city, the holy Jerusalem, descending out of heaven from God,
- 12:7 — Acts 11:15 (KJV)And as I began to speak, the Holy Ghost fell on them, as on us at the beginning.
- 12:9 — Revelation 21:14 (KJV)And the wall of the city had twelve foundations, and in them the names of the twelve apostles of the Lamb.
- 12:9 — Matthew 19:28 (KJV)And Jesus said unto them, Verily I say unto you, That ye which have followed me, in the regeneration when the Son of man shall sit in the throne of his glory, ye also shall sit upon twelve thrones, judging the twelve tribes of Israel.
- 12:10 — Revelation 7:14 (KJV)And I said unto him, Sir, thou knowest. And he said to me, These are they which came out of great tribulation, and have washed their robes, and made them white in the blood of the Lamb.
- 12:11 — Revelation 7:14 (KJV)And I said unto him, Sir, thou knowest. And he said to me, These are they which came out of great tribulation, and have washed their robes, and made them white in the blood of the Lamb.
- 12:17 — Matthew 4:1 (KJV)Then was Jesus led up of the Spirit into the wilderness to be tempted of the devil.
- 12:18 — Romans 1:21 (KJV)Because that, when they knew God, they glorified him not as God, neither were thankful; but became vain in their imaginations, and their foolish heart was darkened.
- 12:18 — Luke 16:26 (KJV)And beside all this, between us and you there is a great gulf fixed: so that they which would pass from hence to you cannot; neither can they pass to us, that would come from thence.
- 12:18 — Ephesians 3:9 (KJV)And to make all men see what is the fellowship of the mystery, which from the beginning of the world hath been hid in God, who created all things by Jesus Christ:
- 12:21 — Matthew 24:6 (KJV)And ye shall hear of wars and rumours of wars: see that ye be not troubled: for all these things must come to pass, but the end is not yet.