Nephi sees visions of future events, including the coming of Christ, the apostasy and restoration of the gospel. He sees Columbus arrive in the Americas, fulfilling prophecy about the Gentiles receiving the land of promise. Nephi witnesses the scattering and destruction of his descendants, but also their eventual survival among the Gentiles. He foresees the establishment of the great and abominable church and the two opposing churches of God and the devil in the last days.

1. Lesson 4 – 1 Nephi 12-14
THE THINGS
WHICH I SAW
WHILE I WAS
CARRIED
AWAY IN THE
SPIRIT
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3. The timeline of todays lesson
Cruifixion of Christ
The Great Apostasy
Final Battle between
Nephites and
Lamanites
Lehi and Family
Leave Jerusalem
Columbus
arrives in
Hispanola
Restoration of
the Gospel

4. Chapter 12
 Nephi see’s his descendants in the land of
promise – v1
 He sees the wars between his seed and the seed
of his brothers – v2
 He sees the destruction on the land at the time of
Christ’s crucifixion – v4
 He sees the risen Lord visit his people – v6
 He sees 12 ministers called to serve his people –
v7-10
 An Angel shows him the righteousness of his
people for 4 generations – v11-12
 Nephi interprets parts of his Fathers Vision – v16-
18
 He sees the destruction of his descendants by the

5. Chapter 13
 The “great and abominable church” set up among
the Gentiles (v. 4-9)
 The discovery and colonizing of America (v. 10-
20)
 The loss of many plain and precious parts of the
Bible (v. 20-29)
 The resultant state of gentile apostasy (v.32-34)
 The restoration of the gospel (v. 34-37)
 The coming forth of latter-day scripture (v. 35-36,
39-41)
 The building up of Zion (v. 37)

6. Chapter 14
 Nephi learns of blessings and punishments in
the last days (v. 1-9)
 Nephi learns that there are only 2 churches (v.
10-12)
 Nephi sees the persecution of the Saints by
the Church of the Devil (v. 12-20)
 Nephi sees the mission of the Apostle John (v.
18-30)

7. Did Nephi’s “seed” survive
destruction?
1 Nephi 13
 30 Nevertheless, thou beholdest that the Gentiles
who have gone forth out of captivity, and have
been lifted up by the power of God above all other
nations, upon the face of the land which is choice
above all other lands, which is the land that the
Lord God hath covenanted with thy father that his
seed should have for the land of their inheritance;
wherefore, thou seest that the Lord God will not
suffer that the Gentiles will utterly destroy the
mixture of thy seed, which are among thy
brethren.
 31 Neither will he suffer that the Gentiles shall
destroy the seed of thy brethren.

8. Great and Abominable Church
 "And it came to pass that I beheld the great and
abominable church; and I saw the devil that he was
the founder of it." (1 Ne. 13:6)
 What exactly is "the great and abominable church?"
 "And [the angel] said unto me: Behold there are two
churches only; the one is the church of the Lamb of
God, and the other is the church of the devil." (1 Ne.
14:10)
 So does that mean that the LDS Church is the church of
the Lamb of God, and all other churches are of the devil?
 NO
 "Contend against no church save it be the church of the
devil." (D&C 18:20).

10. Our mandate to our brothers and
sisters in the world…
 "Bring all the good you have with you, and let us
add to it." -Gordon B. Hinckley
 "We are a global church. Our membership is
found throughout the world. May we be good
citizens of the nations in which we live and good
neighbors in our communities, reaching out to
those of other faiths as well as to those of our
own."
 - Thomas S. Monson

11. The Gentiles come to America
1 Nephi 13
 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 God, 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.


12. Christopher Columbus
 "It was the Lord who put it into my mind, (I
could feel His hand upon me), the fact that it
would be possible to sail from here to the
Indies. All who heard of my project rejected it
with laughter, ridiculing me. There is no
question that the inspiration was from the Holy
Spirit, because He comforted me with rays of
marvelous inspiration from the Holy
Scriptures.”
 (Christopher Columbus’ Journal)

13. The Gentiles come to America
1 Nephi 13
 13 And it came to pass that I beheld the Spirit
of God, that it wrought upon other Gentiles;
and they went forth out of captivity, upon the
many waters.
 14 And it came to pass that I beheld many
multitudes of the Gentiles upon the land of
promise; and I beheld the wrath of God, that it
was upon the seed of my brethren; and they
were scattered before the Gentiles and were
smitten.

14. Scattered “before” the Gentiles
 Throughout the Americas, diseases introduced
with Europeans spread from tribe to tribe far in
advance of the Europeans themselves, killing an
estimated 95% of the pre-Columbian Native
American population. The most populous and
highly organized native societies of North
American, the Mississippian chiefdoms,
disappeared in that way between 1492 and the
late 1600s, even before Europeans themselves
made their first settlement on the Mississippi
River."
 (Jared Diamond, Guns, Germs and Steel: The Fates
of Human Societies, p. 78)

15. Creating a Free Nation
 "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.
 And I beheld that their mother Gentiles were gathered
together upon the waters, and upon the land also, to
battle against them.
 And I beheld that the power of God was with them,
and also that the wrath of God was upon all those that
were gathered together against them to battle. And I,
Nephi, beheld that the Gentiles that had gone out of
captivity were delivered by the power of God out of
the hands of all other nations."
 (1 Ne. 13:16-19)

16. New Order of the Ages
 The story of the American Revolution is the
story of miracles: a ragtag, unseasoned,
disorganized group of citizen-soldiers won
their independence from the world's greatest
empire. The Book of Mormon tells us this was
a part of God's plan, to create an environment
where the "marvelous work and a wonder" of
the Restoration of the Gospel could take place.
 Nancy Jensen