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| 1 Nephi 13
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| | 13:1 And it came to pass that the angel
spake unto me, saying: Look! And I looked and beheld many nations and kingdoms. |

And it came to pass
(13:1, 4, 6, 10, 11, 13, 14, 16, 20, 34, 38)
| | 13:2 And the angel said unto me: What beholdest thou? And I
said: I behold many nations and kingdoms. |
| | 13:3 And he said unto me: These are the nations and kingdoms of
the Gentiles. |
| | 13:4 And it came to pass that I saw among
the nations of the Gentiles the formation of a great church. |
| | 13:5 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
God, yea, and tortureth them and bindeth them down, and yoketh them with a yoke of iron,
and bringeth them down into captivity. |
| | 13:6 And it came to pass that I beheld
this great and abominable church; and I saw the devil that he was the
founder of it. |

Nephi sees the "great and abominable church" and its founder, the devil.
| 13:7 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. |
| | 13:8 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. |
| | 13:9 And also for the praise of the world do they destroy the
saints of God, and bring them down into captivity. |
| | 13:10 And it came to pass that I looked
and beheld many waters; and they divided the Gentiles from the seed of my brethren. |
| | 13:11 And it came to pass that the angel
said unto me: Behold the wrath of God is upon the seed of thy brethren. |
| | 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. |
| | 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. |
| | 13:14 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. |
| | 13:15 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. |

The Nephites were "white and exceedingly fair."
Exceedingly (13:15, 29, 34)
| | 13:16 And it came to pass 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. |
| | 13:17 And I beheld that their mother Gentiles were gathered
together upon the waters, and upon the land also, to battle against them. |
| | 13:18 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. |
| | 13:19 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. |
| | 13:20 And it came to pass that I, Nephi,
beheld that they did prosper in the land; and I beheld a book, and it was carried forth
among them. |
| | 13:21 And the angel said unto me: Knowest thou the meaning of
the book? |
| | 13:22 And I said unto him: I know not. |
| | 13:23 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 brass, 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. |
| | 13:24 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
God. |
| | 13:25 Wherefore, these things go forth from the Jews
in purity unto the Gentiles, according to the truth which is in God. |
| | 13:26 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. |

Nephi sees the "great and abominable church" who has taken away the
plain and most precious parts of the gospel.
| | 13:27 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. |
... pervert the right ways of the Lord. -- Acts 13:10
| | 13:28 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 God. |

The "great and abominable church" has taken away the plain and most precious things from the book.
| 13:29 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
God -- 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. |
The plain and most precious things in the book have been taken away.
| | 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. |
| | 13:31 Neither will he suffer that the Gentiles shall destroy
the seed of thy brethren. |
| | 13:32 Neither will the Lord God
suffer that the Gentiles shall forever remain in that awful state of blindness, which thou
beholdest they are in, because of the plain and most precious parts of the gospel of the
Lamb which have been kept back by that abominable church, whose formation thou hast
seen. |

The plain and most precious parts of the gospel have been removed by that abominable church.
| | 13:33 Wherefore saith the Lamb of God: I will be merciful unto
the Gentiles, unto the visiting of the remnant of the house of Israel in great
judgment. |
| | 13:34 And it came to pass that the angel
of the Lord spake unto me, saying: Behold, saith the Lamb of God, after I have visited the
remnant of the house of Israel -- and this remnant of whom I speak is the seed of thy
father -- wherefore, after I have visited them in judgment, and smitten them by the hand of
the Gentiles, and after the Gentiles do stumble exceedingly, because
of the most plain and precious parts of the gospel of the Lamb which have been kept back by
that abominable church, which is the mother of harlots, saith the Lamb -- I will be
merciful unto the Gentiles in that day, insomuch that I will bring forth unto them, in
mine own power, much of my gospel, which shall be plain and precious, saith the Lamb. |
| | 13:35 For, behold, saith the Lamb: I will manifest myself unto
thy seed, that they shall write many things which I shall minister unto them, which shall
be plain and precious; and after thy seed shall be destroyed, and
dwindle in unbelief,
and also the seed of thy brethren, behold, these things shall be hid up, to come forth
unto the Gentiles, by the gift and power of the Lamb. |
Dwindling in unbelief
| | 13:36 And in them shall be written my gospel, saith the Lamb,
and my rock and my salvation. |
| | 13:37 And blessed are they
who shall seek to bring forth my Zion at that day, for they shall have the gift and the
power of the Holy Ghost; and if they endure unto the end they shall be lifted up at the
last day, and shall be saved in the everlasting kingdom of the Lamb; and whoso shall
publish peace, yea, tidings of great joy, how beautiful upon the mountains shall they
be. |
| | 13:38 And it came to pass that I beheld
the remnant of the seed of my brethren, and also the book of the Lamb of God, which had
proceeded forth from the mouth of the Jew, that it came forth from the Gentiles unto the
remnant of the seed of my brethren. |
| | 13:39 And after it had come forth unto them I beheld other books, which
came forth by the power of the Lamb, from the Gentiles unto them, unto the convincing of
the Gentiles and the remnant of the seed of my brethren, and also the Jews who were
scattered upon all the face of the earth, that the records of the prophets and of the
twelve apostles of the Lamb are true. |
| | 13:40 And the angel spake unto
me, saying: These last records, which thou hast seen among the Gentiles, shall establish
the truth of the first, which are of the twelve apostles of the Lamb, and shall make known
the plain and precious things which have been taken away from them; and shall make known
to all kindreds, tongues, and people, that the Lamb of God is the Son of
the Eternal Father, and the Savior of the world; and that all men must come unto him, or they cannot be
saved. |

...the Lamb of God is the Eternal Father... -- 1830 Book of Mormon
| 13:41 And they must come according to the words which shall be
established by the mouth of the Lamb; and the words of the Lamb shall be made known in the
records of thy seed, as well as in the records of the twelve apostles of the
Lamb; wherefore they both shall be established in one; for there is one God and one Shepherd
over all the earth. |

...and in them the names of the twelve apostles of the Lamb.
-- Rev.21:14
| | 13:42 And the time cometh that he shall manifest himself unto all nations,
both unto the Jews and also unto the Gentiles; and after he has manifested himself unto
the Jews and also unto the Gentiles, then he shall manifest himself unto the Gentiles and
also unto the Jews, and the last shall be first, and the first shall be last. |

But many that are first shall be last; and the last shall
be first. -- Mt.19:30
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