1 Nephi 11-14 Sequence of Events
1 Nephi 10-11
722 BC
10 tribes were scattered
620 BC
The seed of Lehites (Joseph: Ephraim & Manasseh) are brought to the promised Land (Amercia)
Behold, I say unto you, that the house of Israel was compared unto an olive tree, by the Spirit of the Lord which was in our father; and behold are we not broken off from the house of Israel, and are we not a branch of the house of Israel?
(1 Nephi 15:12)
597 BC
Jerusalem is destroyed - Jews are scattered
And now, after all these things, the time has come that they have become wicked, yea, nearly unto ripeness; and I know not but they are at this day about to be destroyed; for I know that the day must surely come that they must be destroyed, save a few only, who shall be led away into captivity.
(1 Nephi 17:43)
538 BC
Jewish came back to Jerusalem
That after they should be destroyed, even that great city Jerusalem, and many be carried away captive into Babylon, according to the own due time of the Lord, they should return again, yea, even be brought back out of captivity; and after they should be brought back out of captivity they should possess again the land of their inheritance.
(1 Nephi 10:3)
Circa 0 BC
Jesus is Born
And I looked and beheld the virgin again, bearing a child in her arms. And the angel said unto me: Behold the Lamb of God, yea, even the Son of the Eternal Father!
(1 Nephi 11:20-21)
And behold he cometh, according to the words of the angel, in six hundred years from the time my father left Jerusalem (1 Nephi 19:8)
30 AD
Jesus is baptized by John
And I looked and beheld the Redeemer of the world, of whom my father had spoken; and I also beheld the prophet who should prepare the way before him. And the Lamb of God went forth and was baptized of him; and after he was baptized, I beheld the heavens open, and the Holy Ghost come down out of heaven and bide upon him in the form of a dove. (1 Nephi 11:27)
30-33 BC
Jesus Minister
And he spake unto me again, saying: Look! And I looked, and I beheld the Lamb of God going forth among the children of men. And I beheld multitudes of people who were asick, and who were afflicted with all manner of diseases, and with devils and unclean spirits; and the angel spake and showed all these things unto me. And they were healed by the power of the Lamb of God; and the devils and the unclean spirits were cast out.
(1 Nephi 11:31)
33 AD
Jesus is Judged
And the world, because of their iniquity, shall judge him to be a thing of naught; wherefore they scourge him, and he suffereth it; and they smite him, and he suffereth it. Yea, they spit upon him, and he suffereth it, because of his loving kindness and his clong-suffering towards the children of men.
(1 Nephi 19:9)
33 AD
Jesus is crucified
And it came to pass that the angel spake unto me again, saying: Look! And I looked and beheld the Lamb of God, that he was taken by the people; yea, the Son of the everlasting God was judged of the world; and I saw and bear record. And I, Nephi, saw that he was lifted up upon the cross and slain for the sins of the world.
(1 Nephi 11:32-33).
3 Days of Darkness Sign
3 Days of Darkness Sign
which he spake concerning the three days of darkness, which should be a sign given of his death unto those who should inhabit the isles of the sea, more especially given unto those who are of the house of Israel. (1 Nephi 19:10)
33 AD
Jesus Resurrection
And after they had slain the Messiah, who should come, and after he had been slain he should rise from the dead. (1 Nephi 10:11)
1 Nephi 12
The seed of Lehi
33 BC
Jesus appears to the Nephites
And it came to pass 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 who had not fallen because of the great and terrible judgments of the Lord. And I saw the heavens open, and the Lamb of God descending out of heaven; and he came down and showed himself unto them. (1 Nephi 12:5-6)
33 BC
Jesus calls the 12 disciples
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, who are chosen to minister unto thy seed. (1 Nephi 12:7-8)
33 BC
The Nephites write Christ's words
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 windle in unbelief, and also the seed of thy brethren (1 Nephi 13:35)
33 - 321 AD
Four generation in righteousness
And I, Nephi, also saw many of the generation who passed away in righteousness. (1 Nephi 12:12)
321 AD
War among the Nephites and Lamanites
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. (1 Nephi 12:15)
385 AD
Nephites are destroyed
And while the angel spake 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 of the devil, I beheld that the seed of my brethren did the people of my seed. (1 Nephi 12:19)
400 AD
Lamanites dwindle in unbelief
And the angel said unto me: Behold these shall dwindle in unbelief. And it came to pass that I beheld, after they had dwindled in unbelief they became a dark, and loathsome, and a filthy people, full of idleness and all manner of abominations.
(1 Nephi 12:22-23)
1 Nephi 13:1-18
The Gentiles become a mighty Nation
Circa 306 AD
Nations and Kingdoms of the Gentiles
And the angel said unto me: What beholdest thou? And I said: I behold many nations and kingdoms. And he said unto me: These are the nations and kingdoms of the Gentiles.
(1 Nephi 13:2)
325 AD
Formation of the great and abominable church
And it came to pass that I saw among the nations of the Gentiles the formation of a great church.
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.
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.
(1 Nephi 13:4-6)
1492 AD
The Man Among the Gentiles (Christopher Colombus)
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 upon the man; and he went forth upon the many waters, even unto the seed of my brethren, who were in the promised land.
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.
(1 Nephi 13:12-13)
1608 AD
Pelgrims came out of captivity
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. (1 Nephi 14:13)
Circa 1607 AD
The seed of Lehi is scattered
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.
(1 Nephi 14:14)
1620
Pelgrims obtained the land for inheritance
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.
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. (1 Nephi 13:5-16)
1775-1783
Gentiles war against their mother land
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.
(1 Nephi 13:17-18)
1775
Gentiles war against their mother land
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.
(1 Nephi 13:17-18)
1783
Gentiles who went out of captivity were delivered
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 Nephi 13:19)
1 Nephi 13
Timeline Break: Introducing Problems
Problem #1: The corrupt book
The bible played a crucial role in American culture
The Book Among the Gentiles
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.
(1 Nephi 13:20)
The bible played a crucial role in American culture
The Great and Abominable church takes plain and pracious things and many covenants of the Lord
Wherefore, these things go forth from the Jews in purity unto the Gentiles, according to the truth which is in God.
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 that 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.
(1 Nephi 13:25-26)
Satan has great power over the hearts of the people
Gentiles exeedingly stumble
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. (1 Nephi 13:29)
Problem #2: The Lord Promised Lehi the land which now the Gentiles receive for inheritance.
The seed of Nephi can't be destroyed. The Seed of Nephi is in the mixture of the seed of the Lamanites.
The Lord covenanted with Lehi to give them the land of promised for inheritiance
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. (1 Nephi 13:30)
The seed of Nephi can't be destroyed. The Seed of Nephi is in the mixture of the seed of the Lamanites.
The Lamanites can't be destroyed
The Gentiles can't destroyed the Lamanites
Neither will he suffer that the Gentiles shall destroy the seed of thy brethren. (1 Nephi 13:3)
The Lord will reverse the estate of blindness of the Gentiles
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. (1 Nephi 13:32)
1 Nephi 13-14
The sequence to solve the problems
1829
The Coming forth of the Book of Mormon
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.
36 And in them shall be written my gospel, saith the Lamb, and my rock and my salvation.
(1 Nephi 13:35-36)
202?
Bringing forth Zion
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.
(1 Nephi 13:37)
202?
Groups that will be converted are:
The Gentiles
The seed of Lehi
The Jews that are scattered
The Upcoming Records have the "convincing power"
And after it had come forth unto them I beheld , which came forth by the power of the Lamb, from the Gentiles unto them, unto the 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 . (1 Nephi 13:39)
Groups that will be converted are:
The Gentiles
The seed of Lehi
The Jews that are scattered
202?
Because of the records, we will know "how to come to the Lord" and be saved.
Recovering the plain and precious things
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.
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;
(1 Nephi 13:40-41)
Because of the records, we will know "how to come to the Lord" and be saved.
202?
The Lord will removed the stumbling blocks fo the Gentiles
And it shall come to pass, that if the Gentiles shall hearken unto the Lamb of God in that day that he shall manifest himself unto them in word, and also in power, in very deed, unto the taking away of their stumbling blocks
(1 Nephi 14:1)
202?
If the Gentiles Repent they will be numbered among the seed of Lehi
And harden not their hearts against the Lamb of God, they shall be numbered among the seed of thy father; yea, they shall be among the house of Israel; and they shall be a people upon the forever; they shall be no more brought down into captivity; and the house of Israel shall no more be confounded.
(1 Nephi 14:2)
Division: Condition of Repetance and harden their hearts
And it came to pass that the angel spake unto me, Nephi, saying: Thou hast beheld that if the Gentiles repent it shall be with them; and thou also knowest concerning the covenants of the Lord unto the house of Israel; and thou also hast heard that whoso not must perish.
Therefore, be unto the Gentiles if it so be that they harden their hearts against the Lamb of God. (1 Nephi 14:5-6)
The Great and Marvelous Work
202?
The Great and Marvelous Work
For the time cometh, saith the Lamb of God, that I will work a great and a among the children of men; a which shall be everlasting, either on the one hand or on the other—either to the convincing of them unto and , or unto the deliverance of them to the hardness of their hearts and the blindness of their minds unto their being brought down into captivity, and also into destruction, both temporally and spiritually, according to the of the devil, of which I have spoken.
(1 Nephi 14:7)
202?
Division of two churches
And he said unto me: Behold there are save churches only; the one is the church of the Lamb of God, and the is the church of the ; wherefore, belongeth not to the church of the Lamb of God belongeth to that great church, which is the mother of abominations; and she is the of all the earth. (1 Nephi 14:10)
202?
Division of the Saints of God
And it came to pass that I beheld the church of the Lamb of God, and its numbers were , because of the wickedness and abominations of the whore who sat upon many waters; nevertheless, I beheld that the church of the Lamb, who were the saints of God, were also upon the face of the earth; and their dominions upon the face of the earth were small, because of the wickedness of the great whore whom I saw. (1 Nephi 14:12)
202?
The Abominable church war the saints of God
And it came to pass that I beheld that the great mother of abominations did gather together multitudes upon the face of all the earth, among all the nations of the Gentiles, to against the Lamb of God. (1 Nephi 14:13)
202?
The power of the Lamb descended upon the saints
And it came to pass that I, Nephi, beheld the power of the Lamb of God, that it descended upon the saints of the church of the Lamb, and upon the covenant people of the Lord, who were scattered upon all the face of the earth; and they were with and with the of God in great glory. (1 Nephi 14:14)
202?
The wrath of God is poured out among the Abominable church
And as there began to be and rumors of wars among all the nations which belonged to the mother of abominations, the angel spake unto me, saying: Behold, the wrath of God is upon the mother of harlots; and behold, thou seest all these things.
(1 Nephi 14:16)
202?
The work of the father shall commence
And when the day cometh that the wrath of God is poured out upon the mother of harlots, which is the great and abominable church of all the earth, whose founder is the devil, then, at that day, the work of the Father shall commence, in preparing the way for the fulfilling of his covenants, which he hath made to his people who are of the house of Israel.
(1 Nephi 14:17)