1 Nephi 11-22
In Chapters 11-15 Nephi's vision continues, and Nephi sees a lot. He sees the Saviour's birth, ministry, apostles, death and resurrection, the revelation of John, the loss of parts of the Bible, the discovery and colonising of America, and the restoration of the gospel and establishment of Zion. I said in class that that's a huge amount of prophecy, and I was right in that. But I also said he saw events which would occur in the next 600 years, which is like us predicting events up to 2620. I was wrong. He's actually seeing events right up to the present day - 2,600 years. Which is like us predicting events up to the year 4260. Wow. I asked why Nephi gets so much prophecy at a time when the rest of Israel was just beginning to have an awareness that there might be a messiah coming. I don't have the answer to that question, but various suggestions were made. Possibly, I felt, because Nephi and his family were leaving the holy land and needed to have some ide