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I Nephi 6-10

I Nephi 6-10. I Nephi 6 This Chapter establishes the criteria writers used to select materials for inclusion on the plates. I Nephi 6:4 was my mission motto!. I Nephi 7. Why Ishmael? Why didn’t they complain this time?

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I Nephi 6-10

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  1. I Nephi 6-10 I Nephi 6 This Chapter establishes the criteria writers used to select materials for inclusion on the plates. I Nephi 6:4 was my mission motto!

  2. I Nephi 7 Why Ishmael? Why didn’t they complain this time? Why would Ishmael even entertain the thought of joining Lehi in the wilderness? Why not some other man with many daughters?

  3. 2 possible reasons! 1. Ishmael was from the tribe of Ephraim. 2. Ishmael accepted Lehi as a prophet in Jerusalem.

  4. According to Erastus Snow, “the Prophet Joseph Smith informed us that… Ishmael was of the lineage of Ephraim, and that his sons (had) married into Lehi’s family, and Lehi’s sons married Ishamael’s daughters.” It is concluded from this statement that Lehi had some older daughters who had already married Ishmael’s sons. It is further thought that Lehi and Ishmael had previously contracted with each other to have their children marry. Both were of the tribe of Joseph, and their families were nearly compatible in the number of match-ups for marriage. When Zoram is included, there is a perfect numerical match-up of marriageable-aged people (JD, 23:184). It fulfilled Genesis 48:16 & 49:22. Hence, they may have had to leave family members including grandchildren behind.

  5. The “cousin was the natural bride of the man.” Hugh Nibley surmised that Lehi and Ishmael were probably closely related. This may not only have been the custom, but a right among the Bedouins. Every Bedawi had a right to marry his father’s brother’s daughter before she was given to a stranger.

  6. I Nephi 8 “The Vision of the Tree of Life” This is the central message of the Book of Mormon (C.R., April 1986, Boyd K. Packer, 76). The “Tree of Life” is mentioned 16 times in the Book of Mormon. Thirty-one percent of I Nephi is the two accounts of the tree. It is connected to the cross. Both relate to resurrection, eternal life, the Lord, and the love of God.

  7. Why is the Vision symbolic? 1. To reveal truths to those who are receptive. 2. Conceal truths to those who are not ready or prepared to receive them.

  8. “Stella 5” Nicknamed "Tree of Life Stela," it is really Stela #5 from Izapa Mexico. Izapa is unique in that it is a very large site with many stela. Matthew W. Stirling, the archaeologist who found it in 1941, labeled the stone "Stela 5." The stela depicts a fruited tree with several characters gathered around it. A decade after its discovery, M. Wells Jakeman - chairman of the Department of Archaeology at Brigham Young University created a drawing and interpreted the stone as representing "Lehi's dream." For years, many people believed this interpretation. Since then, further research and better imaging technologies have resulted in other interpretations such as creation myths and 'road of life' themes. Regardless of what the real image portrays, it is interesting to learn more about the original inhabitants. Pictured below is a carving made by a local artist in the town of Bacalar that duplicates the drawing made by Jakeman.

  9. Izapa Stela 5 is one of a number of large, carved stelae found in the ancient Mesoamerican site of Izapa, in the Soconusco region of Chiapas, Mexico along the present-day Guatemalan border. These stelae date from roughly 300 BCE to 50 or 100 BCE,[1] although some argue for dates as late as 250 CE.[2] Also known as the "Tree of Life" stone,[3] the complex religious imagery of Izapa Stela 5 has led to different theories and speculations concerning its subject matter, particularly those involving Pre-Columbian trans-oceanic contact. Though discovered and documented first in the 1930s, the stone is particularly noteworthy because of the controversy created by the proposition by Professor M. Wells Jakeman in 1953 that the stone was a record of the Book of Mormontree of life vision.[4]

  10. I Nephi 8:11 “The Fruit isDelicious!” While giving a discourse on the nature of God, Joseph Smith observed, “This is good doctrine. It taste good…. I know it is good; and when I tell you of these things which were given me by inspiration of the Holy Spirit, you are bound to receive them as sweet, and rejoice more and more” (Teachings, 355).

  11. I Nephi 8:20 Delbert Stapely in 1955 received permission to change the word straight to strait in the Book of Mormon. Strait in Greek means narrow. Thus we have the narrow and narrower path!

  12. Strait = lesser portion or Aaronic Narrow = greater portion of Melchizedek

  13. I Nephi 8:23-33 Are We Holding Fast to the Rod of Iron? Elder Bednar suggested that holding fast to the iron rod entails the prayerful and consistent use of the following three things: 1. Reading 2. Studying 3. Searching

  14. I Nephi 8:26-27 “Great and Spacious Building” Elder Neal A. Maxwell reminded us to hold up the shield of faith when scorners can be seen and heard from the great and spacious building. Let us bear the pointing fingers which, ironically, belong to those finally who, being bored, find the great and spacious building to be a stale and cramped third-class hotel. Let us revile not the revilers and heed them not (D&C 31:9). Instead, let us use our energy to hold up the shield of faith to quench the incoming fiery darts (C.R., Oct. 2003, 108).

  15. I Nephi 8:37 All the feelings of a tender parent! Elder Robert D. Hales taught that we too must have the faith to teach our children and bid them to keep the commandments. We should not let their choices weaken our faith. Our worthiness will not be measured according to their righteousness. Lehi did not lose the blessing of feasting at the tree of life because Laman and Lemuel refused to partake of its fruit. Sometimes as parents we feel we have failed when our children make mistakes or stray. Parents are never failures when they do their best to love, teach, pray, and care for their children. Their faith, prayers, and efforts will be consecrated to the good of their children” (C.R., Apr. 2004, 90).

  16. I Nephi 10:17-19 Learn by the Power of the Holy Ghost Elder Bednar taught that “The Spirit of the Lord usually communicates with us in ways that are quiet, delicate, and subtle…” The Standard is clear. If something we think, see, hear, or do distances us from the Holy Ghost, then we should stop thinking, seeing, hearing, or doing that thing. If that which is intended to entertain, for example, alienates us from the Holy Spirit, then certainly that type of entertainment is not for us (C.R., Apr. 2006, 29-30).

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