Scripture Study: 1 Nephi 8:35-38

Lehi is recounting his dream to his family. He tells them of a large and spacious building filled with people who laugh at those who have chosen to partake of the fruit of the tree, and how many have fallen away and become lost after listening to the mocking. 35. And Laman and Lemuel partook not of the fruit, said my father. This is interesting to me. He didn’t see Laman and Lemuel partake and then fall away—he saw that they didn’t partake at all. This must have caused him great distress as a parent, but he can’t have been … Continue reading

Scripture Study 1 Nephi 8:26-34

Lehi is recounting his vision to his family. He saw a tree filled with marvelous fruit, and leading up to that tree was a rod of iron that led along a straight and narrow path. There were people who wandered up to the tree, but felt ashamed after partaking of the fruit. 26. And I also cast my eyes round about, and beheld, on the other side of the river of water, a great and spacious building; and it stood as it were in the air, high above the earth. This building is on the other side of the water, … Continue reading