Nephi1’s Vision: 1 Nephi 11–14
Nephi1 and the Spirit of the Lord
For it came to pass after I had desired to know the things that my father had seen—and believing that the Lord was able to make them known unto me—as I sat pondering in mine heart I was caught away in the Spirit of the Lord, yea, into an exceeding high mountain, which I never had before seen, and upon which I never had before set my foot.
And the Spirit said unto me, “Behold, what desirest thou?”
And I said, “I desire to behold the things which my father saw.”
And the Spirit said unto me, “Believest thou that thy father saw the tree of which he hath spoken?”
And I said, “Yea, thou knowest that I believe all the words of my father.”
And when I had spoken these words, the Spirit cried with a loud voice, saying, “Hosanna to the Lord, the most high God; for he is God over all the earth, yea, even above all. And blessed art thou, Nephi, because thou believest in the Son of the most high God; wherefore, thou shalt behold the things which thou hast desired. And behold this thing shall be given unto thee for a sign, that after thou hast beheld the tree which bore the fruit which thy father tasted, thou shalt also behold a man descending out of heaven, and him shall ye witness; and after ye have witnessed him ye shall bear record that it is the Son of God.”
And it came to pass that the Spirit said unto me, “Look!” And I looked and beheld a tree; and it was like unto the tree which my father had seen; and the beauty thereof was far beyond, yea, exceeding of all beauty; and the whiteness thereof did exceed the whiteness of the driven snow.
And it came to pass after I had seen the tree, I said unto the Spirit, “I behold thou hast shown unto me the tree which is precious above all.”
And he said unto me, “What desirest thou?”
And I said unto him, “To know the interpretation thereof.” (For I spake unto him as a man speaketh; for I beheld that he was in the form of a man; yet nevertheless, I knew that it was the Spirit of the Lord; and he spake unto me as a man speaketh with another.)
And it came to pass that he said unto me, “Look!” And I looked as if to look upon him, and I saw him not; for he had gone from before my presence.
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