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Contents
- 1 Lesson 4: "The Things Which I Saw While I Was Carried Away in the Spirit"
- 1.1 LDS Lesson Manual
- 1.2 1. Nephi sees the future of his descendants and his brothers’ descendants
- 1.3 2. Nephi sees the formation of the great and abominable church, the colonization of the Americas, the Apostasy, and the Restoration of the gospel
- 1.4 3. Nephi sees the blessings promised to the faithful; he also sees the destruction of the great and abominable church
- 1.5 Additional Information Related to 1 Nephi 12-14
- 1.6 Chiasms and Other Poetic Parallelisms in 1 Nephi 12-14
- 1.7 Resources
Lesson 4: "The Things Which I Saw While I Was Carried Away in the Spirit"
LDS Lesson Manual
Lesson 4: The Things Which I Saw While I Was Carried Away in the Spirit: off-site
1. Nephi sees the future of his descendants and his brothers’ descendants
Helpful Insights
Potential Criticisms and Faithful Information
Faith Affirmations
2. Nephi sees the formation of the great and abominable church, the colonization of the Americas, the Apostasy, and the Restoration of the gospel
Helpful Insights
Potential Criticisms and Faithful Information
Faith Affirmations
3. Nephi sees the blessings promised to the faithful; he also sees the destruction of the great and abominable church
Helpful Insights
Potential Criticisms and Faithful Information
Faith Affirmations
Additional Information Related to 1 Nephi 12-14
Chiasms and Other Poetic Parallelisms in 1 Nephi 12-14
The Book of Mormon contains a number of literary structures called poetic parallelisms, chiasmus being the best known. While these are frequently used as evidence for the Book of Mormon’s authenticity, their real value is in helping shed light on the meaning and message in the text. The following passages contain examples of these structures from chapters being covered in this lesson. If you are planning on using any of these passages in your lesson, it may be worthwhile to check these structures to see if they help emphasize or focus attention on the message you hope to convey, or if they provide an alternative perspective you had not considered before which may enhance your lesson. For the sake of space, the references can only be listed here. To look at these structures, see Donald W. Perry, Poetic Parallelisms: The Complete Text Reformatted, which is graciously provided online for no charge (you have to go to the PDF file) by the Neal A. Maxwell Institute.
- Chiasmus: 1 Nephi 12: 19; 1 Nephi 13:16-19; 1 Nephi 13:26; 1 Nephi 13:29-30; 1 Nephi 13:39-42; 1 Nephi 14:1-16; 1 Nephi 14:20-25
- Other Parallelisms: 1 Nephi 12:4; 1 Nephi 12:9; 1 Nephi 12:15; 1 Nephi 12:18; 1 Nephi 12:19-13:5; 1 Nephi 13:7-8; 1 Nephi 13:12-14; 1 Nephi 13:24; 1 Nephi13:28-29; 1 Nephi 13:29; 1 Nephi 13:31-32; 1 Nephi 13:31-34; 1 Nephi 13:33-34; 1 Nephi 13:38; 1 Nephi 14:1-3; 1 Nephi 14:2; 1 Nephi 14:3; 1 Nephi 14:10; 1 Nephi 14:11; 1 Nephi 14:12; 1 Nephi 14:23