Nephi writing more than 500 years BC sums up plainly all
that he has quoted from Isaiah thus: As
one generation among the Jews was destroyed because of their iniquity, so shall
it happen over and over throughout history.
There will be wars and rumors of war so that when the Messiah comes
among them in the flesh, they will reject Him because of their iniquities and
pride. They will crucify Him, but he
will rise the third day and manifest Himself to the believers. After that, both Jerusalem and Babylon will
be destroyed. The Jews will then be
scattered by other nations for many generations until the time that they shall
begin to be persuaded to believe in Christ.
Then the Lord will again move to restore the Jews from their lost and
fallen state. How? By bringing forth the record Nephi is keeping
(the Book of Mormon) which has the purpose of convincing the Jews of the true
Messiah thy rejected. For this reason,
Nephi taught his people to speak of, rejoice in, preach and prophesy of Christ
so their children could know to what source they could look for a remission of
their sins (v 26).
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