Day 10- 2 Nephi 1

What is happening?

1. Lehi talks about the land of inheritance (the Americas) and the consequences for not remaining faithful.
2. His seed shall be scattered because they do not remain faithful.
3. He pleads with Lamen and Lemuel to remain faithful. (Do you think they listen)
4. We are known that Zoram is a great friend (a "true friend) to Nephi.

How does this apply to my life?

1. Again, I think it is amazing to see the history of this great country from the eyes of the people who first settled it. Yes, we have accounts from Jamestown, etc., but these are some of the first people to ever set foot on this land.
2. I want to know how Lamen and Lemuel can't remain faithful after all they have gone through. They built a boat, traveled across a stormy sea, and landed on a land that was better than any they have seen before. Come on! Of course the hand of the Lord was involved in that somewhere!
3. I love tha Zoram is refered to as a "true friend" because I am sure that they were worried about him at first. He was, after all, the servent of Laban. But he changed his ways. He became a good man and apparently someone that Nephi really trust (even more so then his brothers).

Favorite Verse? Why?
Vs. 7 "Wherefore, this land is consecrated unto him whom he shall bring. And if it so be that they shall serve him according to the commandments which he hath given, it shall be a land of liberty unto them; wherefore, they shall never be brough down into captivity; if so, it shall be because of iniquity; for if iniquity shall abound cursed shall be the land for their sakes, but unto the righteous it shall be blessed forever."
I love this verse because it shows what is going to happen to the Lamen and Lemuel's poserity hunreds of years later. Also, I love that there is security for us. Even though there is a lot of iniquity on this land, for the righteous it shall be blessed forever. I am so glad. I am so lucky to live in the promised land of old.