There is a lot that happens in the first 6 verses of this chapter. First, Nephi gets to find out that they don’t have to go alone. (I have that oldies song in my head “Chapel of Love”) GREAT news, but now they go back to Jerusalem, and we already talked about how long that must have taken.
I imagine them showing up at Ishmael's house, a quick knock, and ‘hey wanna come with us to a new world, across the great sea?” and a quick “yea sure, oh by the way i have a whole household that will come too, maybe you could marry my daughters!?” Then they start walking back and the 2 brothers and their newfound friends say something like “Yea, this is lame...;” Maybe they are the only ones who are making sense considering all the stuff that is going on. Not lame, but wicked, it turns out, they are acting without faith in a situation that was completely governed by prophecy.
Did I mention the angel? Yea the brothers ‘grimm’ had seen an angel that stopped them from beating their brother Nephi to death. Sorry about the sarcastic tone here... The hard hearted brothers, see the angel, see the providence of the Lord, and now see Nephi through the power of the Lord convince Ishmael and his daughters (his whole household) to leave everything to join the Prophet in fleeing from a city that was soon to be destroyed. Evidence after evidence, after evidence. Still no faith, no action.
In all the reminding Nephi does in this chapter, the only result is that the brothers are more angry and they tie Nephi up with the intention of leaving him to be devoured by nature. Nephi prays and the bindings loosen, which doesn’t amaze the brothers, it just makes them more angry. Finally it seems that a small population of the house of Ishmael are able to bring everyone around... completely.
1 Nephi Chapter 7
There is a lot that happens in the first 6 verses of this chapter. First, Nephi gets to find out that they don’t have to go alone. (I have that oldies song in my head “Chapel of Love”) GREAT news, but now they go back to Jerusalem, and we already talked about how long that must have taken.
I imagine them showing up at Ishmael's house, a quick knock, and ‘hey wanna come with us to a new world, across the great sea?” and a quick “yea sure, oh by the way i have a whole household that will come too, maybe you could marry my daughters!?” Then they start walking back and the 2 brothers and their newfound friends say something like “Yea, this is lame...;” Maybe they are the only ones who are making sense considering all the stuff that is going on. Not lame, but wicked, it turns out, they are acting without faith in a situation that was completely governed by prophecy.
Did I mention the angel? Yea the brothers ‘grimm’ had seen an angel that stopped them from beating their brother Nephi to death. Sorry about the sarcastic tone here... The hard hearted brothers, see the angel, see the providence of the Lord, and now see Nephi through the power of the Lord convince Ishmael and his daughters (his whole household) to leave everything to join the Prophet in fleeing from a city that was soon to be destroyed. Evidence after evidence, after evidence. Still no faith, no action.
In all the reminding Nephi does in this chapter, the only result is that the brothers are more angry and they tie Nephi up with the intention of leaving him to be devoured by nature. Nephi prays and the bindings loosen, which doesn’t amaze the brothers, it just makes them more angry. Finally it seems that a small population of the house of Ishmael are able to bring everyone around... completely.
what a roller coaster...