We begin today with another reference to the atonement. Nephi is seeing in vision that three generations after the visit of Jesus Christ to his people pass away in righteousness. He sees them in white because of their faith in Jesus Christ, His blood has made their garments white. In addition, many of the fourth generation pass away. Then he sees that multitudes of the seed of his older brothers gather together against his seed for battle.
Then the angel connects the scene back to symbols from Nephi's father's dream. He mentions a fountain of filthy water that Lehi saw and a river, and that those are symbolic of the depths of hell. And that the mists of darkness that come are the temptations of the devil, whose temptations blindeth their eyes and harden their hearts, and lead them into broad roads and are lost. I know that this happens to people. It just seems like you are powerless to get them to snap out of it. They are adamant about their false ideas, and then they go off on that path and you never see them for months or years at a time. When you hear news of them, they are still going down the broad road and are lost. Every once in a while they plead with you to help them with their problems. You might even tell them, "Hey you are on a broad road, blinded by the devil, come back!" but they don't understand and it sounds like gibberish to them. For all those out there that are in that state, we are praying for you that somehow you can come to your senses...
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