Verse 28 says that Nephi says that he is forbidden to write the rest of the things that he saw and that the small amount that he wrote sufficed. Then, after all he shared with us, I think that the most important part he emphasized here in the end. Verse 29, "And I bear record that I saw the things which my father saw, and the angel of the Lord did make them known unto me." He wanted us to know that he saw what his father saw, and that they were made know unto him by an angel.
He ends the chapter by saying again that he is not going to write more, but that all these things were done while he was carried away in the Spirit, and that they are true.
I've wondered if Nephi was literally physically transported by the Holy Ghost to a mountain to have this vision or if it was just while he was in his tent one night dreaming it all. What do you think?
One more thought from Verse 14 of this chapter from the Book of Mormon Institute Manual:
To be armed with righteousness is to be armed with the power of God and to be worthy of the Lord’s protecting care. The Lord has made it clear that those who will be safe in the last days are those who have “received the truth, and have taken the Holy Spirit for their guide” (D&C 45:57).
President Harold B. Lee taught: “By faith in God you can be attuned to the Infinite and by power and wisdom obtained from your Heavenly Father harness the powers of the universe to serve you in your hour of need in the solution of problems too great for your human strength or intelligence” (Church News, 15 Aug. 1970, p. 2).
With the power of the priesthood, faith, and the guidance of the Holy Spirit, the Saints of the last days will be armed sufficiently to withstand all opposition.
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