1 Nephi 12

1 Nephi 12

1 Nephi 12:  1-5

brethern, land of promise................................Nephi sees the destiny of his brothers
wars and rumors of wars.............................a future strife to be continual between the groups
many generations.....................................Nephi receives an overview of the future in the land
mist of darkness.......................................a day of calamity..........the time of Christ
terrible judgments......................................in the vision, Nephi sees tremendous damage

Nephi tells of a terrible time in the America that coincides with the life of Christ

1 Nephi 12: 6-13

Lamb of God....................................the Messiah will appear to the inhabitants of America
12 others, ordained and chosen...........................the Lord will give power to a select group
will judge...................................................the Lord will make them spiritual leaders to the people
another 12...........................................the Lord will have his apostles ultimately above them
three generations..........................................after Christ's appearance, 3 times would pass in righteousness
multitudes gather......................................tremendous population growth

Christ will make an appearance.  His Church will be established to the government of heaven.  The result will be a short time of peace and tremendous growth.

1 Nephi 12:  14-15

thy seed, brothers' see......................................after time, Nephi again sees a tribal division of his people
gathered against.....................................the groups would go to war against each other

Nephi sees the great strife that would come after the advent of Christ and the peaceful period

1 Nephi 12:  16- 23

filthy water...............................there would be a strong current of evil, and people would die in it
mists of darkness.............................without the light of the Gospel, people would perish
great and spacious building.........................the arrogance of an misled society,  would act on imagintions
contentions.........................................the time of strife would come,  great destruction let loose
the filth and darkness would catch up........................the children of Nephi largely destroyed
wars................................................after destroying the children of Nephi, the remainder would war for many years
dwindle........................................the people would degenerate, losing much of the prior growth and prosperity
unbelief....................................because of their rejection of the gospel, and long curse would fall on the people

The people would continue to fall until the entire Nephite group would cease.  What is left of the other group would go many years without much progress of any kind

1 Nephi 12

This 12th chapter gives Nephi a glimpse into the destiny of his father's family.  It is a very short future history that will span 1000 years of time