1 Nephi 13

1 Nephi 13

1 Nephi 13: 1-10

beheld many nations....................................Nephi's dream jumps into the latter-days
nations and kingdoms...................................an assortment of different political entities exist, kings and nations
of the Gentiles....................................the vision focuses first on the European-style nations
formation of a great church..............................the great core of the group is a strong underlying "church"
church.....................................................a loose and unflattering description of the latter-day core of the gentile nations
most abominable.....................................in the core of this gentile world is an incredibly wicked control
slayeth the Saints............................................the people of this group want to destroy all truth of the gospel
tortureth....................................................these do more than just oppose, they actively pursue and antagonize
yoketh and bring down...................................these make conditions so that the righteous cannot assume any form of government, they oppress and intimidate
devil founder...................................................quite honestly, it is the church of Satan
praise of the world.............................................their ideology promotes the worldly, not the sacred

At the opening of the latter-day times, the Gentiles ascend to world dominance.  Among them will by an assortment of different kinds of kingdoms and governances.  One thing they will have in common is a strong wicked association with worldly, sinful world control.  The ideologies will be worldly and will be very oppressive to those who wish to follow Christ.

1 Nephi 13: 11-16

many waters..................................................the gentiles move away from Europe, Atlantic Ocean
wrath on the seed.......................................the Lord will prepare those in the New World for the connection to these gentiles as they colonize and spread
man among................................................the Lord will work with one man among the Gentiles
will guide this man..........................................the man, Columbus, will be the figure to connect the Gentiles with the Americans.
wrought upon others.........................................following Columbus, many others will be moved upon to move
out of captivity..............................................a large number of these will be seeking freedom from the bad church
multitudes and scattering....................................the arriving Gentiles will set up and grow, they will plague the natives of the land
Spirit of the Lord................................................the Lord will work with these refugee gentiles.  He will help them
fair and beautiful...........................................will freely admit that these are good people who come
did humble....................................................a considerable  dominant number of these people will please God in their humility and their choices

The Lord will lead a large number of freedom-seeking Gentiles to come to the Americas.  They will be serious, truth-seeking people who will be blessed by the Spirit.  They will be a serious threat to the natives left from the family of Lehi

1 Nephi 13: 17-27

mother gentiles....................................as the new colonists become stronger, they upset the mother countries.
wrath of God.....................................the Lord will reward the American colonists.  He will help them in wars against the mother countries.
delivered by God................................The American colonies will win with God's help
beheld a book...........................................the new colonists will believe in a sacred book, the Bible
mouth of a Jew.......................................Identifieds as the ancient sacred record of the Jews
similar to your record....................................Nephi learns that it is parallel history to his book
original nature............................................the book was initially accurate
purity...............................................when Gentiles received it the record was pure and useful
hands of the church...................................eventually the abominable church gets it and changes it
taken away.......................................deliberate omissions of great and important truths--removal
plain and precious.................................some of the most important points of the gospel removed
to pervert..............................................this church deliberately misleads the people for its own power
hardens heart......................................some the changes actually make people bad

The latter-day future will show the Gentiles deeply divided.  The new nations of the Americas will have God's favor and will help the Lord to oppose the abominable doctrines of the old world.  The energizing force will be the Bible, a sacred book that will be prevalent among the peoples, but it will also demonstrate some of the evil workings of the great and abominable church with its manipulations of the text.

1 Nephi 13: 28-39

book goes forth......................................a publishing of the altered book goes big
do stumble.............................................because of the alterations, many will stumble, make grave errors
God will not suffer................................the Lord will help the colonists find and fix the errors
protect the natives..................................the Lord will not allow the Gentiles to destroy all the inhabitants
gentiles...............................................Lord knows the gentile hearts,  he will work with them
great judgment.....................................the Lord will favor the Gentiles,  but he will protect the Lamanites
bring forth the gospel....................................The promise of the American record, the Book of Mormon
your descendants.........................................the writings of Nephi and his children will help
my gospel...........................................the record will correct the altered parts of the Bible
tidings of joy........................................the pure gospel will come with the Book of Mormon
to the remnant.........................................the Gentiles will receive the book and share it with Lamanites

The method for correcting the false beliefs and behaviors of the Gentile nations will come through the discovery and publishing of the Book of Mormon.  It will correct the egregious errors that the abominable church has caused with the Bible.

1 Nephi 13: 40-42

last and first records...............................their effect on each other will be profound.  they will inform each other
The righteous words of both groups.....................these two records will come together to make a people very great
will manifest himself..................................the Lord will make himself known in the latter-days.  A promise
first and last.......................................Lord will start with the Gentiles and move to the House of Israel.

The effect of the latter-day work will begin with the publishing and acceptance of the concepts with the Bible and the Book of Mormon, working in unison to strengthen true doctrine and to increase the faith of good people.  It will begin with the Gentiles as promised and move to the House of Israel.

1 Nephi 13

This chapter is a divine plan to raise good, god-fearing people for the last days.  The Lord will lead Gentiles to relocate to the Americas where he will strengthen them, free them, and then allow them to reestablish his church on the earth, as a counter force to take on the great and abominable church of the Gentiles.  This church of the gentiles is a term used loosely to describe the inner and evil core of the gentile world that seeks its own selfish interest and is based on worldly and wicked pursuits.