2 Nephi 26

2 Nephi 26

2 Nephi 26: 1-6

Christ to show.............................................................Christ will appear in the Americas
wars and contentions.................................................great unrest in the Nephite lands
signs.....................................................................accompanying signs to mark Christ's life
persecute prophets and saints.......................................crime of the people that leads to destruction
shall burn.............................................................those who do wickedly destroyed by God
buried in water, crushed by buildings...............................great upheaval in America
as stubble...................................................................terrible destruction among the wicked

Prophecy of the coming of Christs and the great destruction that will precede His appearance to the Nephites.

2 Nephi 26: 7-13

ways just.............................................................the people will deserve the consummation
not perish................................................................those who look forward to Christ's coming
3 generations............................................................a Zion community to prosper
hell..........................................................starting in the 4th generation, a great apostasy
Spirit of God....................................................necessary for a country to prosper.
convinced.........................................................Jews need to have this thrust on them to believe
signs follow the believers.....................................The Lord lets his servants be the signs of Christ

The great separation between the good and wicked will lead to the preservation of the righteous and the destruction of the wicked.

2 Nephi 26: 14-24

last days.........................................................a jump to the latter-day times
dwindle in unbelief........................................very weak spirituality among the remnants
speak out of the ground..................................the promises of the ancients to come to them
record..........................................................concealed for a time in order to preserve the record
chaff..........................................................many who will die during the long period of apostasy
Gentiles.......................................................when the Gentiles come, many more die
put down..........................................................Gentiles will commit serious crimes and sins
devil..........................................................both the Lamanites and the Europeans have devilish connections.
flaxen cord.............................................. a pretty fettering
salvation...........................................................to work a mighty work to save the righteous

The time from the apostasy to the coming of the Gentiles to be marked with terrible wickedness.

2 Nephi 26: 25-

come unto me.....................................Christ's gospel is an invitation, not a rejection notice
free to men...............................................Christ only asks for men to believe, and to follow Him
no priestcrafts................................................He does not accept phony priesthoods
charity......................................................what men are commanded to practice
Zion............................................................to labor and serve, but not for money
invite............................................................His eternal offering of salvation to mankind

Christ is about saving people, not the destruction and rejection of people.  His gospel is prosperity, and allows men great development temporally and spiritually.

2 Nephi 26

The Lord reveals to Nephi how the Nephites and Lamanites would become adversarial and destroy much of what was good.  The people would fall into apostasy.  Eventually another troubled people, the Gentiles, would come and severely harm those left in America.  Then will come the gospel of the Lord to show mercy and invite men to come to him and to get away from the evil.