5 And it came to pass after I saw these things, I saw the vapor of darkness, that it passed from off the face of the earth; and behold, I saw multitudes who had not fallen because of the great and terrible judgments of the Lord.1 Nephi 12:6
6 And I saw the heavens open, and the Lamb of God descending out of heaven; and he came down and showed himself unto them.
1 Nephi 12:7
7 And I also saw and bear record that the Holy Ghost fell upon twelve others; and they were ordained of God, and chosen.
1 Nephi 12:8
8 And the angel spake unto me, saying: Behold the twelve disciples of the Lamb, who are chosen to minister unto thy seed.
1 Nephi 12:9
9 And he said unto me: Thou rememberest the twelve apostles of the Lamb? Behold they are they who shall judge the twelve tribes of Israel; wherefore, the twelve ministers of thy seed shall be judged of them; for ye are of the house of Israel.
1 Nephi 12:10
10 And these twelve ministers whom thou beholdest shall judge thy seed. And, behold, they are righteous forever; for because
of their faith in the Lamb of God their garments are made white in his blood.
1 Nephi 12:11
11 And the angel said unto me: Look! And I looked, and beheld three generations pass away in righteousness; and their garments were white even like unto the Lamb of God. And the angel said unto me: These are made white in the blood of the Lamb, because of their faith in him.
1 Nephi 12:12
12 And I, Nephi, also saw many of the fourth generation who passed away in righteousness.
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1 Nephi 12:13
13 And it came to pass that I saw the multitudes of the earth gathered together.
1 Nephi 12:14
14 And the angel said unto me: Behold thy seed, and also the seed of thy brethren.
1 Nephi 12:15
15 And it came to pass that I looked and beheld the people of my seed gathered together in multitudes against the seed of my brethren; and they were gathered together to battle.
1 Nephi 12:16
16 And the angel spake unto me, saying: Behold the fountain of
filthy water which thy father saw; yea, even the river of which
he spake; and the depths thereof are the depths of hell.
1 Nephi 12:17
17 And the mists of darkness are the temptations of the devil, which blindeth the eyes, and hardeneth the hearts of the children of men, and leadeth them away into broad roads, that they perish and are lost.
1 Nephi 12:18
18 And the large and spacious building, which thy father saw, is vain imaginations and the pride of the children of men. And a great and a terrible gulf divideth them; yea, even the word of
the justice of the Eternal God, and the Messiah who is the Lamb
of God, of whom the Holy Ghost beareth record, from the beginning of the world until this time, and from this time henceforth and
forever.
1 Nephi 12:19
19 And while the angel spake these words, I beheld and saw that the seed of my brethren did contend against my seed, according to the word of the angel; and because of the pride of my seed, and the temptations of the devil, I beheld that the seed of my
brethren did overpower the people of my seed.
1 Nephi 12:20
20 And it came to pass that I beheld, and saw the people of the
seed of my brethren that they had overcome my seed; and they went forth in multitudes upon the face of the land.
1 Nephi 12:21
21 And I saw them gathered together in multitudes; and I saw wars and rumors of wars among them; and in wars and rumors of wars I saw many generations pass away.
1 Nephi 12:22
22 And the angel said unto me: Behold these shall dwindle in unbelief.
1 Nephi 12:23
23 And it came to pass that I beheld, after they had dwindled in unbelief they became a dark, and loathsome, and a filthy people, full of idleness and all manner of abominations.
1 Nephi 13 Chapter 13
1 Nephi 13:1
1 And it came to pass that the angel spake unto me, saying: Look! And I looked and beheld many nations and kingdoms.
1 Nephi 13:2
2 And the angel said unto me: What beholdest thou? And I said: I behold many nations and kingdoms.
1 Nephi 13:3
3 And he said unto me: These are the nations and kingdoms of the
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Gentiles.
1 Nephi 13:4
4 And it came to pass that I saw among the nations of the
Gentiles the formation of a great church.
1 Nephi 13:5
5 And the angel said unto me: Behold the formation of a church which is most abominable above all other churches, which slayeth the saints of God, yea, and tortureth them and bindeth them down, and yoketh them with a yoke of iron, and bringeth them down into captivity.
1 Nephi 13:6
6 And it came to pass that I beheld this great and abominable church; and I saw the devil that he was the founder of it.
1 Nephi 13:7
7 And I also saw gold, and silver, and silks, and scarlets, and
fine-twined linen, and all manner of precious clothing; and I saw
many harlots.
1 Nephi 13:8
8 And the angel spake unto me, saying: Behold the gold, and the
silver, and the silks, and the scarlets, and the fine-twined linen, and the precious clothing, and the harlots, are the desires of this great and abominable church.
1 Nephi 13:9
9 And also for the praise of the world do they destroy the saints of God, and bring them down into captivity.
1 Nephi 13:10
10 And it came to pass that I looked and beheld many
