Unit 3
upon the
22 occurrences in 18 verses
1 Nephi 11:30, 33,
1 Nephi 12:20,
1 Nephi 13:11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 17, 23, 30, 37,
1 Nephi 14:2, 12, 13, 14, 16, 17
1 Nephi 11:30
And it came to pass that the angel spake unto me again, saying: Look!
And I looked, and I beheld the heavens open again,
and I saw angels descending upon the children of men;
and they did minister unto them.
1 Nephi 11:33
And I, Nephi, saw that he was lifted up upon the cross
and slain for the sins of the world.
1 Nephi 12:20
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 13:11
And it came to pass that the angel said unto me:
Behold the wrath of God is upon the seed of thy brethren.
1 Nephi 13:12
And I looked and beheld a man among the Gentiles,
who was separated from the seed of my brethren by the many waters;
and I beheld the Spirit of God,
that it came down and wrought upon the man;
and he went forth upon the many waters,
even unto the seed of my brethren, who were in the promised land.
1 Nephi 13:13
And it came to pass that I beheld the Spirit of God,
that it wrought upon other Gentiles;
and they went forth out of captivity, upon the many waters.
1 Nephi 13:14
And it came to pass that I beheld
many multitudes of the Gentiles upon the land of promise;
and I beheld the wrath of God,
that it was upon the seed of my brethren;
and they were scattered before the Gentiles and were smitten.
1 Nephi 13:15
And I beheld the Spirit of the Lord, that it was upon the Gentiles,
and they did prosper and obtain the land for their inheritance;
and I beheld that they were white, and exceedingly fair and beautiful,
like unto my people before they were slain.
1 Nephi 13:17
And I beheld that their mother Gentiles were gathered together
upon the waters, and upon the land also,
to battle against them.
1 Nephi 13:23
And he said:
Behold it proceedeth out of the mouth of a Jew.
And I, Nephi, beheld it;
and he said unto me:
The book that thou beholdest is a record of the Jews,
which contains the covenants of the Lord,
which he hath made unto the house of Israel;
and it also containeth many of the prophecies of the holy prophets;
and it is a record like unto the engravings
which are upon the plates of brass,
save there are not so many;
nevertheless, they contain the covenants of the Lord,
which he hath made unto the house of Israel;
wherefore, they are of great worth unto the Gentiles.
1 Nephi 13:30
Nevertheless, thou beholdest that the Gentiles
who have gone forth out of captivity,
and have been lifted up by the power of God
above all other nations, upon the face of the land
which is choice above all other lands,
which is the land that the Lord God hath covenanted with thy father
that his seed should have for the land of their inheritance;
wherefore, thou seest that the Lord God will not suffer
that the Gentiles will utterly destroy the mixture of thy seed,
which are among thy brethren.
1 Nephi 13:37
And blessed are they who shall seek to bring forth my Zion at that day,
for they shall have the gift and the power of the Holy Ghost;
and if they endure unto the end
they shall be lifted up at the last day,
and shall be saved in the everlasting kingdom of the Lamb;
and whoso shall publish peace,
yea, tidings of great joy,
how beautiful upon the mountains shall they be.
1 Nephi 14:2
And harden not their hearts against the Lamb of God,
they shall be numbered among the seed of thy father;
yea, they shall be numbered among the house of Israel;
and they shall be a blessed people upon the promised land forever;
they shall be no more brought down into captivity;
and the house of Israel shall no more be confounded.
1 Nephi 14:12
And it came to pass that I beheld the church of the Lamb of God,
and its numbers were few,
because of the wickedness and abominations of the whore
who sat upon many waters;
nevertheless, I beheld that the church of the Lamb, who were the saints of God,
were also upon all the face of the earth;
and their dominions upon the face of the earth were small,
because of the wickedness of the great whore whom I saw.
1 Nephi 14:13
And it came to pass that I beheld that the great mother of abominations
did gather together multitudes upon the face of all the earth,
among all the nations of the Gentiles,
to fight against the Lamb of God.
1 Nephi 14:14
And it came to pass that I, Nephi, beheld the power of the Lamb of God,
that it descended upon the saints of the church of the Lamb,
and upon the covenant people of the Lord,
who were scattered upon all the face of the earth;
and they were armed with righteousness
and with the power of God in great glory.
1 Nephi 14:16
And as there began to be wars and rumors of wars
among all the nations which belonged to the mother of abominations,
the angel spake unto me, saying:
Behold, the wrath of God is upon the mother of harlots;
and behold, thou seest all these things —
1 Nephi 14:17
And when the day cometh
that the wrath of God is poured out upon the mother of harlots,
which is the great and abominable church of all the earth,
whose founder is the devil,
then, at that day, the work of the Father shall commence,
in preparing the way for the fulfilling of his covenants,
which he hath made to his people who are of the house of Israel.
