“But the Lord knoweth all things from the beginning; wherefore, he prepareth a way to accomplish all his works among the children of men; for behold, he hath all power unto the fulfilling of all his words.” (1 Nephi 9:6)
v. 1: There were probably many prophets of whom we have no record at all, in addition, for the prophets that we do have a record of, we only have a tiny fraction of what they wrote, and prophesied during their lives. Just do the math! This should increase our gratitude for the words that we do have recorded, but we should remember that God’s word is not limited.
v. 2-4: If you read the Old Testament, you will notice that the Nephi is following the pattern of the ancient Hebrew writings in separating the temporal and the spiritual history into two separate records which run parallel to each other. There is much overlap in the Old Testament as well, especially in the area of Samuel, Kings, Chronicles, and the “minor” prophets.
v. 5: Nephi says the same thing that Mormon later says: “I don’t know why these small plates are supposed to be here, cause this story is written on the other ones.” But turns out thousands of years before Joseph Smith ever lost the 116 pages that God knew it was going to happen. Nothing is better proof that not even our own weaknesses can bring down the plans of God.
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