1 Nephi 21

1 Nephi 21: (see Isaiah 49) Monte S. Nyman* states this chapter is one of the most important chapters in Isaiah, because it clearly foretells the mission of the Latter day Saints and the “destiny of the land of America in connection to the house of Israel.” And that “it is of such importance that it should be studied diligently by every member of the church. He gives an outline whose main points are 1.) Israel is the servant of the Lord in whom he will be glorified. 2.) Israel’s mission is to gather Jacob in the strength of the Lord. 3.) The Lord will show that he has not forgotten his promises to Zion (the Americas) 4.) many will gather to Zion who will be adorned as a bride 5.) Israel will be delivered from the hands of the Gentiles.
It is sometimes hard for me to remember that when the Lord speaks of the House of Israel he is not just speaking of an ancient people or the Hews. But that I am of the House of Israel- the line of Ephriam and the promises also extend to me. The Land of Zion (the Americas) mourned and felt the Lord had forgotten her (the earth has a spirit) The Lord will keep his promise and so many people will come to America that they shall cover the land like a cloth and they shall even fill her waste and desolate places until it will seem too narrow. It is the gentiles who will come- with “nursing Kings and Queen’s” (England?) They will come for freedom because their home lands are “too Strait”. The Lord will protect and fight for Zion.


Application: I have ancestors who came from Europe in the early years of this country . They came as is said for freedom, especially the freedom to worship as they please. John Throckmorton did just that and sought truth and changed his life several times in that quest. What is my role as a child of Israel, raised in Zion? What is my role and responsibility to my forbearers and my posterity.

*Great Are the Words of Isaiah; by Monte S Nyman, Bookcraft, SLC, 1980, pgs 173-185