What the Book of Mormon Actually Says

What This Book Covers

1. Chapter One - Plates, Prophets, and a Family Fleeing Jerusalem
2. Chapter Two - Nephi’s Kingdom, Jacob’s Lament, and the Start of the Spiral
3. Chapter Three - Enos, Jarom, Omni, and a Whole Lot of Skipping Ahead
4. Chapter Four - Mosiah and the Voice of the People
5. Chapter Five - Zeniff, Noah, and the Rise of Abinadi
6. Chapter Six - Alma the Elder and a Baptismal Revolution
7. Chapter Seven - Alma the Younger and the Anti-Prophet Arc
8. Chapter Eight - The Mission to the Lamanites
9. Chapter Nine - Korihor, Zoramites, and the Philosophers Get Wrecked
10. Chapter Ten - Captain Moroni, War Chapters, and the Title of Liberty
11. Chapter Eleven - Secret Combinations and the Decline of Civilization
12. Chapter Twelve - Jesus Christ Comes to America
13. Chapter Thirteen - The Final Collapse
14. Chapter Fourteen - Buried Words and Open Questions

Excerpt

CHAPTER ONE Plates, Prophets, and a Family Fleeing Jerusalem 1 NEPHI - 2 Nephi The world is ending, at least for Jerusalem. It’s the year 600 BC. A man named Lehi lives in the city. He sees visions. He’s warned by God. Jerusalem is going to fall. The people won’t listen. He tells them anyway. They want him dead. So God tells Lehi to leave. He packs up his family, his wife Sariah, sons Laman, Lemuel, Sam, and Nephi, and runs into the wilderness. No destination. Just obedience. They live in tents. They survive off raw meat. Lehi is guided by a strange ball called the Liahona. It points the way, but only works when they’re righteous. Lehi has another vision, of a tree full of fruit. It’s the...