3 Nephi 22:10 For the mountains shall depart and the hills be removed, but my kindness shall not depart from thee.
Jesus spent three days with the Nephites and the Lamanites. He talked and talked. And the people listened. Every night when Jesus left, the people wondered if he would come back the next day, or if he had run out of things to say. But when the morning came, there was Jesus again, talking and talking and talking.
This is not surprising because Jesus was not just telling them about heaven or how to raise good kids or what his favorite color is. He was not just telling them about his life in Jerusalem or his life in heaven or his Father in heaven. Jesus was trying to tell them everything. And everything takes a while to say. He was giving the people the complete history of the world — past, present, and future.
That might seem really boring, but just you wait. Not only was he trying to teach the entire history of the world, he was using poetry to do it. He was saying things lik…
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