Isaiah According to Nephi

2 Nephi 26:9 But the Son of Righteousness shall appear unto them; and he shall heal them, and they shall have peace with him.

Remember how Isaiah talked about how God is going to come again? Well, Nephi liked what Isaiah said so much he decided to say it all over again. Only this time without poetry. I guess Nephi liked saying things all over again without poetry because he’d done the same thing once already.

Do you remember how he retold the story about that tree with fruit that was bright like a light bulb? First, his father saw the vision and talked about it. Then Nephi saw the same vision and then talked about it. But when Nephi talked about it, he explained all the poetry away so that people wouldn’t think it meant the wrong thing.

When Nephi tells stories, he wants people to understand, because he doesn’t want them to be confused about a few important things that people sometimes are confused about.

First, Nephi wants people to understand who God is. God loves the world. He loves th…