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6 And it came to pass that after I had received strength I spake

       unto my brethren, desiring to know of them the cause of their

       disputations.

      1 Nephi 15:7

       7 And they said: Behold, we cannot understand the words which

       our father hath spoken concerning the natural branches of the

       olive-tree, and also concerning the Gentiles.

      1 Nephi 15:8

       8 And I said unto them: Have ye inquired of the Lord?

      1 Nephi 15:9

       9 And they said unto me: We have not; for the Lord maketh no

       such thing known unto us.

      1 Nephi 15:10

       10 Behold, I said unto them: How is it that ye do not keep the

       commandments of the Lord? How is it that ye will perish, because

       of the hardness of your hearts?

      1 Nephi 15:11

       11 Do ye not remember the things which the Lord hath said?—If

       ye will not harden your hearts, and ask me in faith, believing

       that ye shall receive, with diligence in keeping my commandments,

       surely these things shall be made known unto you.

      1 Nephi 15:12

       12 Behold, I say unto you, that the house of Israel was compared

       unto an olive-tree, by the Spirit of the Lord which was in our

       father; and behold are we not broken off from the house of

       Israel, and are we not a branch of the house of Israel?

      1 Nephi 15:13

       13 And now, the thing which our father meaneth concerning the

       grafting in of the natural branches through the fulness of the

       Gentiles, is, that in the latter days, when our seed shall have

       dwindled in unbelief, yea, for the space of many years, and many

       generations after the Messiah shall be manifested in body unto

       the children of men, then shall the fulness of the gospel of the

       Messiah come unto the Gentiles, and from the Gentiles unto the

       remnant of our seed—

      1 Nephi 15:14

       14 And at that day shall the remnant of our seed know that they

       are of the house of Israel, and that they are the covenant people

       of the Lord; and then shall they know and come to the knowledge

       of their forefathers, and also to the knowledge of the gospel of

       their Redeemer, which was ministered unto their fathers by him;

       wherefore, they shall come to the knowledge of their Redeemer and

       the very points of his doctrine, that they may know how to come

       unto him and be saved.

      1 Nephi 15:15

       15 And then at that day will they not rejoice and give praise

       unto their everlasting God, their rock and their salvation? Yea,

       at that day, will they not receive the strength and nourishment

       from the true vine? Yea, will they not come unto the true fold of

       God?

      1 Nephi 15:16

       16 Behold, I say unto you, Yea; they shall be remembered again

       among the house of Israel; they shall be grafted in, being a

       natural branch of the olive-tree, into the true olive-tree.

      1 Nephi 15:17

       17 And this is what our father meaneth; and he meaneth that it

       will not come to pass until after they are scattered by the

       Gentiles; and he meaneth that it shall come by way of the

       Gentiles, that the Lord may show his power unto the Gentiles, for

       the very cause that he shall be rejected of the Jews, or of the

       house of Israel.

      1 Nephi 15:18

       18 Wherefore, our father hath not spoken of our seed alone, but

       also of all the house of Israel, pointing to the covenant which

       should be fulfilled in the latter days; which covenant the Lord

       made to our father Abraham, saying: In thy seed shall all the

       kindreds of the earth be blessed.

      1 Nephi 15:19

       19 And it came to pass that I, Nephi, spake much unto them

       concerning these things; yea, I spake unto them concerning the

       restoration of the Jews in the latter days.

      1 Nephi 15:20

       20 And I did rehearse unto them the words of Isaiah, who spake

       concerning the restoration of the Jews, or of the house of

       Israel; and after they were restored they should no more be

       confounded, neither should they be scattered again. And it came

       to pass that I did speak many words unto my brethren, that they

       were pacified and did humble themselves before the Lord.

      1 Nephi 15:21

       21 And it came to pass that they did speak unto me again,

       saying: What meaneth this thing which our father saw in a dream?

       What meaneth the tree which he saw?

      1 Nephi 15:22

       22 And I said unto them: It was a representation of the tree of

       life.

      1 Nephi 15:23

       23 And they said unto me: What meaneth the rod of iron which our

       father saw, that led to the tree?

      1 Nephi 15:24

       24 And I said unto them that it was the word of God, and whoso

       would hearken unto the word of God, and would hold fast unto it,

       they would never perish; neither could the temptations and the

       fiery darts of the adversary overpower them unto blindness, to

       lead them away to destruction.

      1 Nephi 15:25

       25 Wherefore, I, Nephi, did exhort them to give heed unto the

       word of the Lord; yea, I did exhort them with all the energies of

       my soul, and with all the faculty which I possessed, that they

       would give heed to the word of God and remember to keep his

       commandments always in all things.

      1 Nephi 15:26

       26 And they said unto me: What meaneth the river of water which

       our father saw?

      1 Nephi 15:27

       27 And I said unto them that the water which my father saw was

       filthiness; and so much was his mind swallowed up in other things

       that he beheld not the filthiness of the water.

      1 Nephi 15:28

       28 And I said unto them that it was an awful gulf, which

       separated the wicked from the tree of life, and

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