The following chart identifies some of what Nephi learned about his father’s dream:
- The tree with white fruit (see verses 10–11)
- The love of God, which He showed by giving His Son to be our Savior (see 11:21–25; called “the tree of life” in 15:22)
- The river of filthy water (see verse 13; 12:16)
- The depths of hell into which the wicked fall (see 12:16; called “filthiness” in 15:27)
- The rod of iron (see verse 19)
- The word of God, which leads to the tree of life (see 11:25)
- The mist of darkness (see verse 23)
- The temptations of the devil, which blind people so they lose their way and cannot find the tree (see 12:17)
- The great and spacious building in the air (see verse 26)
- The pride and vain imaginations of the world (see 11:36; 12:18)
- People who start on the path to the tree but are lost in the mist (see verses 21–23)
- Nephi saw the following kinds of people in the dream:
- Multitudes who heard Jesus but “cast him out” (11:28)
- People who crucified Jesus even after He healed the sick and cast out devils (see 11:31–33)
- Multitudes who gathered together in a large and spacious building to fight against the Twelve Apostles of the Lamb (see 11:34–36)
- Nephites and Lamanites who were gathered together to battle and were slaughtered in war (see 12:1–4, 13–15)
- Nephites who, because of pride, were destroyed by the Lamanites and dwindled in unbelief (see 12:19–23)
- People who make it to the tree (and taste the fruit) by holding onto the rod but fall away when they are mocked (see verses 24–25, 28)
- People who desire the great and spacious building more than the tree (see verses 26–27, 31–33)
- People who held onto the rod and partook of the fruit; they ignored the mockers and did not fall away (see verses 30, 33)
- Those who partake of the greatest of all of God’s gifts—eternal life (see 15:36)
- Multitudes who heard Jesus but “cast him out” (11:28)
- People who crucified Jesus even after He healed the sick and cast out devils (see 11:31–33)
- Multitudes who gathered together in a large and spacious building to fight against the Twelve Apostles of the Lamb (see 11:34–36)
- Nephites and Lamanites who were gathered together to battle and were slaughtered in war (see 12:1–4, 13–15)
- Nephites who, because of pride, were destroyed by the Lamanites and dwindled in unbelief (see 12:19–23)
