“We Have Obtained a Land of Promise”

Brant Gardner

As Lehi develops his theme, he moves from the beginnings of their journey, the justification for it (the destruction of Jerusalem) to their current state. They are very clearly in a new world, and Lehi emphasizes that it is the Lord that brought them to this place. Of course this is not a new concept, for Lehi was aware of this promise from at least the time he sent his sons to recover the brass plates from Laban (1 Nephi 5:5).

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