The Book of Jacob

THE BROTHER OF NEPHI

The words of his preaching to his people. He silences a man who attempts to overthrow Christ’s doctrine. A few words about Nephite history:

After fifty-five years had ended since Lehi left Jerusalem, Nephi gave me, Jacob, a commandment regarding the small plates on which these writings are engraved. He commanded me to only write a few things on these plates...

The words Jacob, Nephi’s brother, spoke to the Nephites following Nephi’s death. Now, my dear people, I come to the temple today to declare God’s word to you according to the responsibility I owe to God to honor my calling in all seriousness, and to avoid being accountable for your sins. You know I’ve been diligent up to now in performing my calling, but today I’m far more concerned and uneasy...

Now I Jacob had spoken a great deal to my people — but I can only write a few of my words because of the difficulty of engraving metal plates. We know what we put on plates will last, and whatever we write on anything other than plates will be lost and fade away. So we write a few words on plates, and they’ll give our descendants and dear brothers and sisters a little knowledge about us or their...

Now, my people, since I said that I would prophesy, this is my prophecy: That the things this prophet Zenos said about the house of Israel, comparing them to a tame olive tree, will certainly happen. When He sets about a second time to recover His people, that will be the very last time the Lord’s servants will go out in His power to tend and prune His vineyard — following that, the end will...

Some years later, a man came among the Nephites named Sherem. He began to preach among the people and tell them there would be no Christ. He preached many things to deceive the people, and he did this to overthrow Christ’s doctrine. He worked hard to mislead the hearts of the people, and he deceived many of them. Because he knew that I, Jacob, had faith in Christ who was to come, he sought every...