Islands of the Sea

Everything that is not part of the great Euro-Asian- African land mass. Although North America is currently regarded as a continent, in Covenant of Christ and Book of Mormon vernacular, it is an isle of the sea (see 2 Nephi 7:5). Further, most of Israel was relocated onto the isles of the sea (see 1 Nephi 7:2). So when the Lord affirms He speaks to those on the isles of the sea, He is confirming that there are multiple locations, involving multiple parties, each one of which has received sacred communication from Him.¹ Mankind thinks of “isles” apart from continents, but Nephi corrects that. Insofar as Nephi’s use of the Isaiah materials is concerned, the Americas are part of the isles, and this message is directed to residents of the Americas.²