Continuing on our PREP for Isaiah in the Book of Mormon, and specifically Nephi, we're going to go over:
Foundational ideals, building blocks, themes, motifs

A lot of these you'll know. Some may not be so familiar. But Isaiah assumes you know these so let's refresh.

This is it! We are here!!!!

Isaiah. I can't wait!

We're going to start with:
Part 1: Nephi's use of Isaiah and his main themes (that's THIS episode).

Part 2: foundations. The LEGO blocks and fundamentals that Isaiah is going to use to tell us about: The Atoning Messiah, The Plan of Redemption, The Covenant, and the Tribes of Israel (Remnant/Branch)

Part 3: structure of Isaiah
Part 4: Jumping into the actual chapters

Whew! Can we do it? It will take a few episodes but I CANNOT WAIT. HIP HIP HOORAY. ISAIAH IS HERE!!!

Choose the Way of Christ

Lehi blesses Jacob and explains the path of the Redeemer.

See also, Deuteronomy 29-30

https://byustudies.byu.edu/content/ancient-doctrine-two-ways-and-book-mormon

We jump back into 2 Nephi 3 as Lehi blesses his youngest son, Joseph.

1. The covenant and blessing of Joseph of Egypt
Manasseh and Ephraim (Gen 49)
2. Joseph of Egypt's special covenant
3. Young Joseph's part of that family
4. AMAZING blessings for the family of Joseph
5. Blessings of a seer in the latter days

We move into 2 Nephi and return to Lehi and his blessing of his family.

1. The Covenant
2. Blessings, Patriarchal

Come, Follow Me

Let's take a step back and look at the context and structure of 2 Nephi.
1. The only scripture that has 2 separate books by the same prophet.
2. Some history and overview
3. 5 parts of 2 Nephi
a. Lehi Blesses His Son
b. Historical review of the Division of the groups
c. Jacob's Sermon on Salvation of Israel by the Gentiles
d. Isaiah (Don't turn it off, this is great stuff!)
e. Nephi's concluding vision

Nephi tells us why he created 2 sets of plates.

Themes of the Atoning Messiah
The Covenant
The Gathering of Israel

While we finish some of the most powerful scriptures of Christ, we also see Nephi's masterful structure of 1 Nephi drawing our attention to the role of the Messiah.

We begin the ending of 1 Nephi

1. Why does Nephi use Isaiah?
2. What are the main themes?
Atoning Messiah, Covenants, and Gathering/Scattering of Israel (which can be images of the olive tree/branch/root/seed/tree)

Why is Nephi in 2 books?
What were the brothers focused on vs. Nephi? Is that like us/??

Come, Follow Me
We continue on Nephi's vision of the Lamb of God and the condesension of God.

The Atoning Messiah
The Mission of the Lamb of God
The Love of God to share with us, the children of men.

Now we turn from Lehi to Nephi

ALL ABOUT
We learn some of the structure and setting that will ultimately give us an overview of the message: The Lamb of God, the Atoning Messiah. The Savior of the World.

1. Watch for the last verse of Chapter 10, THEN read chapter 11
2. inclusio: a kind of book ends, using a repeat of a phrase or verse, to highlight the themes or ideas inclosed.
3. Nephi will use these themes we're going to see in chapters 11-14 for the rest of 1 and 2 Nephi, use Isaiah to highlight it, and even the rest of the Book of Mormon underlines them!