Lehi's sons return from Jerusalem with the Brass Plates

1 Nephi 5

References to the Lord:

God is good. The Lord protects and delivers. He gives power to man. He is the God of Israel. The Lord preserved Joseph who was sold into Egypt so he could preserve his father and brothers. He led the Israelites out of captivity in Egypt. The Lord has wisdom.

We find Lehi's wife being very much a "worrying mother" in her concerns about her sons who were sent back to Jerusalem to get the Brass Plates. She vented her complaints on Lehi who had sent them. He assured her they would return safely, as he knew the Lord was watching over them. Nephi says "and when we had returned to the tent of my father, behold their joy was full, and my mother was comforted."

I relate to Sariah's concerns about her sons, as I think most mothers would. I appreciate that Nephi included things in his record that help us see that even though Lehi was a prophet of the Lord, he still had to deal with the trials of being a husband and father under very trying circumstances.

We learn in verses 11-13 what records the Brass Plates contained. Lehi searched them and

"He beheld that they did contain the five books of Moses, which gave an account of the creation of the world, and also of Adam and Eve, who were our first parents;

And also a record of the Jews from the beginning, even down to the commencement of the reitn of Zedekiah, king of Judah;

And also the prophecies of the holy prophets, from the beginning, even down to the commencement of the reign of Zedekiah; and also many prophecies which have been spoken by the mouth of Jeremiah."

The chapter ends by Nephi saying "Wherefore, it was wisdom in the Lord that we should carry them with us, as we journeyed in the wilderness towards the land of promise."

It is also wisdom that we have the scriptures and that we study and apply them in our lives.