1 Nephi 1: 8

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THE FIRST BOOK OF NEPHI
HIS REIGN AND MINISTRY

CHAPTER 1

8 And being thus overcome with the Spirit, he was carried away in a ^avision, even that he saw the ^bheavens open, and he thought he ^csaw God sitting upon his throne, surrounded with numberless concourses of angels in the attitude of singing and praising their God.

Footnotes

8a	1 Ne. 3: 18 (17-18) 18 For behold, they have ^arejected the words of the prophets. Wherefore, if my father should dwell in the land after he hath been ^bcommanded to flee out of the land, behold, he would also perish. Wherefore, it must needs be that he flee out of the land. 1 Ne. 5: 4. 4 And it had come to pass that my father spake unto her, saying: I know that I am a ^avisionary man; for if I had not seen the things of God in a ^bvision I should not have known the goodness of God, but had tarried at Jerusalem, and had perished with my brethren. TG Vision.
b	Ezek. 1: 1. 1 Now it came to pass in the thirtieth year, in the fourth month, in the fifth day of the month, as I was among the ^acaptives by the river of ^bChebar, that the heavens were ^copened, and I saw ^dvisions of God. Acts 7: 56 (55-56) 56 And said, Behold, I ^asee the heavens ^bopened, and the ^cSon of man standing on the right ^dhand of ^eGod. 1 Ne. 11: 14. 14 And it came to pass that I saw the ^aheavens open; and an angel came down and stood before me; and he said unto me: Nephi, what beholdest thou? Alma 36: 22. 22 Yea, methought I saw, even as our father ^aLehi saw, God sitting upon his throne, surrounded with numberless concourses of angels, in the attitude of singing and ^bpraising their God; yea, and my soul did long to be there. Hel. 5: 48 (45-49) 48 And now, when they heard this they cast up their eyes as if to behold from whence the voice came; and behold, they saw the ^aheavens open; and angels came down out of heaven and ministered unto them. D&C 137: 1. 1 The ^aheavens were ^bopened upon us, and I beheld the ^ccelestial kingdom of God, and the glory thereof, whether in the ^dbody or out I cannot tell.
c	TG God, Manifestations of. TG God, Privilege of Seeing.