Day 57 - 3 Nephi 9-11

Spiritual Thought:

"Remember the events that occurred on that glorious day and the days that followed.  It is clear that 3 Nephi contains some of the most moving and powerful passages in all scriptures...What a blessing it would be if EVERY family would frequently read together 3rd Nephi, discuss it's sacred contents and then determine how they can liken it unto themselves and apply it's teaching in their lives.  3rd Nephi is a book that should be read and reread again and again." 
                               -- Ezra Taft Benson A Voice and a Warning pg. 42-43

Daily Focus Scriptures to mark and ponder:
3Nephi 9:15 - "Behold, I am Jesus Christ the Son of God..."
3Nephi 9:18 - "I am the light and the life of the world, I am Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the end."

3 Nephi 11:15 - "...that the multitude did feel the prints of the nails in his hands and his feet…one by one until they had all gone forth..."

“There were about 2500 persons who saw and felt his physical body on that occasion (see 3 Nephi 17:25).  Even at three or four seconds each, ‘one by one,’ that would take several hours.  The passage we have just read is one of the greatest scriptural records in our possession.  It is clear that ‘showing’ himself involved more than having them merely look.  It was sight, sound, touch, and a witness of the Spirit.” (Book of Mormon Symposium Series, “The Keystone Scripture”, edited by PR Cheesman, MS Nyman, and CD Tate, Jr., 1988, p. 31)

Daily Questions: 
What is the focal point of the Book of Mormon?  Why does everything we do and say point to Christ?  Are there things in my life that I could change that would bring me closer to Him?

3 Nephi 11:10 - "Behold, I am Jesus Christ, whom the prophets testified shall come into the world. "

For Kids/teens/adults:

Click here to see video of when Jesus Christ appeared to the Nephites

Food for Thought: 

   “There it is—or, more correctly speaking, there HE is. The focal point and principal figure behind every fireside and devotional and family home evening held by those Nephites for the last six hundred years, and by their Israelite forefathers for thousands of years before that.  Everyone has talked of him and sung of him and dreamed of him and prayed—but here he actually is. This is the day and yours is the generation. What a moment! But you find you are less inclined to check the film in your camera than you are to check the faith in your heart.” (Jeffrey R. Holland - On Earth As It Is In Heaven, p. 125)
     
BOMING Picture:  Christ appears to the Nephites. Will we be ready when He Come again?