"Book Description: "I have seen a vision, in which I know that Jerusalem is destroyed..." In the wake of astonishing cataclysm, Nephi launches a second book of writings. Inspired by the prophet Isaiah's remarkable account of the scattering and gathering of God's covenant people, Nephi aches to reassure his family with a clear understanding of their unbroken place in God's designs. He offers a broad interpretation of a covenant whose plain and precious parts are no longer clearly visible in the Old or New Testaments. Interweaving history, theology, and prophecy, Nephi brings together the covenant's ancient roots and its future fulfillment, centering and orienting everything around the person of Jesus Christ. In this brief theological introduction to Second Nephi, Terryl Givens underscores Nephi's invitation for readers to keep Christ front and center in our minds, hearts, and worship. Givens finds clear emphasis on the Redeemer's healing atonement, the promise of resurrection, and the necessity of oppositional strife and of agency wisely employed, and other plain and precious truths. Second Nephi presents essential elements of the doctrine of Christ, emphasizing repentance as a life-long process of heart re-education, and of scripture as a resource for spiritual succor and personal revelation. Jerusalem is destroyed. But all is not lost"--