1 Ne 15:31-36
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Questions
Verse 31
- Why did Laman and Lemuel feel like a gulf separated them from others during their mortal probation?
Verse 32
- Is Nephi saying that the wicked will be tormented while in the flesh?
- If so, who is the tormentor that inflicts this upon the bodies of the wicked?
Verse 33
- Is Nephi connecting these points with his earlier statements and saying that Jews and Lamanites who procrastinate their repentance, and ultimately die in their sins, will at that point be cast out of the covenant?
Verse 34
- Is this evidence that the war in heaven did not take place in the kingdom of God?
Verse 35
- Has the devil prepared any place for eternal human habitation besides Outer Darkness?
Verse 36
- Who is the actor in this verse that rejects the wicked?
Lexical notes
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Exegesis
It isn't immediately clear what "this thing" at the beginning of verse 31 refers to. The fact that Laman and Lemual are asking whether it refers to the torment of the body in the days of probation or after death suggests that "this thing" does not refer to God's justice spoken of in the previous verse. Instead it refers to the last thing they asked about--the river of water (verse 26) or in other words, as Nephi explains to them (verse 29), the awful hell that the angel told Nephi was prepared for the wicked (1 Ne 12:16). Nephi also makes it clear that they are talking about the river of dirty water, or hell, in verse 35.
Verses 32-36 are an explanation of what Nephi means by hell. We learn from these verse that Hell is the place prepared for those who cannot dwell in the kingdom of God.
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