4 Nephi 1 is a four-page account of the 286 years following Jesus Christ's resurrection and his prophetic visit to some of his "other sheep" on the American continent.
It documents the time from A.D. 34, when;
(verses 2-18)". . the people were all converted unto the Lord, upon all the face of the land . . and there were no contentions and disputations among them . . there were not rich and poor, bond and free, but they were all made free, and partakers of the heavenly gift . . even they were blessed and prospered until an hundred and ten years had passed away . . and there was no contention in all the land."
and then;
(verses 24-49) "And now, in this two hundred and first year there began to be among them those who were lifted up in pride . . And they began to be divided into classes . . the people did harden their hearts . . And it came to pass that when three hundred years had passed away, both the people of Nephi and the Lamanites had become exceedingly wicked one like unto another . . and there were none that were righteous save it were the disciples of Jesus . . And it came to pass that when three hundred and twenty years had passed away, Ammaron, being constrained by the Holy Ghost, did hide up the records which were sacred -- yea, even all the sacred records which had been handed down from generation to generation . . that they might come again unto the remnant of the house of Jacob, according to the prophecies and the promises of the Lord."
I wonder.
What would a comparative 286-year-four-page version for The United States of America be?
(A.D. 1730-2016)
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