2 Nephi 25-27

Nephi explains after Christ’s resurrection, he will appear to the Nephites, teaching them His law. They will receive signs of his birth, death, and resurrection. The wicked “shall perish; and they perish because they cast out the prophets, and the saints, and stone them, and slay them; wherefore the cry of the blood of the saints shall ascend up to God from the ground against them” (2 Nephi 26:3).

They will persecute the believers because of their faith in the words and prophesies of their fathers. “Now it came to pass that there was a day set apart by the unbelievers, that all those who believed in those traditions should be put to death except the sign should come to pass, which had been given by Samuel the prophet” (3 Nephi 1:9).

After He ministers to the Nephites, three generations, and many in the fourth, will have peace. But then, “a speedy destruction cometh unto my people; for, notwithstanding the pains of my soul, I have seen it” (2 Nephi 26:10).

Though the Nephites believe in Christ, they keep the law of Moses. But when Christ comes, “we are made alive in Christ because of our faith” (2 Nephi 25:25). This can apply to us today. We, too, can be made alive through our faith in Christ. Like the Nephites, we should “talk of Christ … rejoice in Christ … [and] preach of Christ” (2 Nephi 25:26).

We have a promise. “For behold, I am God; and I am a God of miracles; and I will show unto the world that I am the same yesterday, today, and forever; and I work not among the children of men save it be according to their faith” (2 Nephi 27:23).

Here again, we see the importance of faith. It is only when we have faith in the Lord, he will work among us.