With that in mind we can now pivot to our final chapter today and it's a masterpiece.

It's we're back to Nephi. Mr. Glory and plainness and hallelujah for that.

Okay. We're gonna get his explanation of the quotation that he just gave us.

And this is going to last into, it lasts through next week's lesson as well.

25 is just where we'll begin, but next week we'll get 26 through 30 and that's a masterpiece

as well.

But to turn to chapter 25, I mentioned this analogy or you gave this example last week where in chapter 11 he was there

we're looking we're facing the jungle a thick forest if we want to use what of

Isaiah's preferred metaphors, right?

And there are vines and tangles and brambles and weeds and probably poison ivy and

poison oak and this is, who are you ready for this?

And all through Chapter 11, Nephi is there to pump us up I delight my soul delighteth in these words so please it's worth it remember this liking

Rejoice in the message see yourself in all that he's saying, and then go, plow forward.

And we did.

We had enthusiasm and momentum back in chapter 12 and 13 and then 14 and 15 we started getting a little lost but then he

16 Isaiah's called and like okay we can do this and then 17 we start getting a little

iffy and 18 and 19. Am I still not done with this thing? I swear we should

be out of the jungle by now. Is the forest extend forever?

Whoo, 23 and 24 and finally we start to see a little light poking through the leaves and wonder

if it's just a little clearing before it gets worse, but when we get there,

we emerge into this glorious white-open prairie, this plain and Nephi standing there. And he looks like he just... and he's

is well rested and showered and here we are with dirt in our faces and

...