For, for this intent have we written these things, that they may know that we knew of Christ, and we had a hope of his glory many hundred years before his coming; and not only we ourselves had a hope of his glory, but also all the holy prophets which were before us.
Lehi was directed to leave Jerusalem, so his family could grow in knowledge of the coming Messiah without the foolish and stiff-necked traditions of the Pharisees and Scribes getting in the way. The Nephites had all the same scriptures as their Jewish brethren, but they had one thing more: the gift of prophecy and revelation. They could understand what the Jews refused to comprehend. The Jews could have known as clearly as did the Nephites about Christ, but they refused to see with their eyes and hear with their ears.
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