helaman 9: 1 - 17
unlike most prophets, nephi offered the people a sign or further witness of his prophetic calling. what does the judges' reaction tell you about why prophets do not generally give signs?
--> rather than let themselves believe the miraculous fact that nephi had prophesied what was going to happen in the murder, the judges thought he orchestrated it himself for accolades. "a wicked and idolatrous generation seeketh after a sign", as the scriptures say. this is why prophets are careful to produce signs. they can always be thwarted and twisted in detrimental ways. sometimes in the scriptures i wonder if these signs did more damage than good?
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