Again Nephi blurs the line of Dream and Vision - "it came to pass after my father had made an end of speaking the words of his dream" (v.2), "I Nephi, having heard all the words of my father, concerning the things which he saw in a vision" (v. 17).
Nephi's reaction to his father's dream/vision is also very instructive:
"And it came to pass after I Nephi, having heard all the words of my father, concerning the things which he saw in a vision, and also the things which he spake by the power of the Holy Ghost...I, Nephi, was desirous also that I might see and hear, and know of these things, by the power of the Holy Ghost, which is the gift of God unto all those who diligently seek him, as well in times of old as in the time that he should manifest himself unto the children of men.
For he is the same yesterday, today and forever....
For he that diligently seeketh shall find; and the mysteries of God shall be unfolded unto them, by the power of the Holy Ghost, as well in these times as in times of old, and as well in times of old as in times to come; wherefore the course of the Lord is one eternal round."
I Nephi 10:17-19
It is interesting to note that the unchanging nature of God and his dealings with men ("from eternity to eternity he is the same") is again conflated with his willingness to share "the hidden mysteries of [his] kingdom," "the wonders of eternity," and "the secrets of [his] will" in the Lord's preface to Joseph Smith and Sidney Rigdon's vision of the eternities recorded in Doctrine and Covenants 76 (see verses 1-10).
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