Before this, however, there had been a great storm all over the land, and many of the wicked had been destroyed.
Jesus had been crucified at Jerusalem, had risen from the dead, and now he came to the Nephites with his resurrected body.

He taught them the same gospel that he had taught in Palestine and chose twelve disciples to preach and build up his church.

For nearly two hundred years the people all belonged to the Church of Christ, and peace was over all the land.

Then they became wicked again.

The Lamanites kept driving the Nephites further north, until they reached what is now the United States.