The Tree of Life---------------------------The Love of God
Rod of Iron-------------------------------The Word of God
Great and Spacious Building---------------The Pride of the World
River of filthy Water-----------------------The depths of Hell
Mist of darkness--------------------------Temptations of the Devil
Nephi emphasizes to his brothers that "... there cannot any unclean thing enter into the kingdom of God." (1Nep.15:34) That every man will be judged according to their own works and that there will be a separation between "righteousness" and "filthiness". There's a place prepared for that which is "clean" and a place prepared for that which is "filthy". The devil is the preparator of that "awful hell" for those who are not righteous.
After Nephi took time to explain everything to his brothers, they said:
"Thous has declared unto us hard things, more than we are able to bear."
To this, Nephi replied: "...wherefore, the guilty taketh the truth to be hard, for it cutteth them to the very center." To this, his brothers, to his surprise, humbled themselves and Nephi became hopeful for them.
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