Nephi desired to see what his prophet-father saw, and he had faith that the Lord could and would show him the vision. Nephi sat pondering these heavenly things and then was caught away by the Spirit of the Lord, who would be his guide during a grand, panoramic tour down through the centuries: chapter 11 (Christ in Israel—New Testament), chapter 12 (Christ in America—Book of Mormon), chapter 13 (apostasy, restoration), and chapter 14 (last days).
The condescension of two Gods—the Father and the Son—reveals the depth of their love for us, as symbolized in the tree of life. “For God so loved the world that he gave his only begotten Son” (John 3:16), and “we love him, because he first loved us” (1 John 4:19).