The Tears That Choke the Wheat and Drive the Church Into the Wilderness

Nephi was told by his angelic guide that people would take away many covenants of the Lord. The corruption of Scripture could have occurred either by the physical loss of words or as a consequence of still existing texts no longer being understood. Fortunately, while the terrors of contention over matters of truth and doctrine were initially successful in causing widespread apostasy, that is not the end of this story. Because of this, the Lord has commanded the restored church to forgive one another.