1 Nephi 11

There is so much in this chapter that it's hard to know what to comment on
and still keep things brief and not write a book. I'm going to highlight a
couple, three things and let you glean what else you find.

Verse 7 is Nephi's calling as a prophet. He's told that he will see the
vision of the tree his father saw and after he sees the tree, he will see
Savior. From then on, he is expected to bear record that Christ is the Son
of God. With great revelation comes great responsibility. Joseph Smith
didn't realize that trying to find out which church was right would lead to
his great revelation of the Father and the Son. But once he received, the
responsibility for the restoration was on his shoulders.

The angel asks Nephi twice if he knows what the condescension of God is.
The first time he asks Nephi, Nephi is shown how Mary conceives by the Holy
Ghost. The second time he asks Nephi, Nephi is shown the ministry and
crucifixion of the Savior. To me, these condescensions of God are the
immortal Father being willing to step down from his exalted throne to become
the father of a mortal son, and Christ, a God, being willing to leave the
presence of his Father and become a mortal and suffer all that he did.

Mary is described as more beautiful and fair than all other virgins. I do
not think this is referring to physical beauty alone, but that her beauty is
reflected from her being so pure that she is found worthy to give birth to
the Messiah. She must be one of the choicest, if not the choicest, woman to
walk on the face of the earth. Eve must be a similar person.