Nephi's Days of Tribulation

1 Nephi recounts the “great tribulation” of Lehi’s family as they cross desert and ocean, echoing the ordeal of mortality that we all experience. But the Lord doesn’t leave them without his “tender mercies,” symbolized by the “L’yah'ona,” the world sphere with the sign of the compass pointing the way to Jehovah and the promise of exaltation.