Doomsday Tapes

Ok, fine, I guess this has almost nothing to do with the doomsday tapes. But seriously, those things were cool. Theorizing about the future is always cool. Not necessarily accurate, but definitely interesting. In the Book of Mormon though, we see some very accurate prophesying about the distant future. A few simple verses in 1 Nephi tell of the founding of America, in very accurate detail.
In vision, Nephi sees one Gentile, across the many waters from his brethren, who is set upon by the Holy Spirit of God. This man crosses the many waters and is followed by more Gentiles. They drive Nephi's brethren before them and scatter them across the face of the land. Soon, Gentiles are collected upon the promised land.
The next phrase is what really caught my attention: "I beheld that their mother Gentiles were gathered together upon the waters, and upon the land also, to battle against them." Often, the country which owns a colony is called a mother country. Nephi sees these "mother countries" gathering together on the land and the sea. They are gathered against their children colonies. The Gentiles in the colonies have become humble before the Lord, and are given His power with them. Because of this, they are able to fight back and keep their land of promise for themselves.
Reading this long past the time in which the prophesy was fulfilled, I can see the accuracy and meaning behind it. The words which Nephi uses not only portray the historical and physical happenings of the revolution, but also the moral and emotional repercussions and meanings of those actions.