Editing Second Nephi (section)

=== Early LDS interpretation ===
Second Nephi 28 mentions that priests of different churches will "contend" with each other and teach without the [[Holy Spirit (Christian denominational variations)#Latter Day Saints|Holy Ghost]]. Early members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints saw many competing religions and began to interpret [[Joseph Smith|Joseph Smith's]] visit to the [[Sacred Grove (Latter Day Saints)|Sacred Grove]] to ask God which church was right as fulfillment of this prophecy. Second Nephi 29 goes on to describe a new book of scripture that would be revealed but rejected by many people because they already had the Bible. According to early church leader [[Heber C. Kimball]], the response of many ministers was often "we need no more revelation," which he declared as fulfillment of the chapter 29 prophecy.{{sfn|Underwood|1984|p=46}}

Joseph of Egypt's prophecy quoted in Second Nephi 3 was also interpreted by early church members, who believed Joseph Smith to be "the choice seer" with the same name as his father.{{sfn|Underwood|1984|p=47}}