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THE FIRST BOOK OF PA-NAT
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The First Book of Pa-Nat opens a new phase in the Nem record, occasioned by tragedy: the death of Shigoeth, elder brother to Pa-Nat, while ascending the meditation heights once frequented by the prophet Samuel above Mentina. Custom required a Hagothite male to preside, yet the Council elevates Nin-Shepa, Pa-Nat's sister, to the office of high priestess, recognizing her gifts as prophetess, seer, and translator. Pa-Nat himself takes up the stylus as her clerk, and rather than narrate his own days, he turns backward to recover the missionary labors of an earlier generation — particularly the southward journey of Sanempet's four children into Nephite and Gadianton territory before the coming of Christ.
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The book's narrative spine follows Sanhagot, eldest of Sanempet's children, with his brothers Shigath and Shimnet and his sister Himneth, the prophetess. Each labors in a wicked city — Laman, Josh, Gad, Kishkumen — encountering corrupt judges (Wayus, Ohmer, Pahorat), enduring beatings, imprisonment, and expulsion, and pronouncing prophecies of destruction by fire that the closing chapter confirms were literally fulfilled at the Lord's appearance. Central themes include the Nem covenant of shared stewardship and care for the poor, the doctrine of the Holy Ghost as a personage operating through spiritual matter, the legitimacy of female priesthood ministry, the covenant of chastity preserved by modest clothing, and the gathering of converts to witness Christ at Bountiful.
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The book situates the Nem among the eastern survivors privileged to behold the descending Lord.
