When visiting a group of Lehi’s descendants somewhere in the Americas (shortly after His Resurrection), Christ revealed that He would also be visiting other people who originated from the House of Israel but were now found in a different part of the globe.
“And verily, verily, I say unto you that I have other sheep, which are not of this land, neither of the land of Jerusalem, neither in any parts of that land round about whither I have been to minister. For they of whom I speak are they who have not as yet heard my voice; neither have I at any time manifested myself unto them. But I have received a commandment of the Father that I shall go unto them, and that they shall hear my voice, and shall be numbered among my sheep, that there may be one fold and one shepherd; therefore I go to show myself unto them.” (3 Nephi 16:1-3)
Questions:
- Do these verses suggest Christ was going to visit just one other group after leaving Lehi’s descendants? Or, could there be many groups?
Messages of the Book of Mormon 