Lehi is carried away in a vision, and has the privilege of seeing God on His throne and he sees Christ coming to the Earth. It seems that very few have had this opportunity of seeing both the Father and the Son. Like Joseph Smith, Lehi says that the Lord's "luster was above that of the noonday sun." The sun would be the brightest object that he would have in order to be able to describe something so amazing. He also sees the twelve apostles who's brightness, while still wonderful, pales in comparison to that of the Lord.
One of the apostles shows Lehi a book, this book must be some sort of record of things which will come because Lehi sees both the destruction of Jerusalem which leads him to mourn, but also many things which lead him to prophesy of the goodness of the Lord and how he blesses "those who come unto thee..." So even though Lehi sees such terrible things he is still grateful, he rejoices, and "his heart was filled."
Lehi had many other visions and prophecies that were written, some of which were probably translated by Joseph Smith as a part of the lost 116 pages mentioned in D&C 10. Though we don't have that account, it is apparent that Nephi and his brothers had received much more teaching and instruction from their father about visions he had had and that this vision that led him to leave Jerusalem was not something that simply came out of the blue. After this vision, Lehi did what all prophets do and went to teach the people the things he had learned and to call them to repentance.
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