Monday, June 22, 2015

1 Nephi 3:12

12  And he desired of Laban the records which were engraven upon the plates of brass, which contained the agenealogy of my father.
            -In defense of all the criticism heaped up on Laban, he did it!  He engaged in a very difficult task and went and did!

    “genealogy of my father.”
            -genealogy is a big thing to God.  This has an allusion to the temple, to our ancestors and to the sealing power.  It is important, obviously, for us to be connected to our past.  We know, also that the plates of brass also contained the teachings of the prophets to Isreal.  It was therefore a record of personal genealogy but also a record of a societal lineage.  Most importantly, it is a record describing our Heavenly Father’s dealings with his children.  In this way it is a record of eternal genealogy:  a record that establishes our heavenly or divine origin.

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