-Lehi abandoned his wordly wealth. It was part of the Jerusalem reality, a component and
possibly a symbol of the wickedness of the people. Lehi left all of it behind, he was able to
disengage from an element of mortality that has such tremendous sway on our
hearts: money. Are we equally willing to walk away from a
value system that is so entrenched in us that it motivates so much of what we
do (it significantly influences what we buy, what we wear, how we look at
others, where we live, what we choose for a profession, what we spend so much time
doing. Money drives us like few other
things. Lehi tossed all the baggage
associated with wealth (money) aside and freed himself. Leaving his wealth at Jerusalem was a symbol
of his new life free of the wicked influences of the world he knew.
“he knew”
-this
definite knowledge was beyond the ability of man to see with or by his own
power. This is the privilege the Lord
gives to his obedient followers.
“must be”
-wickedness
is unsustainable. It is as if Jerusalem
had passed a point of no return.
Destruction was not simply a high probability event, it was a forgone
conclusion. Just as certainly as spring
follows winter, Jerusalem, in its state of wickedness, would be destroyed.
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