1 AND now I would that ye might know, that
after my father, Lehi, had made an end of aprophesying
concerning his seed, it came to pass that the Lord spake unto him again, saying
that it was not meet for him, Lehi, that he should take his family into the
wilderness alone; but that his sons should take bdaughters to cwife,
that they might raise up dseed
unto the Lord in the land of promise.
-Here an interesting lesson about revelation. The sequence of events
is central and very instructive to that lesson.
Hardly does Lehi cease prophesying when he is addressed by God -as if one led to the other…. Not only this, but the subject of Lehi’s
prophecy is also the focus of the Lord’s instruction to him. How are the two events related? What may we learn from the connection? The Lord’s direction to Lehi directly
fulfills Lehi’s prophecy that at the time of the declaration was impossible
(how could his “seed” do anything if his sons had no spouses to perpetuate and
create seed?).
“prophesying concerning his seed”…. “his
sons should take daughters to wife”…
-truth always leads to more truth, to solve a
problem (of how Lehi’s seed would
continue)
“it was not meet for him…”
-a wonderful principle of revelation is taught here: Lehi had been acting (doing) with the best he
knew. He was actively going forward in
his obedience to God even though I have to assume that he was conscious of the
fact that there were no young women for his sons to marry. Lehi was proactive and acting in accordance
to what he knew was best but his actions were taking him farther away from one
small but important task the Lord needed for him to perform (securing wives for
his sons) and so the Lord steps in only when necessary and makes a minor
course/schedule adjustment before anything was seriously messed up. We are also to act in accord with what we
understand to be correct and rely upon the Lord to make adjustments when
needed. If we are seeking His will, He
will not let us inadvertently stumble onto wrong courses. He will directly involve himself in our lives
from time to time upon necessity but if we have the spiritual sense enough to
stay generally on target, we should not expect to see his hand born strongly in
our lives. The infrequency of his
physical spiritual constraint should not be interpreted as his apathy or
inability but rather as our correct judgment and consistent righteousness.
“it is not meet for… but that his sons
should take… that they might raise up seed…”
-Lehi’s prophesies and the subsequent revelation from the
Lord show to us the principle that truth leads to more truth. This is a law. And the inverse is also true: untruth (lies or falsehoods) diminish the
truth, cloud the mind and confuse the understanding. Lies, deception, and other forms of untruth lead to greater lies, deceptions and other forms of untruth.
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