Sunday, March 20, 2016

1 Nephi 11:19-21

19  And it came to pass that I beheld that she was carried away in the Spirit; and after she had been carried away in the aSpirit for the space of a time the angel spake unto me, saying: Look!
20  And I looked and beheld the virgin again, bearing a achild in her arms.
21  And the angel said unto me: Behold the aLamb of God, yea, even the bSon of the Eternal cFather!  Knowest thou the meaning of the dtree which thy father saw?
            -the advent, the mission and the person of Jesus Christ, the Son of God is the literal personification and representation of the tree of life.  The mission and person of the Savior –God made flesh- is the love of God.  It is the thing that is most pure, most desireable, most sweet and most brilliant.  We do not really comprehend the majesty of the Savior.  He is the center, the absolute meaning and facilitator of mortal and eternal life.

      “Knowest thou the meaning of the tree”
            -finally after showing Nephi the individuals involved and the circumstances around the birth of the Savior into the world, the angel asks the question as if following up to make sure Nephi did not miss the point:  so, is it now evident what the meaning of the tree is?
            -what would my answer be?  What do I understand to be the meaning of the tree particularly after the prompts –the particulars of the vision- that the angel just gave…

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