So chapter 11 of 1 Nephi reviews what the last few chapters already talked about. It's a review because Nephi's prayer is being answered by giving him the knowledge he so desired. I am not going to go back into the tree of life except for just a little. In verses 35 and 36 they are talking about the large and spacious building and the angel says to Nephi, "...Behold the world and the wisdom thereof; yea, behold the house of Israel hath gathered together to fight against the twelve apostles of the Lamb. And it came to pass that I saw and bear record, that the great and spacious building was the pride of the world; and it fell, and the fall thereof was exceedingly great..." In thinking about the pride of the world and what they are doing it scares me to think of the moments that I feel I am getting swept up in it. I don't think of myself as fighting against the 12 apostles, but when we get swept up in the pride of the world we start to fight the battle on the other end. When I read about the tree of life it seems like the iron rod and the spacious building have some space between them, but in reality it is a little foggy in the middle and easy to not notice when we are drifting.
This is a short review of the rest of chapter 11 because I feel like I would just be repeating myself from previous posts.
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That's an interesting insight I had never picked up on: the fogginess in the middle of the Iron Rod and the Great and Spacious Building. For me, it's self-righteousness that blurs that line. Sometimes, I know I'm right and am so sure of it, that it leads me to talk bad about others and treat others unkindly. Isn't that funny?
ReplyDeleteIn reality, righteousness can never be directed inward (to the "self"), but must always be directed outward. THAT line is a difficult one to draw.
I never thought of it like that, but it makes sense and is true.
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