Regardless of the laws of the land, the Church maintains that marriage is ordained of God to be between a man and a woman. The Supreme Court of the United States recently ruled that marriage between same sex partners will be legal in all states. More than ever before I have felt that the "large and spacious building" is luring people away from the tree. Recently there has been a great deal of controversy in social media and in various blogs about a change in the LDS handbook of instruction for leaders regarding how to respond to those in same-sex relationships and council about their children.Ĭurrently there is a huge furor among some, claiming the leaders of the church are promoting unreasonable discrimination. "Lehi's Dream" By: Damir Krivenko of Russia found on Pinterest Here Still others were making their way to join the great and spacious building. Because of this, some fell away into forbidden paths and were lost. Some of those who managed to make it all the way to the tree and eat the fruit afterward were ashamed, because of those that were scoffing them. Lehi goes on to describe seeing a large and spacious building (representing the pride of the world) in which there are many people in fine apparel who are in an attitude of mocking, pointing fingers and laughing at the people who are on the path to the tree. But somewhere along the way they become distracted, falling away, getting lost in the mists of darkness. Lehi sees other people who start out on the path, holding to the rod. Others, including his older sons Laman and Lemuel, do not follow the path. Some of the people in the vision, including Nephi and Sam and Sariah, take hold of the iron rod, follow the path and go directly to the tree where they partake of the fruit. (This, we are told, represents the word of God.) There is straight and narrow path along this rod of iron. Lehi also sees a rod of iron that extended along the bank of the river, leading to the tree. Shannon Brown's blog, Find Joy in the Journey Here Photo of stained glass depiction of Lehi's vision from LDS Conference Center taken from Partaking of the fruit of the tree represents the receiving of ordinances and covenants whereby the Atonement can become fully efficacious in our lives." Or, as Elder Bednar said in the October 2011 conference, " The fruit on the tree is a symbol for the blessings of the Atonement. Lehi sees a tree "whose fruit was desirable to make one happy" (representing the love of God). Over in chapter 11 we read about when his son, Nephi, is allowed to see the vision for himself and is given the interpretation to the things that he saw. In this vision Lehi sees many symbols that represent the importance of staying close to the gospel. One of my favorite stories from the Book of Mormon is Lehi's Vision of the tree of life (1 Nephi Chapter 8).
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