1 Nephi 8 The Tree of Life
Please read and study 1 Nephi 8.
Take a few minutes to ponder these quotes, copy them into your scriptures and consider how "you are in it".
“The greatest
manifestation of God’s love for His children is the mortal ministry, atoning
sacrifice, and Resurrection of the Lord Jesus Christ. The fruit on the tree can
be considered a symbol for the blessings of the Savior’s Atonement” (David A.
Bednar, “Come and See,” Ensign or Liahona, Nov. 2014, 109).Take a few minutes to ponder these quotes, copy them into your scriptures and consider how "you are in it".
Elder David A. Bednar
President Boyd K. Packer
“You may think that
Lehi’s dream or vision has no special meaning for you, but it does. You are in
it; all of us are in it” (Boyd K. Packer, “Finding Ourselves in Lehi’s Dream,”
Ensign or Liahona, Aug. 2010, 22).
Take a few minutes to link these scriptures to each other and ponder the symbolism:
Symbol in Lehi’s Vision
(Mark
these in 1 Nephi 8)
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Interpretation Shared by
Nephi
(cross-reference
to these)
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1 Nephi
8:10–12—The tree with white fruit
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1 Nephi
11:21–25 –The love of God; the blessings of the Atonement of Jesus
Christ
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1 Nephi
8:13—The river of filthy water
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1 Nephi
12:16; 15:26–29—Filthiness;
the depths of hell
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1 Nephi
8:19—The rod of iron
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1 Nephi
11:25 –The word of God
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1 Nephi
8:23—The mists of darkness
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1 Nephi
12:17 –The temptations of the devil
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1 Nephi
8:26—The great and spacious building
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1 Nephi
11:35–36; 12:18—The
pride and vain imaginations of the world.
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