According to Daniel Peterson, Nephi's vision of the tree of life in 1 Nephi 11 expands upon the vision received earlier by his father, Lehi. [E. Charles Pyle, "Review of 'The Book of Mormon Vs. the Bible (or Common Sense),'" http:\\www.linkline.com\personal\dcpyle\reading\bodineco.htm, p. 8]. . he called out. Jehovah came down so that we could go up. He descended to subject Himself to the will of the Father, suffering Himself to be tempted, mocked, scourged, cast out, and disowned, even though He was all-powerful. 8. Father, into thy hands I commend my spirit" (John 19:30; Luke 23:46). . Thus it appears that of the 370 years during which the Solomonic Temple stood in Jerusalem, for no less than 236 years (or almost two-thirds of the time) the statue of Asherah was present in the Temple, and her worship was a part of the legitimate religion approved and led by the king, the court, and the priesthood and opposed by only a few prophetic voices crying out against it at relatively long intervals. According to Raphael Patai, for hundreds of years the image of Asherah stood next to the altar of Yahweh/El in the temple and as such both Yahweh/El and Asherah were understood to be Husband and Wife, the supreme God and Goddess of the universe. Still in both Israelite and Canaanite religion, El's cultic symbol was the bull. Daniel C. Peterson. In the case of the Patriarchs, it was customary to set up a sacred stone pillar near a sacred tree and to consecrate it with oil.266 Often this would be in some high place on a hill or in the mountains. Finally El even lost Asherah to Baal, who took her for his wife.280 Thus all over the hill country in Canaan, there were stone pillars erected to Baal with an image of Asherah standing at his side, and all the communities in Canaan would go up to these and in the process of worshiping Asherah and Baal commit whoredom.281, When God first appeared to Moses in the desert He identified Himself as "the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob." Now before any of you jump out of your skin, you should realize that there was more than one form of idolatry, and the form to which the Patriarchs subscribed was not the worship of a stone or a carved image under the delusion that it was God. She is the tree. Copyright © 2020 Alan C. Miner. It is also mentioned in an early poem by Eliza R. Snow called "O May Father," which was alter set to music and has become a favorite LDS hymn. Our understanding of Christ's condescension should take us beyond our feelings of awe and deep gratitude. into an exceedingly high mountain (Illustration-Potter): Richard and George at Arabian candidate for mount Sinai, eight miles south of Jabel Al-Lawz. . "Abba," He cried, "Papa," or from the lips of a younger child, "Daddy" (Mark 14:36). [George Potter & Richard Wellington, Discovering Nephi's Trail, Chapter 1, p. 6, Unpublished], 1 Nephi 11:3 I [Nephi] desire to behold the things which my father saw (Illustration): Nephi's Vision [Clark Kelley Price, Verse Markers, Book of Mormon, Vol. 9-11, 21-42], Daniel Peterson notes that the great reforming king Hezekiah removed Asherah from the Temple, along with the so-called Nehushtan, which 2 Kings 18:4 describes as "the brasen serpent that Moses had made." In continuing, the Lord instructed Moses to go down into Egypt and tell the children of Israel that "Yahweh the God of your father, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob" had sent him to them.282, It has already been stated that the God El was thought of as an exalted man. Christ in the New World. On that same scale, the diameter of the Milky Way, our own galaxy, would be a stack of paper three hundred and ten miles high. (see the commentary on 1 Nephi 11:21) The Asherah mythology was certainly known to Lehi for her symbol stood in Solomon's temple during his lifetime. Jesus' entire being, His complete purpose and delight, were centered in pleasing His Father and obeying His will. . In 1988 Wall Street millionaire Larry Williams and ex-police officer Bob Cornuke illegally entered Saudi Arabia to visit the mountain. When Nephi desired to know the meaning of the dream his father had received, he "was caught away in the Spirit of the Lord, yea, into an exceedingly high mountain, which I never had before seen, and upon which I never had before set my foot" (1 Nephi 11:1). Of course, Mary, the virgin girl of Nazareth seen by Nephi, was not literally Asherah. . [Brant Gardner, "Brant Gardner's Page, "http://www.highfiber.com/ ~nahualli/LDStopics/1 Nephi/1 Nephi11.htm, pp. ." The four stages or phases in the Nephite prophetic view are visible in several texts, but never more clearly than in Nephi's vision in 1 Nephi 11-14, which divides naturally into four sections that correspond to chapters 11, 12, 13, and 14. . The 'fountain of living water' is a type of Christ as the source of life with regard to both immortality and eternal life." [John W. Welch, "Getting through Isaiah with the Help of the Nephite Prophetic View," in Isaiah in the Book of Mormon, pp. It certainly qualifies as "an exceedingly high mountain." . . But, finally, they promised the Lord that a child of theirs would be dedicated to the Lord, i.e. The, makes the following statement: "The rabbis report that the golden calf was made as a replica of the bull in the divine throne. The sacred tree, usually represented in the form of a stylized palm tree growing on a mountain, is the most common decorative motif in Assyrian royal iconography.244, Lehi was living in the mountains when he saw the tree, and Nephi was taken to a high mountain to have the meaning of the dream revealed. And a Virgin appeared by the tree, and three angels who hymned her, and the angel told me that she was Mary, the Mother of Christ. This is the tree of life, and it is right over the main shrine (this is where the Shrine of the Torah was) of this very ancient synagogue--the oldest Jewish church we know of. Rather than symbol only, Nephi sees precisely how Christ is the meaning of the dream, and the symbols are explicated by their relevance to the life and mission of the Savior: "and I also beheld that the tree of life was a representation of the love of God." "President Benson stated, 'When the great God of the universe condescended to be born of a mortal woman, He submitted Himself to the infirmities of mortality to 'suffer temptations, and pain of body, hunger, thirst, and fatigue, even more than man can suffer, except it be unto death' (Mosiah 3:7). (The Prophet's changes here and hereafter are highlighted by italics.) (Robert J. Matthews, "A Greater Portrayal of the Master,". Under it are Isaac [he probably means Jacob] and the twelve tribes of Israel. Much of the confusion existing in human conceptions concerning the nature of the Holy Ghost arises from the common failure to segregate His person and powers. "255 [Daniel C. Peterson, "Nephi & His Asherah," in Journal of Book of Mormon Studies , FARMS, Vol. . Surely it was Jesus (and not Bethlehem) who was the prince, for he (and not the whole village) was to inherit the throne of David and rule Israel "with judgment and with justice . However, the Holy Ghost does not possess a body of flesh and bones, as do both the Father and the Son, but is a personage of spirit. Nephi's calling to rule over his older brothers had precedent in Isaac's birthright over Ishmael, Jacob over Esau, and Joseph over his older brothers (Genesis 21: 12; 27:1-36; 37:3-4; 48:22; 1 Nephi 2:22). . In all three cases the scriptures clearly state that in the mind of those who constructed them the image was built to Yahweh/El, the true God of Israel. . [Alan C. Miner, Personal Notes], Archaeological excavations have revealed that although there were many languages and cultures which existed in the ancient Near East, their ideas about God and religion were incredibly alike--and this rule of thumb does not altogether except the Hebrews. The great distinction between the religion of the Patriarchs and that of their neighbors was their belief in the basic morality of God. . [The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, The Ensign, December 1997, inside front cover], 1 Nephi 11:20 I looked and beheld the virgin again, bearing a child in her arms (Illustration): "He Shall Bring Forth a Son." 1, p. 2]. For the inhabitants of ancient Arabia the palm also represented the Tree of Life. [Alan C. Miner, Personal Notes], The first edition of the Book of Mormon (1830) reads as follows: "Behold, the virgin whom thou seest is. . into an Exceedingly High Mountain: Mountains are sacred places in Hebrew cosmology. 1, p. 1], 1 Nephi 11:3 I desire to behold the things which my father saw (Illustration): A Comparison of Lehi's Dream and Nephi's Vision. If one partakes of the tree of life, one receives the same blessing. The Dictionary defines condescension as the "'voluntary descent from one's rank or dignity in relations with an inferior.' The same is also true of he other two calves which were built later in the northern Kingdom by Jeroboam, and set up in Dan and at Bethel. "From his magnificent throne, Jesus Christ, the God of this world, all-knowledgeable and all-powerful, descended. Even as He moved toward the Crucifixion, He restrained His Apostles who would have intervened by saying, "The cup which my Father hath given me, shall I not drink it?" For instance, we know: "So what does this mean for us? From now on, she was raised and educated under the direction of the authorities of the temple. The result was that the use of nay image or idol as a symbol for God's person was outlawed. . . Most especially Nephi invites parallels to Christ himself. The fact remains, Jesus of Nazareth was literally the mortal son of Mary and God the Eternal Father. Moreover, what is striking in the long story of Israel's Asherah is the identity of those who did not oppose her. It also contains much more. . The following table shows what historical events Nephi was shown after each portion of Lehi's dream was given. Nephi Sees the Virgin [Robert T. Barrett. Read this week's KnoWhy connected with the Come Follow Me curriculum, Mary is his mother. If indeed here in 1 Nephi 11:11 the Holy Ghost was Nephi's guide and teacher, this occasion is of tremendous significance, for it is the only scriptural occasion wherein the Holy Ghost makes a personal appearance to man. [O king, all (people) shall] make [peace], and all shall serve [him. The whole pantheon was a patriarchal order, composed of the sons and daughters of two heavenly parents who were thought of as God the Father and God the Mother--El and Asherah. It was forbidden to break any bones of the roasted sacrificial lamb. Before leaving this subject, a word should be said of Anna, the prophetess, mentioned by Luke. [Daniel C. Peterson, "Nephi & His Asherah," in Journal of Book of Mormon Studies , FARMS, Vol. Roberts, The Seventy's Course in Theology, Fifth Year, p. 60; see also Articles of Faith, Chapter 8, pp. he that hath seen me hath seen the Father" (John 14:7, 9). Only in our own century have we begun to sense the vastness of the universe. He was "wise," "benevolent" and "merciful. On the other hand, the sacred tree was to symbolize the presence of El's wife and our Heavenly Mother, Asherah. One opinion is that it is the spirit person of Christ, and the other is that it was the spirit person of the Holy Ghost. Both spent 40 days in the wilderness, both climbed a mountain for spiritual renewal, both performed healings, raised the dead, caused food to be multiplied, the lives of both were threatened. The First Book of Nephi can be broken down into six sections (below). This association of the mother of God with the date palm and the image of the mother nursing the god/king is also one of Near Eastern origin. "...And so the angel said to Nephi, 'Knowest thou the condescension of God?' the son of god . even in the Bible God is referred to as the "Bull of Jacob. 2, February 199, pp. [Brant Gardner, "Book of Mormon Commentary," 1Nephi/1Nephi11.htm, p. 9], 1 Nephi 11:27 I looked and beheld the Redeemer of the world (Illustration): Christ [Gary Kapp, Verse Markers, Book of Mormon, Vol. In John 1:1-14 we find set forth the doctrine of the divinization of "the Word" (or Logos). Moreover, if Moses was a type of Christ, then Jesus possibly visited the site of Sinai during his sojourn in the wilderness. The king was considered to be of divine parentage. The angel then says to Nephi: "Behold the Lamb of God, yea, even the Son of the Eternal Father!" Why is that? Come, Follow Me Daily Study Guide for the week of January 13-19, 2020 covering 1 Nephi 8-10. The form a symbolic world axis (and are therefore symbolically similar to the world tree symbol). Yardmen also argues that the archaic Greek name of the almond (amygdala, reflected in its contemporary botanical designation s Amygdalin communis), almost certainly not a native Greek word, is almost likely derived from the Hebrew e gedolah, meaning "Great Mother. We have visited the site and can verify much of what Williams has described. They knew that God was a man, but it was contrary to their law for them to portray Him as such through the use of any drawing, image or idol. These waters are separate from the river described by Lehi and Nephi. Though I do not subscribe to many of his beliefs, nevertheless in reviewing his article I found a number of items worthy of consideration concerning the veneration of Asherah in ancient Israel. In that vision Nephi wanted to know the meaning of the tree that his father had seen and that he himself now saw (see 1 Nephi 11:8-11). Now she was eighty-four years old, a widow but "she departed not from the temple, but served God with fastings and prayers night and day." This association of the mother of God with the date palm and the image of the mother nursing the god/king is also one of Near Eastern origin. But, as the Old Testament record faithfully attests, old ideas as basic to life and human nature as belief in a Mother in Heaven did not die easily! The lamb had to pass an exacting inspection by the priests, so that it was found to have no fault or blemish. Regarding biblical parallels, especially as they might relate to "an exceedingly high mountain" such as Mount Sinai, it is interesting that there are many parallels between Christ and Elijah. (Matthew 2:2-6), However, as given in the JST, the men from the East asked Herod a more searching question: "Where is the child that is born, the Messiah of the Jews?" 1 Nephi 10. This document probably originated in Egypt in the mid-third century of the Christian era and relates a vision of the great apostle that, in some details at least, strikingly resembles the vision of Nephi: "And he [the angel] showed me the Tree of Life," Paul is reported to have said, "and by it was a revolving red-hot sword. In the City of Nazareth I Beheld a Virgin: However, as given in the JST, the men from the East asked Herod a more searching question: "Where. That the story has an historic foundation is not denied. Moses meets with God on a mountain, which serves as a sacred symbolic place. 1 Nephi 12. Asherah was associated with trees.300 A 10th-century cultic stand from Ta'anach, near Megiddo, features two representations of Asherah; first in human form and then as a sacred tree. Moses meets with God on a mountain, which serves as a sacred symbolic place. Posted on September 11, 2014by zachriddStandard. . That scene provided the setting and the backdrop for an even greater set of revelations-an expanded prophecy of the future: the coming of Christ and his atoning mission, the future of Lehi's descendants, the restoration of the gospel in the last days, and the ongoing struggle between the forces of evil and righteousness. the Tree: Brant Gardner notes that after the brief introduction of the miracle of Christ's birth, the angel does two important things for Nephi. 1, p. 81], 1 Nephi 11:25 The tree of life (Illustration): Torah-shrine and symbolic tree in the ancient synagogue of Dura Europos. . Parpola informs us that "the cosmic nature of the tree is implied by its elaborate structure, absolute symmetry and axial balance." The scriptures say that their cup was full to overflowing. the Son of the Eternal Father: Joseph McConkie and Robert Millet note that in the 1830 edition of the Book of Mormon, this verse read as follows: "Behold the Lamb of God, yea, even the Eternal Father." Torah-shrine and symbolic tree in the ancient synagogue of Dura Europos. When Nephi desired to know the meaning of the dream his father had received, he "was caught away in the Spirit of the Lord, yea, into an exceedingly high mountain, which I never had before seen, and upon which I never had before set my foot" (1 Nephi 11:1). Some of the greatest revelations of all time have come as a direct result of pondering.... "Pondering and meditation are forms of sacred devotion, quiet and effective moments of prayer by which man draws near to the infinite and is made a partaker of the things of God. 7: 1 Nephi to Alma 29, p. According to George Potter and Richard Wellington, this raises an interesting question. She is, finally, mentioned as one of the women present in the "upper room" in Jerusalem, after the ascension of Jesus from the Mount of Olives. 16-18] [See the commentary on 1 Nephi 13:40]. Then, in due time, the baby girl, to whom they gave the name of Mary, came. Rather than being a sign of weakness, the recurrence of Book of Mormon events that were foreshadowed in biblical history, is yet another witness that the Book of Mormon is a true and accurate history. However, other Old Testament manuscripts have survived, and these consistently show that sacred trees formed a part of Patriarchal religion, and this information is now available in some of the newer translations of the Bible. . Their exploits are recorded in. [John W. Welch, "Getting through Isaiah with the Help of the Nephite Prophetic View," in. 1 Nephi 11:32-33 I . He descended to be born of a mortal woman, even though He was glorified and exalted. 8, No. Perhaps we should ponder why God became Man. (John 18:11). 1 Nephi 4. On two different occasions the New Testament perpetuates this same tradition: first in the book of Luke where it states that Adam was the son of God just as Seth was the son of Adam (Luke 3:38); and then again in Acts where it is declared that "we are the offspring of God." . And he [an angel] said unto me: Behold, the virgin whom thou seest is the mother of the Son of God, after the manner of the flesh. Still in both Israelite and Canaanite religion, El's cultic symbol was the bull. Nephi was amazed by the perfection of the tree he saw and said that its "beauty thereof was far beyond, yea, exceeding of all beauty; and the whiteness thereof did exceed the whiteness of the driven snow (1 Nephi 11:8; see also 8:11). Now before any of you jump out of your skin, you should realize that there was more than one form of idolatry, and the form to which the Patriarchs subscribed was not the worship of a stone or a carved image under the delusion that it was God. Now the excerpts which follow are taken from an article by Fred Collier ("The Common Origin of Ancient Hebrew/Pagan Religion and the Demise of the Hebrew Goddess"). A nontrivial number of readers have wondered and continue to wonder why he did such a thing, but this mystery is actually at least somewhat solvable because he told us. (Kent P. Jackson, ed., Studies in Scripture, Vol. Even in the case of Israel their concept of the morality of God had become degenerate. The Passover meal had several elements, the main one being roasted lamb. 1 Nephi 11:21 Knowest Thou the Meaning of the Tree Which Thy Father Saw? (Ensign, Dec. 2001, 18-20), "Will there be perplexities? See John W. Welch, Illuminating the Sermon at the Temple and Sermon on the Mount: An Approach to 3 Nephi 11–18 and Matthew 5–7 (Provo, UT: FARMS, 1999). Indeed, He had descended to fulfill His Father's will. 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