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Lehi’s Dream HOLDING FAST TO THE ROD The overarching theme of the Book of Mormon—inviting all to come unto Christ—is paramount in Lehi’s vision. By Elder David A. Bednar Of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles
LEHI’S DREAM, BY GREG OLSEN, MAY NOT BE COPIED I love the Book of Mormon. Some of my earliest gospel memories are of my mother reading to me from Book of Mormon Stories for Young Latter-day Saints, by Emma Marr Petersen. In those childhood experiences and during a lifetime of ongoing personal study and prayer, the Holy Ghost repeatedly has borne witness to my soul that the Book of Mormon is the word of God. I testify that the Book of Mormon is another testament of Jesus Christ. I know the Prophet Joseph Smith translated the Book of Mormon with and by the power of God. And I witness that the Book of Mormon is “the most correct of any book on earth, and the keystone of our religion, and a man [will] get nearer to God by abiding by its precepts, than by any other book.” 1 Key Symbols in Lehi’s Dream The importance of reading, studying, searching, and pondering the scriptures in general and the Book of Mormon in particular is highlighted in several elements of Lehi’s vision of the tree of life (see 1 Nephi 8). The central feature in Lehi’s dream is the tree of life— a representation of “the love of God” (see 1 Nephi 11:21– 22). “For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life” ( John 3:16). Thus, the birth, life, and atoning sacrifice of the Lord Jesus Christ are the greatest manifestations of God’s love for His children. As Nephi testified, this love is “most desirable above all things” and, as the angel in his vision declared, “most October 2011 33
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