The brother of Jared has such great faith that he sees the finger of the Lord. But his faith is not just faith, right? I mean he has had such amazing experiences in prayer, that he knows who he is speaking to and what His great role is.
In prayer is the brother of Jared speaking to Jesus Christ or God the Father? I know it doesn't really matter because of their oneness, but out of curiosity, I would like to know. In our day we know we speak to Father and blessings come through the Son and the Holy Ghost. When the Savior visited the Nephites they prayed directly to him. The phrase, 'Jehovah, God of the Old Testament' comes to mind as well causing me to think that that is who they really were praying to.
I'm also surprised that knowing the Lord as he did, why was he fearful of the Lords hand? Why was he fearful that he would be smitten. A couple of thoughts occur to me on this. I think the brother of Jared expected the Son of God to have a body similar in shape to his own, but did not expect to see just a hand that looked like any other man's hand appear out of nowhere to touch these stones. I think maybe he expected to see something more spirit like.
Also, the brother of Jared knew of his people's wickedness and that they journeyed in the wilderness because they needed time to repent. I think that maybe the brother of Jared was fearful that his idea of asking the Lord to touch the stones was so wrong that maybe he would literally be smitten as a chastisement for such a request.
In prayer is the brother of Jared speaking to Jesus Christ or God the Father? I know it doesn't really matter because of their oneness, but out of curiosity, I would like to know. In our day we know we speak to Father and blessings come through the Son and the Holy Ghost. When the Savior visited the Nephites they prayed directly to him. The phrase, 'Jehovah, God of the Old Testament' comes to mind as well causing me to think that that is who they really were praying to.
I'm also surprised that knowing the Lord as he did, why was he fearful of the Lords hand? Why was he fearful that he would be smitten. A couple of thoughts occur to me on this. I think the brother of Jared expected the Son of God to have a body similar in shape to his own, but did not expect to see just a hand that looked like any other man's hand appear out of nowhere to touch these stones. I think maybe he expected to see something more spirit like.
Also, the brother of Jared knew of his people's wickedness and that they journeyed in the wilderness because they needed time to repent. I think that maybe the brother of Jared was fearful that his idea of asking the Lord to touch the stones was so wrong that maybe he would literally be smitten as a chastisement for such a request.
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