Thursday, 5 February 2015

2 Nephi 9:53 Condescension

I'm going to be on 2 Nephi 9:53 for a few days.  It's a long verse, but it concludes a chapter so rich with doctrine.  Nephi celebrates in this verse the 'condescension' of God.  This follows immediately after he expresses praise and gratitude for the covenants extended to us.

As I read the cross-references you begin to feel the definition of the word 'condescension'.  He came down. He who was already so like Father, came and experienced birth, life with a mortal body, and death. I sense that there is so much more to this 'coming down', that I just don't understand yet.  I feel a draw to Him because He did this.

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