Friday, June 5, 2009

1 Nephi 20:7-8

Here is what we have in verse 7 and 8, which we will consider today:

"7 They are created now, and not from the beginning, even before the day when thou heardest them not they were declared unto thee, lest thou shouldst say—Behold I knew them.
"8 Yea, and thou heardest not; yea, thou knewest not; yea, from that time thine ear was not opened; for I knew that thou wouldst deal very treacherously, and wast called a atransgressor from the womb."

In verse 7, we can see that it seems that there were things declared to the house of Israel before they fully understood what they were hearing. The Lord says that He did this lest they should say, "Behold, I knew them." This last phrase and the first phrase are still mysteries to me.

In verse 8, we see that they did not heed or hear the declarations of the Lord. He says that He knew that they would not heed or hear, and deal with things very treacherously. Even from when they were born, they were transgressors, which I believe means that they did not heed the teachings of the Lord.

At some point, we hope that they can repent and listen to the teachings of Isaiah. We shall see what happens.

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