LOL, I love your thoughts Wingnut about Laman and Lemuel etc.
It was me in another post about how the path = the family. Of couse, as you said, you may not believe that solidly, but you can see it. Remember that these visions and the scriptures as they reveal themselves to us, can symbolise different things at different stages of our lives. To me the iron rod = word of God and the path = the family. Makes lots of sense. And the point that you make about how Lehi makes his way to the tree with no vision impairment. Some people may disagree with me here, but I believe that is the symbol of spiritual vision. When one is so converted to the gospel of Jesus Christ that they are no longer distracted or "see" the temptations around them. It is not that the temptations disappear, but that they have "an eye single to the glory of God" and therefore recognise the temptations for what they are, which negates the tempation, because it has no power over them (ie: and the fiery darts of the adversary will have no power over you). So when we live the gospel with our family and see the pattern clearly that God has set forth for us to follow, we see to the tree very clearly and if we keep our eyes fixed on the tree, the path seems easier to follow.
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