Talk:Abraham Facsimile 2

I loved the exegesis on the three facsimiles. Thank you to whomever posted this information. When I taught seminary on this subject, I asked my class why these three facsimiles are in our scriptures....is there anything we can draw from them for our personal lives? They came up with a great explanation for fascimile #1, which had some broad parallels with the exegesis posted. Abraham represents each of us, facing certain death in this mortal life [bound to the altar] Because of the Fall, we are subject to temptation, sin and death [represented by the priest and the crocodile, Satan, the underling force]. When we, like Abraham, are willing to sacrifice our the "lusts of the flesh" as represented by the 4 canopical jars under the altar and cry unto the Lord [the hawk] for His saving grace, then our bands will loosed and sin is destroyed [the priest is killed in the narrative] and we are rescued.

Fascimile #2 seemed to represent the order of God. The word "ordinance" actually means to "place in order". Fascimile #2 could represent the temple, where we learn the "order of God". Once we truly understand and faithfully live the covenants and all that apply to them, then it seems that we, like Abraham, will be worthy to sit on thrones,[Fascimile #3] through the grace [the politeness] of God, our King.

So, basically, the three fascimiles to my seminary class represented the plan of salvation. Simple. --Janet Lisonbee