Why Did Nephi Kill Laban

Jumat, 23 April 2021

Laman fled and told his brothers what Laban had done. Then the Spirit reminded Nephi that Laban had stolen their property tried to kill Nephi and his brothers and was actively defying the commandments of God.

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10 Nephi killed Laban v.

Why did nephi kill laban. After initially resisting the unexpected prompting v. Nephi was simply acting as an agent of the Lord. Had he done so he would indeed have been guilty of committing murder.

As he approaches Labans home Nephi sees him lying on the ground incapacitated by alcohol and utterly alone. Laban took part in all this because of his role with the plates. God could have disposed of Laban at the hands of an enemy or through an accident or illness.

Looking with an unbiased eye one simply cannot disparagingly grimace when Nephi takes Labans sword and for the protection of an entire nation slays him and then with a change of facial expression enthusiastically applaud. The Spirit commanded Nephi to kill Laban. Why Would Nephi Kill Laban.

Nephi did not take it upon himself to kill Laban. Williams in the January 2020 issue of the Ensign. He had as Nephi noted defied Gods commandments stolen Lehis property and sought to kill Nephi and his brothers see 1 Ne.

Some scholars have compared Nephis killing of Laban with a Biblical practice from ancient Israel where a guilty individual suffers punishment to preserve a group. If his account is true and I believe that it is the Lord commanded him to kill Laban. How did this happen.

1 Nephi 4613 1718. But there are some important things to remember when studying these verses of scripture writes Clyde J. Why is this so difficult to see.

Nephi did not kill Laban the Lord did. Why Did Nephi Have to Kill Laban. It demands that we decide if we believe in revelation and the goodness and justice of God or not.

Was Nephi simply listening to a voice in his head. One possible reason for this is because Laban committed three serious offenses against Nephi and his brothers. Long passages appear as 1 Ne 20 21 2.

After Nephis initial mental refusal to kill Laban the Spirit speaks to him twice more and provides Nephis mind with thoughts and reasons to obey the Lord. 2 He had stolen their property thus proving to be a robber himself 1 Nephi 32526. Did God have a right to do this.

Nephi was only doing what God had commanded. This is an interesting question that brings back to my remembrance Israels deliverance from Pharoah through Moses. The story of Nephi being commanded to kill Laban at the beginning of the Book of Mormon in order to obtain the brass plates might be a distressing story for some readers.

He was acting as the Lords. Sent to deceive him. Why didnt God simply preserve Nephis life using divine power instead of requiring him to kill Laban.

See 2 Nephi 528 In 1 Nephi 1 with a perfect perspective of where he was leading his readers Nephi explained a major theme for what he was about. The brothers tried twice to get the plates to which Laban responded by trying to have them killed v. Just as I dont completely understand why Nephi killed Laban I can never fully comprehend how the.

He obviously did not want to do it. God delivered Laban into Nephis hands so that he could kill him to obtain the plates which he did 1 Ne 46-18 Nephi obtained the plates by deceiving Labans household pretending to be Laban 1 Ne 420-26 Nephi copied many chapters of Isaiah from the brass plates onto the Plates of Nephi 1 Ne 1923. 1 The lot fell to Laman who went to Labans house and asked for the plates.

But Laban called Laman a robber and threatened to kill him. 1 Nephi 411 - the Spirit says the same thing that the angel told Nephi would happen. Fi-nally Nephi returned at night and found Laban passed out drunk 1 Nephi 47.

Evidently God had judged Laban and found him guilty. Mans agency cannot delimit or circumscribe the agency of God. Nephi does not just take the plates and leave he invites Zoram to come with him outside the wicked.

Could the angel which came to Nephi have been a demonic angel of light. Tures from a man named Laban 1 Nephi 324. When he hesitated the Spirit gave him several reasons why it was the right thing to do.

Lehi and his family due to the authorities trying to illegally kill him in the first place as they had done to his brothers as he says so himself were already de facto non-citizens. Telling him to kill Laban as the result of a psychosis or delusion. 3 coveted Lehis property as a greedy lustful man.

4 stolen that property outright. Why was Nephi required to kill him. Why did the first born have.

Why Nephi Killed Laban more than 30 years to ponder the encounter with Laban and its importance became ever more sig-nificant to him. 1 been unfaithful in keeping the commandments of God. Why did Nephi have to kill Laban.

In what little we know of the man Laban has at least. This is the point at which Nephi--seeking to recover the brass plates which contain much of the Old Testament and his familys genealogy--is confronted with the opportunity to kill Laban and take the plates by force. Nephi didnt know but it must have seemed surreal.

Laban lying before Nephi in a drunken stupor has not been guiltless in his dealings with Lehis family. He saw clearly what the Lord had done for his family and why. Nephi was on the Lords errand.

2 falsely accused Laman of robbery. Consider 2 Samuel 20 where King David seeks to kill a treasonous rebel. Nephi was prompted by the Spirit to kill Laban.

Fresh in his mind as they were in his hands immediately caused 3000 Israelite idolaters to be slain. And 5 sought twice to kill Nephi andor. Labans death confronts us with a lot to consider.

1 He had falsely accused them of a capital crime being robbers 1 Nephi 313. 18 Therefore I did obey the voice of the Spirit and took Laban by the hair of the head and I smote off his head with his own sword. The rebel Sheba hides inside the city of Abel.

When Nephi and his brothers arrived outside Jerusalem they cast lots to determine who would approach Laban first. Behold the Lord hath delivered him into thy hands.

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