Lehi's Dream and the Great Plan of Happiness (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9798387434518)

A prophet named Lehi was told by God to flea Jerusalem with his family about 600 B.C. While traveling in the wilderness, he was given this marvelous dream by the Holy Spirit. This dream was filled with many spiritual symbolisms, including the Tree of Life. After sharing this dream with his family, his son Nephi, was also shown the dream and given the interpretation of it, along with visions about the coming life of Christ and the future of Lehi's family. The description of the dreams is found in The Book of Mormon, a history and scriptural record of Lehi's family and others that settled in the Americas, including an account of Jesus Christ's appearance after his resurrection. The record of Lehi's dream is found in 1 Nephi starting in chapter 8.
I felt inspired to write this book after studying the layout of Lehi's Dream in preparation for a painting I wished to do of the scene. That painting is now on the cover. As I studied the people that Lehi describes moving through the dream, I found many parallels with the plan of salvation. The dream is rich with spiritual insights into God's wonderful plan for the salvation of mankind. This book is a study of those insights with parallels from the scriptures and what we can learn from them, such as;
What is the significance of the wilderness that Lehi passed through, and what can it reveal about the purpose of life and our own means of escaping those lone and dreary times in our own lives?
What can we learn from the Rod of Iron and how to find the truth of all things?
What are the mists of darkness and how do they affect us? How may we escape the fiery darts of the adversary?
What is the meaning of the gorge, the fountain and the river, and those who are drowned in the filthy waters?
What about the large and spacious building and those inside? What are they shouting and why must it fall?
What of the fruit of the tree of life and what does it mean? Where can we go to find this fruit in our lives?
And what of the many broad roads and strange paths that Lehi saw and where do they lead?
What can the many people described moving through the dream tell us about the plan of salvation and about ourselves?
What did Nephi's vision reveal to us about the life of Jesus Christ our Savior, and the fate of the church he formed?
What does the dream reveal about the path to happiness and the thing most joyous to the soul?
This second edition includes a similar dream of the Tree of Life that Joseph Smith Sr. had, as well as a more in-depth look into God's marvelous plan for each of us.

Author: Byron John Pixton
ISBN-10: 8387434515
ISBN-13: 9798387434518
Publisher: Independently Published
Language: English
Published: 05/10/2023
Pages: 132
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.41lbs
Size: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.28d