The creation

[Anonymous]

I like that in the temple Adam pretty clearly represents mankind and eve womankind.

[Anonymous]

In our class this week, we studied about the Creation, so I figured this was a good post to bump up and comment on.

In the conference talk, “The Creation” by President Nelson, he gave this quote:

Quote:

While visiting the British Museum in London one day, I read a most unusual book. It is not scripture. It is an English translation of an ancient Egyptian manuscript. From it, I quote a dialogue between the Father and the Son. Referring to His Father, Jehovah—the pre-mortal Lord—says:

“He took the clay from the hand of the angel, and made Adam according to Our image and likeness, and He left him lying for forty days and forty nights without putting breath into him. And He heaved sighs over him daily, saying, ‘If I put breath into this [man], he must suffer many pains.’ And I said unto My Father, ‘Put breath into him; I will be an advocate for him.’ And My Father said unto Me, ‘If I put breath into him, My beloved Son, Thou wilt be obliged to go down into the world, and to suffer many pains for him before Thou shalt have redeemed him, and made him to come back to his primal state.’ And I said unto My Father, ‘Put breath into him; I will be his advocate, and I will go down into the world, and will fulfill Thy command.’”

I know that this is one narrative about the creation being quoted by another creation narrative (technically a creation narrative summary), but I would like to take comfort in the idea that something like this conversation may have actually happened – that there was an acknowledgement of some of the known costs of humanity, and that there was an advocate for us.

[Anonymous]

I like that version. Thanks for sharing, Amy.

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