Should Lehi just have gone to Egypt for a while.

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Should Lehi just have gone to Egypt for a while.

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After Babylonians sacked Jerusalem, many Jews fled to Egypt until the Persians sacked Babylon and sent the Jews back to Jerusalem. It seems that it would have been better for Lehi to take his family south and die in Egypt like Jeremiah reportedly did and then Nephi (as an old man) could have returned and help rebuild the temple.
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Re: Should Lehi just have gone to Egypt for a while.

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tumult wrote:After Babylonians sacked Jerusalem, many Jews fled to Egypt until the Persians sacked Babylon and sent the Jews back to Jerusalem. It seems that it would have been better for Lehi to take his family south and die in Egypt like Jeremiah reportedly did and then Nephi (as an old man) could have returned and help rebuild the temple.


Of course, the Book of Mormon Lehi is a fictional character, but if you accept him and his story as real, you might counter that what God ordained is not for us to question.
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Lehi helps fullfil the prophecy in Genesis 49:22 regarding the scattering of Israel.
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bcspace wrote:Lehi helps fullfil the prophecy in Genesis 49:22 regarding the scattering of Israel.


Kind of like the continuing mythical saga...

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Which would you rather have? A Promised Land or a place with lots of pointy structures?
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The Nehor wrote:Which would you rather have? A Promised Land or a place with lots of pointy structures?


Not all promises are desirable!
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Trevor wrote:
The Nehor wrote:Which would you rather have? A Promised Land or a place with lots of pointy structures?


Not all promises are desirable!


True.
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The Nehor wrote:Which would you rather have? A Promised Land or a place with lots of pointy structures?


Hence, the "squared off" pyramids of mesoamerica.
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Why didn't Lehi sail on the Mediterranean Sea?
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moksha wrote:Why didn't Lehi sail on the Mediterranean Sea?


His lame-o ship would have been scuttled by Etruscan pirates.
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