The tree of life's fruit is "White", and the drawing of partaking the tree of life's fruit also means an office of the Holy Priesthood - High Priest.
Following map of Lehi's dream, shown the positions of where the Chinese Priesthood holders of ancient days supposed to be.
In the Book of Abraham, it said:
" 1 In the land of the Chaldeans, at the residence of my fathers, I, Abraham, saw that it was needful for me to obtain another place of residence;
2 And, finding there was greater happiness and peace and rest for me, I sought for the blessings of the fathers, and the right whereunto I should be ordained to administer the same; having been myself a follower of righteousness, desiring also to be one who possessed great knowledge, and to be a greater follower of righteousness, and to possess a greater knowledge, and to be a father of many nations, a prince of peace, and desiring to receive instructions, and to keep the commandments of God, I became a rightful heir, a High Priest, holding the right belonging to the fathers.
3 It was conferred upon me from the fathers; it came down from the fathers, from the beginning of time, yea, even from the beginning, or before the foundation of the earth, down to the present time, even the right of the firstborn, or the first man, who is Adam, or first father, through the fathers unto me.
4 I sought for mine appointment unto the Priesthood according to the appointment of God unto the fathers concerning the seed"(Abraham 1:1-4).
After the Flood and the tower of Babel, the descendants of Noah were scattered abroad upon the face of all the earth "after their families, after their tongues, in their countries, and in their nations"(Genesis 10&11). Abraham sought for his appointment "unto the Priesthood according to the appointment of God unto the fathers", and this is "a High Priest...even the right of the firstborn", and so Abraham could preside his families at his residences.
If this was the tradition in those ancient days, it give us a clue why they called the "firstborn" of their sons the same word of "High Priest" among the people who emigrated from the tower of Babel to the oriental land. Following were the words used to be the order of the sons from the firstborn to the fourth son 3000 years ago, and it showed that both "firstborn" and "High Priest" were the same words.
posted by yen-ku hsu @ 8:16 AM
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