Because of the Lamb of God, His sacrifice and atonement, now the gate is open, and by the gate we can enter in.
In the section Choosing to Follow(1), we quoted "In Book of Mormon, a ruler questioned Alma the Younger on the possibilities of partaking the fruit of the tree,
'But there was one Antionah, who was a chief ruler among them, came forth and said unto him: What is this that thou hast said, that man should rise from the dead and be changed from this mortal to an immortal state, that the soul can never die? What does the scripture mean, which saith that God placed cherubim and a flaming sword on the east of the garden of Eden, lest our first parents should enter and partake of the fruit of the tree of life, and live forever? And thus we see that there was no possible chance that they should live forever'(Alma 12:20-21)."
On the top of the following oracle drawing is the tree of life, and since the gate is open, there is no doubt that anyone who repent can get close to the tree of life and taste the fruit from the tree.
The people who get close to the tree of life should enter in by the gate, so they were baptised by water, blood, fire, and Holy Spirit, and their soul were washed clean like their Lord Jesus Christ. That is also why the ancient oracle drawing used the clean squares to encircled the tree of life. "Therefore I would that ye should be perfect even as I, or your Father who is in heaven is perfect"(3 Nephi 12:48).
In Lehi's dream, he saw "...other multitudes pressing forward; and they came and caught hold of the end of the rod of iron; and they did press their way forward, continually holding fast to the rod of iron, until they came forth and fell down and partook of the fruit of the tree"(1 Nephi 8:30). They humbled themselves, fell down, and partook of the fruit of the tree.
Following oracle drawing shown a man kneeling down and offered up his vow in righteousness to eat the fruit.
This word means "immediately".
More than one man kneeling down offered up their vows in rightness and shared the fruit from the tree of life, and it is pronounced as "shiang", or "xiang", close to the sound of "Zion", and now means "a unit of community". It is possible that this drawing is the word of "Zion" in the ancient China.
Lehi's dream also told us, "And he also saw other multitudes feeling their way towards that great and spacious building. And it came to pass that many were drowned in the depths of the fountain; and many were lost from his view, wandering in strange roads. And great was the multitude that did enter into that strange building. And after they did enter into that building they did point the finger of scorn at me and those that were partaking of the fruit also; but we heeded them not. These are the words of my father: For as many as heeded them, had fallen away"(1 Nephi 8:31-34).
The following drawing also tried to tell us the same story.
"...but we heeded them not"(1 Nephi 8:33)
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