The 116 Lost Pages at Easter

I just read the 116 Lost Pages by Bradley.  After a long time away from reading any apologetic material, I had a prompting to read this one.  So what does the book have to do with Easter?

Quite a bit, by way of Laban.

Bradley assembles several lines of evidence pointing to the Laban and Nephi episode happening during the Passover feast days.  He concludes that ironically this makes Laban a type of a passover sacrifice.  But he shies away from taking the logic all the way:  Laban surely cannot be a type of Christ, he says.

In fact, Laban is a type of Christ.  The shedding of his blood redeems the people, the salvation that comes through his death is not to be had for silver or gold, Nephi succeeds by taking upon himself the  name of Laban and literally dressing in his garments . . .  Much more at the link

Take Upon You the Name of Laban

The other main point I got from the reading was Lehi and Nephi’s incredible ambition.  They constituted themselves the new Israel, created a monarchy with themselves as the head, built their own temple . . . but all of it good, because it was godly.

I recommend the book.  Readable and scholarly and intriguing.