The Lovely One brought up the idea that Jacob getting the birthright from Isaac by deception was a type of us and Christ.  We inherit all that our father hath by assuming our older brother’s identity just like Isaac.  Of course what Jacob did was squirrelly and we were discussing whether even the unsavory could be types of Christ.  So I brought up Laban.  He is a type of Christ too, though wicked.

Bing!  The light bulb went on.

What if we’ve missed the complete meaning of the Armor of God scripture this whole time? (more…)

After the requisite soul-searching and angst and all that, Nephi cut off Laban’s head, snicker-snack. He probably did not know at the time that he was setting up a type of Christ. (more…)