The history of Israel in bondage and scattered is a symbolic history for the pattern of obedience and faith leading to salvation, and disobedience and disunity leading to destruction. But even worse than destruction is to be scattered or lost. The symbol of the olive branch means peace because it is a chance to be reunited with the tree. God always lays paths before you and ALWAYS gives you the choice of which path to take: salvation or destruction. Christ's heritage includes ancestors who were captives of Babylon, so in His literal blood is the symbolic message of captivity/lost, redemption, and inheritance.
*2 Kings 15:29 - Captive of Assyria
*2 Kings 24:15, 25:7, 2 Chronicles 36:10,20 - Captive of Babylon
*Isaiah 48:20, Jer 50:8, 1 Nephi 20:20 - Captive of Chaldeans/Babylon, flee with singing of redemption
*Jer 21:7-8 - The Lord delivers Jerusalem to Babylon, hence destruction. He sets before them the way of life and the way of death and they chose.
*Jer 25:8-11 - Utter destruction/captivity/no fun - they didn't listen.
*Jer 32:5, 34:3 - They will not prosper in captivity until the Lord visits.
*Jer 52:11, Omni 1:15 - Zedekiah blinded, chained, imprisoned in Babylon
*Jer 34:3 - The Lord delivers Jerusalem to Babylon
*Ezek 1:1 - Ezekiel has visions while in bondage.
*Ezek 12:13-15 - When He scatters them, they will know He is the Lord.
*Ezek 17:15-20 - Those who rebelled died in Babylon - very symbolic
*Dan 1:2 - The Lord "gives" away the king of Judah
*Matt 1:1 - Part of Christ's heritage are those who were captive in Babylon, 1 Nephi 10:3 - Captivity was in "due time of the Lord" and they were brought back to their inheritance *within Christ's own heritage is the symbolic history of captivity, redemption, and inheritance - it's in His blood.
*Luke 21:24 - Jerusalem will be trodden down until the times of the Gentiles shall be fulfilled.
*1 Nephi 10:12 - Israel is like an olive tree, branches out and scattered. Olive branch is like the symbol of peace because it's coming home , it wants to be reunited
*1 Nephi 19:14 - They were scattered and bound 1st because their hearts were the same.
*2 Nephi 6:6-13 - Entire history and reasons why they're bound: hard hearts, stiff necks, no Messiah - come back because of prayers of faith.
*2 Nephi 10:6 - Step below destruction is to be scattered(shows you the importance of unity)
*2 Nephi 25:15 - Scattered by ALL nations
*Jacob 5:14 - Parable of the vineyard branches scattered
*D&C 33:26 - They will be remembered.
*1 Nephi 8:4 - Must repent or be destroyed/scattered
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