Verse 3
"and that great pit, which hath been digged for them by that great and abominable church church, which was founded by the devil and his children, that he might lead away the souls of men down to hell - yea, that great pit which hath been digged for the destruction of men shall be filled by those who digged it, unto their utter destruction, saith the Lamb of God; not te destruction of the soul, save it be the casting of it into that hell which hath no end."
The verse says "that great pit which hath been digged for the destruction of men shall be filled by those who digged it."
This idea of the attackers will be victims of their own attack is repeated in other verses in 1 Nephi including:
1 Nephi 21:26 - " And I will feed them that oppress thee with their own flesh; they shall be drunken with their own blood as with sweet wine...
1 Nephi 22: 13-14 - "And the blood of that great and abominable church, which is the whore of all the earth, shall turn upon their own heads; for they shall war among themselves, and the sword of their own hands shall fall upon their own heads, and they shall be drunken with their own blood. 14) And every nation which shall war against thee, O house of Israel, shall be turned one against another, and they shall fall into the pit which they digged to ensnare the people of the Lord..."
In this passage:
the blood of the church shall turn upon their own heads...
They shall war among themselves
And the sword of their own hands shall fall upon their own heads
And they shall be drunken with their own blood
They shall be turned one against another
They shall fall into the pit which they digged to ensnare the people of the Lord.
The first time I read this my thoughts went to the people that were doing the digging, they were already in the pits as they were digging them, how fitting that the pit was ultimately dug for them. Ant then I thought some more, how would it feel to be one of them, to have the rage of destroying someone, and all of a sudden plea for mercy because of the deeds of their own destruction. I thought, if they would have never dug the pits, they would be no place to bury them, if they would have never prepared a punishment, there would be nothing to punish them with. Indeed, even as they were digging those pits their names were already inside them; they were digging their own pits, they were preparing their own punishment though they projected their evil unto others. I imagined that deep down inside, in that part of their mind that notices little relevant things, they knew, that what they were doing was ultimately for themselves. Deep inside they were thinking, I am digging this hole for myself, I deserve to be buried here. This hole is to punish me; why! I am already inside this hole as I dig it, how fitting that I should stay here buried in it. As their conscious mind was thinking, "this is where I belong (digging this hole for others), their subconscious was already thinking "this is where I belong" (in this hole for me). Can you imagine digging that hole for others while you consciously project your evil unto them, and buried in the back of your mind, the thought that you are digging that hole to bury yourself from the world, to get away from it, to keep yourself from existing, because you feel like you don't belong in life? Can you imagine? That's what I imagined as I read.
They were preparing their own punishment, but it is strange that their punishment is being prepared as they are participating in it, and to they extent that they participate in punishing others. So why are they being punished? If they only punish to punish themselves, what wrong have they done to deserve that punishment that they are punishing themselves for? It seems that they answer to that is in the question; it seems that their reasoning is circular, they are punishing themselves because they are punishing themselves. When something is circular within a subject the only answer for the cause (which is also the effect) is in the shape of the dynamics, the answer to why they are so simply becomes, "because they are so". It is in their nature to destroy themselves, as if they were predestined before creation to serve this purpose, to destroy themselves (as in Jude 1:4). As if their only purpose for existing was to rid of their existence. That nature was always part of them, such is the dynamics of evil.
Give it enough time and destruction will destroy itself, lies will lie themselves from reality, and hate will hate itself (Blog: "On a Quest to surrender" July 3, 2011). The own evil that is inside you condemns you that is why you are judged by your own measure (Matthew 7:2). That is why in this verse, the pits that they prepared for others will ultimately swallow them. It's the nature of it's fulfillment.
July 29, 2014
"and that great pit, which hath been digged for them by that great and abominable church church, which was founded by the devil and his children, that he might lead away the souls of men down to hell - yea, that great pit which hath been digged for the destruction of men shall be filled by those who digged it, unto their utter destruction, saith the Lamb of God; not te destruction of the soul, save it be the casting of it into that hell which hath no end."
The verse says "that great pit which hath been digged for the destruction of men shall be filled by those who digged it."
This idea of the attackers will be victims of their own attack is repeated in other verses in 1 Nephi including:
1 Nephi 21:26 - " And I will feed them that oppress thee with their own flesh; they shall be drunken with their own blood as with sweet wine...
1 Nephi 22: 13-14 - "And the blood of that great and abominable church, which is the whore of all the earth, shall turn upon their own heads; for they shall war among themselves, and the sword of their own hands shall fall upon their own heads, and they shall be drunken with their own blood. 14) And every nation which shall war against thee, O house of Israel, shall be turned one against another, and they shall fall into the pit which they digged to ensnare the people of the Lord..."
In this passage:
the blood of the church shall turn upon their own heads...
They shall war among themselves
And the sword of their own hands shall fall upon their own heads
And they shall be drunken with their own blood
They shall be turned one against another
They shall fall into the pit which they digged to ensnare the people of the Lord.
The first time I read this my thoughts went to the people that were doing the digging, they were already in the pits as they were digging them, how fitting that the pit was ultimately dug for them. Ant then I thought some more, how would it feel to be one of them, to have the rage of destroying someone, and all of a sudden plea for mercy because of the deeds of their own destruction. I thought, if they would have never dug the pits, they would be no place to bury them, if they would have never prepared a punishment, there would be nothing to punish them with. Indeed, even as they were digging those pits their names were already inside them; they were digging their own pits, they were preparing their own punishment though they projected their evil unto others. I imagined that deep down inside, in that part of their mind that notices little relevant things, they knew, that what they were doing was ultimately for themselves. Deep inside they were thinking, I am digging this hole for myself, I deserve to be buried here. This hole is to punish me; why! I am already inside this hole as I dig it, how fitting that I should stay here buried in it. As their conscious mind was thinking, "this is where I belong (digging this hole for others), their subconscious was already thinking "this is where I belong" (in this hole for me). Can you imagine digging that hole for others while you consciously project your evil unto them, and buried in the back of your mind, the thought that you are digging that hole to bury yourself from the world, to get away from it, to keep yourself from existing, because you feel like you don't belong in life? Can you imagine? That's what I imagined as I read.
They were preparing their own punishment, but it is strange that their punishment is being prepared as they are participating in it, and to they extent that they participate in punishing others. So why are they being punished? If they only punish to punish themselves, what wrong have they done to deserve that punishment that they are punishing themselves for? It seems that they answer to that is in the question; it seems that their reasoning is circular, they are punishing themselves because they are punishing themselves. When something is circular within a subject the only answer for the cause (which is also the effect) is in the shape of the dynamics, the answer to why they are so simply becomes, "because they are so". It is in their nature to destroy themselves, as if they were predestined before creation to serve this purpose, to destroy themselves (as in Jude 1:4). As if their only purpose for existing was to rid of their existence. That nature was always part of them, such is the dynamics of evil.
Give it enough time and destruction will destroy itself, lies will lie themselves from reality, and hate will hate itself (Blog: "On a Quest to surrender" July 3, 2011). The own evil that is inside you condemns you that is why you are judged by your own measure (Matthew 7:2). That is why in this verse, the pits that they prepared for others will ultimately swallow them. It's the nature of it's fulfillment.
July 29, 2014
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