{"id":25525,"date":"2023-06-12T17:24:11","date_gmt":"2023-06-12T23:24:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.angelaross.net\/blog\/?p=25525"},"modified":"2023-06-22T22:32:25","modified_gmt":"2023-06-23T04:32:25","slug":"embrace","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.angelaross.net\/blog\/2023\/06\/embrace\/","title":{"rendered":"A Hug"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A few years ago, we were taught by a visiting leader in a stake conference that every major writer in the Book of Mormon used the imagery of a <strong>hug <\/strong>to teach the Atonement of Christ, with words such as <em>clasped<\/em> or <em>encircled<\/em>. He challenged us to search for these passages. As I have studied, I have found other words, including <em>clothed<\/em> to convey the effects of the Savior&#8217;s Atonement. Here are some examples:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Nephi, in a time of grief, pleads with the Lord to \u201c<em>encircle<\/em> [him] in the robe of righteousness.\u201d (2 Nephi 4:33)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Lehi tells his family just before his death that he is \u201c<em>encircled<\/em> about eternally in the arms of [God\u2019s] love.\u201d (2 Nephi 1:15)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Jacob teaches that the \u201crighteous\u2026are <em>clothed<\/em> with purity, even with the robe of righteousness.\u201d (2 Nephi 9:14)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Alma quotes Ammon, about those who repent, \u201cThey are <em>encircled <\/em>about<em> <\/em>with<em> <\/em>the matchless bounty of his love.\u201d Ammon also says that the repentant are\u00a0 \u201c<em>snatched<\/em> from their awful, sinful, and polluted state.\u201d (Alma 26:15, 17)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Alma, quoting Amulek, \u201c[God\u2019s mercy] <em>Encircles<\/em> them in the arms of safety.\u201d (Alma 34:16)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Mormon writes that if the people had repented, they would have been \u201c<em>clasped<\/em> in the arms of Jesus.\u201d (Mormon 5:11)<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">What stands in the way of receiving this kind of love and mercy? I think it\u2019s our own cherished ideas, flawed perceptions, our pride, and our shame. Thus the need for humility and faith. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I don&#8217;t think it trivializes the Atonement of Christ to liken it to an embrace, being snatched from ruin, clothed with righteousness, or being held during a difficult time. The more I think about it, the more I want to share it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Constant He is, and kind, Love without end.<\/p>\n<cite>Where Can I Turn for Peace, LDS Hymn #129<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A few years ago, we were taught by a visiting leader in a stake conference that every major writer in the Book of Mormon used the imagery of a hug to teach the Atonement of Christ, with words such as clasped or encircled. He challenged us to search for these passages. As I have studied, &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.angelaross.net\/blog\/2023\/06\/embrace\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">A Hug<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[33,8,46,36],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-25525","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-book-of-mormon","category-church","category-faith","category-jesus-christ"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.angelaross.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25525","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.angelaross.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.angelaross.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.angelaross.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.angelaross.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=25525"}],"version-history":[{"count":22,"href":"http:\/\/www.angelaross.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25525\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":25795,"href":"http:\/\/www.angelaross.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25525\/revisions\/25795"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.angelaross.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=25525"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.angelaross.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=25525"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.angelaross.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=25525"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}