1 Nephi 21:26


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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; and all flesh shall know that I, the Lord, am thy Savior and thy Redeemer, the Mighty One of Jacob.

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Savior – rescued us from death and sin

Redeemer – redeemed from the demands of justice

Mighty One – delivers from our enemies

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Savior – rescued us from death and sin

And this is a free gift. We all will resurrect. And we will all return to the presence of God (Alma 11). Only at that point do works come into play, as we must see if we have Become such as can receive exaltation. For those who have not become Christ-like and are unwilling/unable to abide a Celestial Law, there are lower kingdoms with lower law requirements for them to abide.

Redeemer – redeemed from the demands of justice

The demands of justice establish that all are dead physically and spiritually, and so none can live again. Christ pays the ransom for each of us, so we do not have to be angels of a devil throughout the eternities.

Mighty One – delivers from our enemies

In Hebrew, this term could mean El Elyon, referencing God the Father (Almighty God). However, in this context, it probably means Yahweh/Jehovah, the Messiah and the Angel of God's Presence. Margaret Barker notes in her book, The Great Angel, that the early Christians viewed Jesus as the fulfillment of the Messiah and Great Angel of the Presence, Yahweh.

The concept of the wicked being fed their own flesh comes from the ancient concept of Chaos. God formed the world from Chaos, defeating the serpent Leviathon in the doing. He separated the earth/ground from the sky (firmament is better translated "dome") and the underworld, where the fountains of water and chaos are held back.

But when the wicked hold sway, God withholds his protection and the powers of Chaos re-emerge. The wicked were destroyed by the Chaos of Floods which broke forth from beneath. Sodom and Gomorrah were destroyed by Chaos that rained fire down from above. Only after the wicked are destroyed or have repented, does God reinsert his protection, order is reinstated, and the destructions end.

It isn't until the people mourn over their own sins that they are then turned to repentance, and recognize that the Savior and Redeemer is the Mighty One that can stop the destructions, if they will but repent and follow Him.

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