And it shall come to pass, that if the aGentiles shall hearken unto the Lamb of God in that day that he shall manifest himself unto them in word, and also in bpower, in very deed, unto thectaking away of their dstumbling blocks.
That's 1 Ne 14:1. This verse is spoken by the Angel that shows Nephi the vision of the Tree of Life, the Savior, and the future of his posterity. What are stumbling blocks? I looked up the footnote.
Isa. 57:14; Ezek. 7:19; 1 Cor. 1:23; 1 Ne. 13:34 (29, 34); 2 Ne. 26:20.
Ezekiel 7:19 expands a bit and calls them the "stumblingblock of their iniquity." 1 Cor 1:23 is about how the lack of faith being a stumbling block, whether one replaces his own wisdom ahead of faith (Greeks) or insists on a sign in order to believe (Jews). The Book of Mormon references are about how the fallen church creates stumbling blocks for people by removing the "plain and precious" truths from the Bible.
But in reading 1 Ne 14:1, I thought of stumbling blocks as temptation, because I'm likening the scriptures to me and those I know. And I like that interpretation best. That if I do a better job of listening to and following the Lord, and I will have His word and power more, to the point that temptation is less of and eventually an overcome block that no longer causes me to stumble.
Wouldn't that be awesome?
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