Tell me, then, just how is that the Book of Mormon prophecy I think
so often about being fulfilled?
It is a prophecy, you know, and it appears to be about our day. So,
shouldn't we be able to look around and see it being fulfilled?
"Yea, and there shall be many which shall say: Eat, drink, and be merry, for
tomorrow we die." (2 Nephi 28:7)
The verbage I hear, equating to what is in the scripture, is,
"Oh, come on. Live a little."
I think of all the many who think of drinking, and taking marijuana, and
viewing pornography, who insist there is nothing wrong with those things. Enjoy
them, they say, for there is no harm in them. (In the 2 Nephi 28 scripture, Nephi does prophecy
they would say, "There is no harm in this," but Nephi might have been saying that
in regard to taking advantage of a neighbor and digging a pit for the neighbor, solely,
as opposed to also referring to eating, drinking, and being merry.
When I was a teenager, and having 2 Nephi 28:2-3 quoted to me,
there was a Schlitz beer advertisement out. It seemed to captured exactly the
sentiment of "Eat, drink, and be merry, for tomorrow we die".
"You only go around once in life, so you've got to grab for all the gusto you
can," said the ad. I think every time that commercial played, I reflected on how it was
living fulfillment of the Book of Mormon prophecy.
That such things might be fulfillment of 2 Nephi 28:2-3 is just my thought, not
something I've heard from church leaders, so I could be wrong. But, view that
old Schlitz beer commercial, and tell me what you think.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=leKu2vEPvGw
No comments:
Post a Comment