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Originally Posted by Brian
I look at the the BoM, and of course this story, as a parable. I couldn't care less about the literalness of it. It's a great and deep story.
Laban is Nephi. The part of Nephi that is preventing Nephi from obtaining The Word (Christ). Laban is the natural man. You can't reason with your natural man (first attempt), or buy-off your natural man (be *really* obedient, etc), you have to do the most frightening thing possible, kill it, remove it's head. And he removed it with the cross (sword), the only way. Then Laban/Nephi (Nephi was both Laban and Nephi -he wore his clothes, spoke in his voice, but without only the menacing part of Laban), is easily able to just walk in and obtain the word (the Christ).
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Wow. Intriguing metaphor.
I'm not sold on the idea that it's not a literal event, but still... interesting.