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Lehi made five important points as to why the Fall happened and how the Fall helped the Lord fulfill his divine plan of redemption: (1) opposition is necessary for man’s progression (v. 11); (2) the Lord set up opposing choices (v. 15); (3) he gave man his agency (v. 16); (4) in order to make that agency operative, both choice had to be enticing (v. 16; D&C 29:39) and (5) God allowed Satan, who makes the negative option sound as enticing as the positive, to operate in the Garden and in this world …When one examines the [five] conditions that resulted from the Fall, it becomes evident that all of these are conditions necessary for the progression of mankind toward godhood. They are necessary for man to prove himself and to become accountable before God. Therefore, again, noting that if there had been no fall, the purposes of God would have been frustrated, Lehi concluded: “All things have been done in the wisdom of him who knoweth all things. Adam fell that men might be; and men are, that they might have joy. And the messiah cometh in the fulness of time, that he may redeem the children of men from the fall” (2 Ne. 2:24-26).Share
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