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| + | "At that moment, more than a woman's love was at stake-- his entire life, his faith in the Lord's designs... the idea that he had a mission and was capable of completing it(162)." | ||
| + | Elijah's moment of conflict was the struggle between protecting the person he loved, and following God's plans for his death. Because love is so powerful, he tried not to give in to his feelings so that he could do his job without any hinderances and with little otherworldly attachments. He was eager and willing to lay down his life before God, but still worried for the safety of his one true love. This shows the battle between secular desires and divine commandments. | ||
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| + | "He must have been severely beaten before being brought here... 'We need an interpreter. He does not speak our language'(100-101)." | ||
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| + | This shows a conflict between rationality and fear. When the general was brought to the governor bloodied and bruised, it was just because of a lack of communication. The guards beat him up on the assumption that he was someone bad simply due to the fact that they could not communicate. The state of fear they were in did not allow them to make proper judgement, and the proper use of mind over matter is needed in order to make rational decisions in times of great duress. | ||
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Back to History 8 Fifth Mountain Readings
Example 1
"At that moment, more than a woman's love was at stake-- his entire life, his faith in the Lord's designs... the idea that he had a mission and was capable of completing it(162)."
Elijah's moment of conflict was the struggle between protecting the person he loved, and following God's plans for his death. Because love is so powerful, he tried not to give in to his feelings so that he could do his job without any hinderances and with little otherworldly attachments. He was eager and willing to lay down his life before God, but still worried for the safety of his one true love. This shows the battle between secular desires and divine commandments.
Example 2
"He must have been severely beaten before being brought here... 'We need an interpreter. He does not speak our language'(100-101)."
This shows a conflict between rationality and fear. When the general was brought to the governor bloodied and bruised, it was just because of a lack of communication. The guards beat him up on the assumption that he was someone bad simply due to the fact that they could not communicate. The state of fear they were in did not allow them to make proper judgement, and the proper use of mind over matter is needed in order to make rational decisions in times of great duress.
