Passage 7

In English

Act done in spirit of surrender becomes

was sentenced to engage himself in warfare against his elders and kinsmen, by the Lord. His heroic lineage and blood urged him forward to fight; his fear of sin and retribution urged him to desist. "Am I to rule over the kingdom after winning it by destroying those who I revere and hold dear"? he asked himself. Then the Lord instructed him, right in the middle of the opposing armies. In the second chapter of the , He told him of (the doctrine of surrender). heard it and said, 'Lord' I have no will of my own; I surrender to you." Thereafter, the battle was transmuted into a where was offered in the sacrificial fire.