183 Asherah (Heather Ruttan)
Meet Asherah - sometimes called The Tree of Life, which in Nephi we learn is the Love of God. She is His Love, and partner, symbolized by a white almond tree. Lehi would have known of her, and it was around the time he left Jerusalem that the Israelites underwent the “Deuteronomic Reform” When Solomon’s temple was reformed by Josiah and Her image was cast out, dragged from the temple and burned. 25 years later Jerusalem is conquered by the Babylonians, and in Jeremiah we hear refugees talk about Her. Jeremiah 44:18 "Since we have ceased burnign incense ... to the Queen of Heaven we have lacked everything..."
