What
then is believing blood? It is the blood that flows in the veins of
those who are the literal seed of Abraham–not that the blood itself
believes, but that those born in that lineage have both the right and
a special spiritual capacity to recognize, receive, and believe the
truth. The term is simply a beautiful, a poetic, and a symbolic way
of referring to the seed of Abraham to whom the promises were made.
It identifies those who developed in pre-existence the talent to recognize
the truth and to desire righteousness.
(Bruce R. McConkie, A New Witness
for the Articles of Faith, pp. 38-39)
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