The situation in which Limhi and his people found themselves is a type, a representation of the predicament that the scattered remnants of Israel are in the world over. They too must first accept that message previously rejected by their fathers if they are to be liberated from the spiritual darkness that is theirs. Only then can they expect the Lord to free them from their temporal bondage and allow them to return, as Limhi’s people would, to the land and people they left.