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This is an excellent question. I used to believe that one had to experience an Abrahamic trial to receive CE. I, myself, did. But as I see others who have received, both scriptural and those whom I've observed, I am not sure that the trial has to be dramatic. Jacob, Enos, Mormon, Moroni in the Book of Mormon are examples. I suppose of these, the best is Enos, whose CE came during a very earnest prayer. In my personal case, I was convinced that I had to go thru a major trial for the same reasons you stated above. But when I received the CE, the Spirit witnessed to me that the Lord already knew that I would be true and faithful no matter what. The trial was for my own benefit-to prove to myself that I would be faithful no matter what.
The following scripture may shed some light on this question:
D&C 93:1 Verily, thus saith the Lord: It shall come to pass that every soul who forsaketh his sins and cometh unto me, and calleth on my name, and obeyeth my voice, and keepeth my commandments, shall see my face and know that I am;
This scripture does not tell us that we must be tried as Abraham-only that we must obey his voice, etc. I believe this tells us as Zephyr pointed out, that what it means to obey his voice, in particular, varies according to the needs of the individual. This includes whatever our experiences were in pre-earth life.
Your idea that we must be tried as Abraham probably comes from the Lectues on Faith: "It is in vain for persons to fancy to themselves that they are heirs with those, or can be heirs with them, who have offered their all in sacrifice, and by this means obtained faith in God and favor with him so as to obtain eternal life, unless they, in like manner, offer unto him the same sacrifice, and through that offering obtain the knowledge that they are accepted of him."
This is one of the places I picked up the belief. Of course, God is the only one who can judge what it means to offer one's all in sacrifice.
But, I have observed that there are many who have not had to go thru such a trial as some scriptural characters. It is reasonable to believe that God knows our souls without some terrible trial, but with our obeying his voice, etc. I have to believe that during the Millennium there will be a majority of faithful who will have the Second Comforter [and therefore their CE] who will not be tried as Abraham. I believe that this blessing can be handed down from righteous father to son as it was from Lehi to Jacob and then Jacob to Enos. When it is handed down in this manner, it becomes like a testimony is handed down from parents to children without the trials that the parents had to go through to gain that testimony.
I hope you find these thoughts helpful on this subject. It is an excellent question, which I have pondered a lot.
Bishop
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