Alma 60
I wonder how Moroni’s epistle got to Pahoran. Moroni sent it to Zerahemla so I could expect it to fall into the hands of the opposition. Was the messenger intercepted or did he simply learn on his way to Zerahemla that Pahoran was not there? Or did he get to Zerahemla and then learn where Pahoran had fled?
What did Moroni feel when he learned that there was another battlefront in this war that he had not been aware of? He was surely angry with the rebels but he may also have felt sorry that Pahoran did not feel that he could ask for assistance. Am I like Pahoran in that way?
I think the fact that Moroni mentioned the king-men as a cause of the war being so desperate must have helped Pahoran look beyond the fact that Moroni was placing the blame on Pahoran. It made it easier for him to respond that the king-men had forced him out of Zerahemla.
Moroni was filled with the spirit as he promised to come cleanse the inner vessel before turning back to contend with the Lamanites. As he wrote that he knew that it would be necessary although he had a hard time believing that Pahoran would care so little about the struggles of the army. It all became clear when he received Pahoran’s reply.
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