I am fascinated by the way Mormon introduces his discourse. He talks of being permitted to speak into them which makes me think this was after the period where the spirit constrained him not to preach. He also says:
I would speak unto you that are of the church, that are the peaceable followers of Christ, and that have obtained a sufficient hope by which ye can enter into the rest of the Lord, from this time henceforth until ye shall rest with him in heaven.
Moroni 7:3
Those who have obtained a sufficient hope by which they can enter into the rest of the Lord “from this time henceforth until ye shall rest with him in heaven” makes it clear that this”rest of the Lord” is a mortal experience and I wonder what specific characteristics mark this rest.
Mormon immediately calls out their “peaceable walk with the children of men” so one marker is clearly that they are not contentious. Perhaps they would be described as not easily offended or perhaps be called peacemakers.
“By faith they became the sons of God.”
Mormon later cites their meekness as a defining characteristic and obviously as we often talk about relative to this chapter, they would hold charity—the pure love of Christ—in their hearts towards their fellow men.
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