David Journal

Category: Scripture Notes

  • Order of operations

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    I wonder if modish covered the records on Alma before Alma was chosen as chief judge or after. It is recorded before the record of their reorganizing their political system but the timing is such that it might have been after the people had chosen Alma to lead the new form of government.

  • Torment and repentance

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    I wonder how much of the 3 days were spent in torment got Alma and how many in repentance. Some of the descriptions seem to suggest that he spoke soon after he cried out for redemption but when he says that he had repented it makes me wonder if he spent a significant portion of…

  • Judging in the church

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    Mosiah have Alma charge it judging those within the church while Mosiah would only judge those outside the church. I thought for a minute that those in the church would therefore have double chances to repent because the only consequence Alma would deliver would be to remove them from the church if they did not…

  • Becoming united

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    The people of Limhi, the people of Alma, the neighbors who lived in Zerahemla and the people of Mulek who founded Zerahemla became united together because they had a common adversary in the Lamanites but not importantly because they bought in together to the history and tribulations of each of the other groups. They may…

  • They could bear their burdens with ease

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    The Lord first told the people of Alma that he would strengthen them in their bondage rather than deliver them from their bondage. The Lord knows when to do each kind of saving. It just really struck me tonight that Laura and I would be best served now to look for the ability to bear…

  • The greatest prophet

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    For the Jews there can be no greater prophet than Moses until they come to accept Christ who was greater than Moses as the author of everything Moses did for the people.

  • The Lord’s release

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    There is verity in the concept of the Lord release—that every seven years all debts among the people of Israel should be forgiven and that they should not be stingy in giving when those release years were coming soon. This law was to remain in effect until there were no poor among them. Also, when…

  • Alma and Amulon

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    It’s interesting to consider how much had happened since Alma and Amulon had last seen each other. Alma had fled from the armies of king Noah. Amulon had nearly been put to death with Noah by those who rebelled against the king. Amulon had stolen the daughters of the Lamanites and started new families. Alma…

  • Knowing the limits

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    The people of Limhi had learned what was being their ability in contending with they landlord t. They had to find a new way of trying to free themselves.

  • In the Lord’s way

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    The people of Limhi tried to free themselves and failed. They prayed for deliverance but the first response they got, whether they recognized it at the time or not, was that the Lord blessed them to raise crops more abundantly so that their suffering was erased even if their situation was unchanged. Often the first…