David Journal

Category: Scripture Notes

  • Fight or die

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    The solution to the problem of king-men was to give them a binary choice: they could either join the military to defend their country or they could die. Manny died fighting Moroni and Pahoran but those who didn’t die in that fight were forced to join the army or be executed. Undoubtedly, those who joined…

  • Free to make mischief

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    I never considered before that the king-men were enabled to set at defiance Pahoran and the free men because so many who were committed to the cause of liberty had been diverted to fighting the Lamanites. The question in my mind is whether there was any way to fight that war (on both fronts) and…

  • Misguided Moroni

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    I chuckled at Moroni’s flawed but understandable assumption that there were “thousands of those, yea, and tens of thousands, {sitting} in idleness.” I’m sure Pahoran read that and wished that thousands or tens of thousands of king-men would have sat in idleness rather than taking up arms to oust him so that the thousands or…

  • Ripple effects

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    I never considered before that the city of Nephihah fell because of the success of Helaman. When helaman regained possession of all the cities in his part of the land the Lamanites in that region fled which provided greater strength in other regions—in this case the region around Nephihah. This doesn’t necessarily mean that helaman…

  • Sources of destruction

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    It is interesting that when Nephi told the people that they would be destroyed if they did not repent the destruction started without even having an external source. The Lord did not have to send in a Lamanite army because the Nephites began killing each other. I’m sure that when the Lord told Nephi that…

  • RINO

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    Reading about the judges who were secretly Gadiantons accusing neighbor of reviling their laws sounds exactly like MAGA Republicans calling other Republicans RINOs anytime they speak up against even the most obvious faults of their chosen leaders and causes. It saddens me to think how many decent people buy into the lies of the corrupted…

  • Bold —bordering on reckless

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    The actions of Helaman in taking the city of Manti could hardly be classified as prudent. These were the actions of a man with severely minutes resources who felt that he could lose everything by getting cautious. The one thing he has in his favor was that he and his men had faith in good…

  • Firm and undaunted

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    Helaman described his young soldiers as “firm and undaunted” and it occurs to me that especially in challenging circumstances the best thing we can hope to be is firm and undaunted in the cause of righteousness.

  • Worthy to be called sons

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    What qualifies a person as worthy to be called a son? I’m not sure if there are other traits to consider.

  • It matters how we fight

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    I’m confident that Moroni would have killed the Lamanites around the city of Gid if they had awakened and fought while he was arming their prisoners. As much as he didn’t desire to kill, he wasn’t afraid to do so. The key that he understood was that it was important to value every life, even…