David Journal

Category: Scripture Notes

  • Seek to understand

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    I’m sure that when Limhi heard the reason that the Lamanites had come to stack his people he was very sympathetic to their motivations. I’ll bet that he had a pretty good working relationship with the king of the Lamanites after that despite the fact that their people were consistently antagonistic towards each other.

  • The sons of Mosiah

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    While after their conversion the sons of Mosiah would not accept the kingdom I wonder if part of their motivation in trying to tear down the church was a fear that their father would turn most power over to the leaders of the church do that there would be very little power or influence left…

  • Forging a shared identity

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    When the people of Limhi and the people of Alma came to Zerahemla they did not all have a shared identity. The people of Zerahemla stood in a separate body from the people of Nephi. Mosiah had the history of Limhi and Alma read to everyone which undoubtedly helped them see how they all had…

  • The forces of the king were reduced

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    I wonder how the forces of the king were reduced. Had they been reduced through fighting with the Lamanites? Had they been reduced because Noah was convinced (through hubris) that they could do with fewer guards?  Had they been reduced by some of them being converted by the preaching of Alma (which could also explain…

  • A sacred space

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    I want to create a place like the place of Mormon that is beautiful in the eyes of my family where they come to the knowledge of God in their hearts and feel of his love. It could have any number of characteristics but I like to think that it shares the fountain of pure…

  • A wild flock

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    Abinadi compares the people of Noah to a wild flock. A wild flock is one that either has no shepherd or that has rejected the direction of their shepherd. In either case, they have no protection from the wild beasts that would harass and hunt them. We will see more and more of that same…

  • Persisting as natural man

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    This description from Abinadi sounds just like Alex 5 …He that persists in his own carnal nature, and goes on in the ways of sin and rebellion against God, remaineth in his fallen state and the devil hath all power over him.… 12 Having gone according to their own carnal wills and desires; having never…

  • Abinadi before Amulek

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    I never realized before that when Amulek was challenged for saying that God would not redeem His people IN their sins and he responded that he could not deny the word of God and that God could not redeem those who remained unclean Abinadi had Said the same thing before Noah and his priests. I…

  • Two more insights

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    I always wondered about the conversion of Limhi and his people. I knew they had been converted and that they desired baptism but postponed it until after they had joined the people of Mosiah but I didn’t know when in their afflictions they had been converted to the gospel that had been preached by Abinadi.…

  • Nuggets of insight

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    A couple of things stood out to me. Limhi began his reign at a perilous time for his people and had no choice but to accept a terrible situation. He accepted the terms of 50% tribute to the Lamanites because he knew there was no other option. In our day many (possibly even a majority)…