Tag: Alma

When Teancum killed Amalickiah he changed the dynamic of the war. That change in leadership meant that the neighbors could not depend on the Lamanites doing the same thing that they had done under the leadership of Amalickiah. When we make a change, even a positive one, we must be worse enough to recognize that…

The Nephites were facing with several distractions at once which would pave the way for the Lamanites to take ground despite the new fortifications of Moroni. We pay attention to the dispute between the land of Lehi and the land of Morianton but they also had the change in central leadership after Nephihah died. Certainly…

Moroni didn’t rest on his laurels after such a lopsided victory over the Lamanites. I’m confident that he looked at how the battle at the land of Noah went and used what he learned to guide him through his new and improved fortifications in advance of the next attack.

While Amalickiah had been diligently consolidating power over the Lamanites and preparing their hearts for war against the Nephites he could not imagine the ways that morning was also being different and preparing his people and his lands in defensive capabilities. The end result was a battle where the deaths were literally thousands of Lamanites…

Moroni was focused on saving lives. He often gets credit as an amazing soldier, someone who was adept at defeating his enemies, but his focus was not on subjugation or on slaying his foes, his only interest was in saving the lives of innocent people and allowing them to worship God in righteousness.

Amalickiah was always several steps ahead of those he was trying to usurp (besides Moroni). He had more plans in place and was adept at attacking from unexpected positions. Men of the world would expect that countering that would require seeing three steps ahead but the truth is that being fundamentally sound and staying in…

Those who flocked to the banner of Moroni rent their garments as a token of their covenant. I hear that and think of having a visible evidence of such a covenant in our day.

Why did Alma not record his own prophecy about the Nephites? Did he feel the need to tell Helaman directly rather than have him read it in the record? Did he want to give Helaman an example of what things to record? Was he not inspired with that project until he delivered the records to…

I love that Zerahemnah had enough honesty to list “perish” before “conquer.” He was not humble enough to enter a covenant yet but he recognized that they were in a precarious position.