David Journal

Tag: Alma

  • Iniquity, dissensions, and intrigue

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    What is the difference between these three things? How many of them needed to be present for the Nephites to begin to lose the protections of righteousness? Which of these have been at play in my family to bring us to the brink of collapse? Iniquity has certainly be part of it for many of…

  • Stretched thin

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    Ammoron tried to divide the Nephites and get them so spread out that his armored could gain ground against them. I’m those circumstances the leaders of the Nephite armies we’re forced to do whatever they could to survive—even when they had to sending any plans to gain ground.

  • The cause of freedom

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    Moroni went against the king men and compelled them to raise the Title of Liberty over their cities. This cost him in his preparations against the Lamanites but it was the more important fight at the time. Where is our Title of Liberty today? Who will be our freemen? Will we recognize the importance of…

  • Layers of defense

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    Moroni started by providing protection to his individual soldiers by employing armor but then he balance bruising defenses for each of the neighbor cities. He went beyond that as well by creating an overall defensive perimeter for the whole land of the Nephites. He was never satisfied with any single layer of defense. He was…

  • The last war

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    While Amalickiah and his generals were fighting the last war—adjusting to what Moroni had done before but not advancing anything themselves—Moroni by contrast was looking for ways to advance his defenses and also to predict how the Lamanites would think and set a defensive strategy that would be to his advantage.

  • Time to be like Moroni

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    “If all men had been and were and ever would be like unto Moroni…” Let’s remember that Moroni was a specific example of a class of men working diligently to preserve their people. Here are the key characteristics including other men who fit the mold: Moroni was a strong and a mighty man he was…

  • Subtle and patient

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    With how direct Amalickiah was about what he wanted, some might underestimate his capacity for subtlety and patience. He was overt about wanting to be king of the Nephites. He was direct in stirring up the Lamanites to fight the Nephites, but when they refused he was able to shift seamlessly to an indirect path…

  • Modern parallels

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    I read the origins of Amalickiah and the response if Moroni and I see so many parallels. Sadly the parallels that are more clear are the ones between Amalickiah and the wicked forces of today. It’s much harder to find the modern parallels to the forces that saved the Nephites at that time. Who is…

  • Seeing patterns

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    The prophecy of Alma about the people of Nephi going extinct probably sprang from his observations in his own day about the way people were unstable in maintaining righteousness and that wickedness tended to get more extreme over time. He probably recognized things among the people that others, like Helaman perhaps, only began to notice…

  • Two different approaches

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    After gaining power over the army of Zerahemnah Moroni first tried to let them leave in peace because his son was the security of his people, not the punishing of his enemy. When Zerahemnah refused that offer and stirred up his people to fight Moroni (as he had warned) commanded his people to destroy the…