Tag: Alma

Love the clarity that comes from prophetic commentary as Mormon points out that this time of prosperity was based in righteousness and was ended by wickedness. With that being explicitly pointed out there is less chance for readers to miss the significance of these and similar events in the sacred record.

The Nephites became rich because they were industrious in trying to bring to life the works that Moroni envisioned to keep them safe from the threat of the Lamanites

Notice that Moroni behind by finding a way to fortify or protect individual soldiers by giving them armor. Then he finds a way to protect whole cities with walls and other fortifications. Finally he asks to protect their entire land by fortifying their border against potential future attacks by straightening and strengthening the border and…

How completely must Amalikiah have rejected the truth that when his people failed he didn’t simply wish they had succeeded, he is wroth with them for failing and curses God and swears to drink the blood of Moroni even though he known that he has no cause for grievance. He only cares about himself.

It is incredible that the Lamanites could lose thousands while not a single Nephite was killed and that Amalikiah would still send his men in for more attacks. That level of disdain for the lives of his men should have had his army revolting against him. They must have been even more afraid of him…

Moroni didn’t stop with one advancement for the Lamanites to encounter, he anticipated their reaction and prepared for them to be surprised again. I’m sure he had more surprises in case they didn’t attack the second city.

One of the reasons that Moroni was always improving was because he assumed the Lamanites would always seek to improve. He didn’t think of them as stupid. When he introduced a new concept in war he assumed they would seek to apply it and he would seek a new advantage based on how they might…

We marvel that a military leader could be as spiritual as Moroni but I don’t think we ponder that the spiritual leaders – Helaman and the teachers of the church – were as valuable to the people in a period of war as their military leaders were.

How do we consistently grow (and be) the kind of men who would shake the very powers of Hell forever? I want to be one and I want my son’s to be four more.

When we are told that Moroni had sworn an oath to defend his people was that an oath of office for the chief captain? Wad it his path when he brought forth the Title of Liberty? Or was there some other personal oath as referring to?