Tag: Alma

While Amalikiah was pointing the Lamanites toward hated of the Nephites, Moroni was pointing the Nephites tears trust in God. The contrast couldn’t be more stark.

After Amalikiah had gained the throne of the Lamanites he did what he would have done in the first place if his shoe intent had been to attach the Nephites, he inspired the people with stories about how bad the Nephites were. He knew how to get what he wanted. He bypassed that step because…

It seems incredible that the people would believe that the servants of the king would kill him and yet, the only person who seems to have questioned that claim was the queen and she had no way to know that the answer she got was the testimony of the murderers. Aside from that widespread lack…

Amalikiah was the embodiment of a politician. He told whoever he was talking to whatever he wanted them to hear while his actions were always calculated to move him toward his own personal goals regardless of the messages he was sending out.

Amalikiah wanted to promote war for the Lamanites but he also wanted to use it to divide the Lamanites and place himself at their head. He invited the king to go to war but didn’t try to convince the people to support the idea first.

When Amalickiah fled from the armies flocking to the standard of liberty Moroni knew that it was a strategic retreat to regroup rather than an escape which marked there end of his ambitions. Moroni didn’t wait for Amalickiah to sit up the Lamanites before he took action to try preventing that eventuality.

Despite widespread dissensions, when Moroni raised the Title of Liberty the people came running to the standard. We just have to make sure we are among that group.

Part of Moroni’s frustration was likely the fact that these dissenters had rebelled against the leaders of the church which they had claimed membership in before, leaders who Moroni fully supported because of his faith.

I never connected the dots before that Amalikiah rose to prominence amidst the dissensions from the church after Helaman began establishing a regulation of the church and many rebelled at his preaching. In other words, Amalikiah was likely a member of the church who, like so many others, kicked himself out when he didn’t like…

I’ve thought before that the people of the church who dissented when Helaman began his role as prophet did so because they were attached to his predecessor/father. That may be true but it is also possible that this happened simply because once the regulation was made they were unwilling to comply and would have done…