Tag: Alma

It seems that although the Zoramites believed in God, unlike Korihor, their insistence that there would be no Christ left them in essentially the same place as Korihor. Especially for those who have been taught of Christ, choosing to believe in no Christ leaves you with an entirely impotent theology.

The offer of the Nephites to the Ammonites sounds very much like a combination of the offer of king Laman to Zeniff (clearing out a land for their inheritance) and the restriction of his son on Limhi and Alma (setting armies around the land and requiring for for the maintenance of those armies). One is…

I’d never considered before how much the success of the sins of Mosiah was aided by the proclamation of Lamoni’s father that they should be free to preach the word. When the Lamanites got worked up enough to attack the Anti-Nephi-Lehis they killed 1,005 righteous people and more than 1,005 of them repented so that…

I don’t know if Aaron meant to flatter the father of Lamoni or if the king even felt flattered when Aaron have him credit for having them released from the prison on Middoni.

Ammon must have felt very gratified to see the people and the king come to accept what he was teaching.

What kind of humility and faith would it require for Zeezrom to call upon two men who he had feared were killed because of his sin and request that they hall him? Some might think him brash and s brash man might dare to do such a thing but wouldn’t have the faith to be…

We never make much mention of Amulek prophesying but he very clearly tells the people of Ammonihah that they will be destroyed of they cast out the righteous from among them. They do cast them out and are destroyed soon thereafter. Zeezrom was very surprised to find himself questioning a man who actually listened to…

I wondered what the people thought when Alma said that the stains on their garments would testify that they were murderers. I hasn’t thought that the people of Zerahemla were that bad at this time but then I realized that the people of Ammonihah are that bad and I have no proof that Zerahemla was…

When we are told that Mosiah had established laws this doesn’t just mean laws like “don’t steal ” or “murder is punishable by death” (although he certainly established that kind of law as well); it means that he established laws regarding the appointment and succession of judges and regarding the legal methods by which their…