Tag: Helaman

Helaman 12 I’d never thought of this before but I wonder how much of the wickedness within our nation is a result of the long running prosperity that we have been blessed with. It was almost uninterrupted between 1945 and 2008. (There were brief blips of very temporary recessions and the gas shortages of the…

Helaman 10 – 11 The reference to ”this temple” makes me think that Nephi was near the temple in Zerahemla when the voice spoke to him. I think I understand why Nephi choose to call down the famine. I used to think it was because he felt it would be better spiritually for the people…

Helaman 9 The five who ran to the judgement seat were the kind of people we usually think to reach by or evangelism–unbelievers who are prepared to believe if they encounter the spiritual information that touches them personally. The conspiracy that these judges accused Nephi of was just the sort of thing these judges would…

Helaman 8 Obviously these Gadianton-affiliated judges had already forgotten the lessons of the city of Ammonihah and other Lamanite victories over Nephite strongholds.

Helaman 7 Could Nephi not stay among the people in the north countries because they threatened his life or because the Spirit directed him to withhold his light because they were rejecting that light (or both). Of course he returns home to discover that the Nephites have become more wicked than when he left the…

Helaman 6 It’s amazing to think of the pervasive pace that the people experienced before Christ came? It is righteousness, not an incredible spiritual experience, that leads to peace. This sounds like fourth Nephi except for the fact that during this periods of peace there were Gadiantons gaining a foothold among the people until they…

Helaman 5 Two of the the men who were both chief judge and high priest voluntarily relinquished the judgement seat in order to focus on their ecclesiastical responsibility. Alma gave it up to Nephihah who was righteous. Nephi gave it up to Cezoram who we know little about. Helaman served in both capacities until his…

Helaman 4 It took the people falling into the most dire of circumstances for them to realize how much they had strayed from actually living and believing the gospel that had brought so much prosperity to them. This is definitely comparable to our day.

Helaman 2 – 3 It was imperative that the servant of Helaman kill Kishkumen without making a sound because he couldn’t be sure whether there were others of the secret band who were nearby.

Helaman 1 I just realized that the book of Alma covered less history (fewer years) than the book of Helaman despite the fact that it is five times as long. It must have been painful for Pahoran the second to confirm his own brother to death according to their laws as one of his first…