Tag: Helaman

Helaman 14 Apparently we do not have all of Samuel’s prophecy. I recall that the Savior reminded Nephi that there was no record of Samuel prophesying that the dead should rise at his resurrection but this seems to indicate that there was even more than that which was not recorded. One reason for people to…

Helaman 13 It just occurred to me that the wall around the city of Zerahemla was built by the instructions and in the days of Moroni. The reason Samuel came among the Nephites was to invite them to prepare for the Lord by repenting and turning more fully to Him. After they rejected his joyous…

Helaman 12 This is really a continuation of the last chapter. I think Mormon added this commentary because he saw in this part of history the precursor to his own day.

Helaman 11 The wars among the people lasted for two years before Nephi called for a famine. This was not because he accepted the fighting. At first I’m sure he hoped it would end but I’m confident that his hope expired long before two years. I suspect that despite his sorrow at so much wickedness…

Helaman 10 What can I learn from this story about gaining an apostolic witness? I consider that this bestowal of the sealing power must be governed by the same spiritual laws as the apostolic witness that I seek.

Helaman 9 One reason that the people could so easily believe the idea that God would smite the murderers to the earth so they could be caught was because they were so lacking in spiritual light that they knew very little of the true nature of God so that they would imagine Him intervening like…

Helaman 8 I notice that the gadianton judges explicitly accuse Nephi of crimes but fail to specify what crime or even what type of crime. They hope that those who hear them will fill in the blank in their own minds so that people may come forth accusing him of a variety of crimes for…

Helaman 7 As I read about the Gadiantons having utterly taken over the Nephite government I can’t help but compare it to our day. I don’t believe that those participating in or backed by secret combinations have completely taken over but a glance at our justice system and our political environment indicates that they have…

Helaman 6 Being blessed with exceeding riches while there was still an operating secret combination among them fueled the Gadiantons to take control of their government. They used the same method that Kishkumen and Gadianton had attempted in killing Pahoran and then trying to kill Helaman with the intent to keep killing chief judges until…

Helaman 5 Nephi was tired of trying to righteously enforce laws conceived in wickedness—that is why he gave up the judgment seat in favor of full-time preaching. I’ll bet there were days that Elder Oaks felt like that although the laws he was working to enforce were generally decent even when they may have been…