Tag: Helaman

Helaman 14 – 16While we know the majority of the Nephites were wicked (including a majority of those listening to the words of Samuel) and angry at words of righteousness, I wonder if there were any listening who were glad of this prophecy at the time. Part of me believes the answer is yes and…

Helaman 10 – 11I had never before connected that Nephi was conveyed away by the spirit when they people saught to lay hold upon him just as Christ would later be brought put safely when the people wanted to cast Him off a cliff. Also interesting is that this was one of the very things…

Helaman 9It seriously sounds like Nephi made the prophecy before the actual murder had taken place in order that these five men might be on the scene so quickly that the people had not even had time to gather. These five must have arrived right after the murderer had fled. It is interesting that the…

Helaman 7 – 8When Nephi yearns for the days of Nephi the son of Lehi and says that the people were easy to be entreated he must have been thinking of the period after they separated from Laman, Lemuel, and the sons of Ishmael. Even in an instance where the argument “we are too powerful…

Helaman 6It’s ironic that at the same time when preaching the gospel among the Lamanites resulted in the Nephites getting their land back (when their armies could not even regain that land) it had virtually no effect to preach the gospel among the Nephites because they simply rejected the message. The people benefitted from the…

Helaman 5Nephi and Lehi, by the power of the word of God, specifically by convincing the people, not by some miraculous exercise of priesthood power such as moving mountains or turning aside rivers, were able to accomplish what all the armies of the Nephites were not able to accomplish, namely the restoration of the lands…

Helaman 3 – 4I don’t think I had noticed before that this appears to make a distinction between the people of Ammon and the many others who migrated to the North during this period of time – the people of Ammon did not go because of dissensions and disputations. Perhaps they were simply seeking to…

Helaman 1 – 2After the change of leadership with the passing of Pahoran and Moroni and Heleman there was a fundamental shift among the people. Moronihah was righteous as far as we can tell but not quite as commanding a warrior as his father had been. Pahoran II was murdered, Paanci was a traitor, and…