Tag: Helaman
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Incredible detail
Nephi foretold the interaction with Seantum with enough detail to ensure that even skeptical people while have to conclude that he was not acting in concert with Seantum in murdering the Chief Judge.
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Ulterior motives
The judges who had heard Nephi prophesy were not interested in the truth but they were very interested in making a case against Nephi. If they had not seen an opportunity to make Nephi look guilty they might have instead ignored the five who had been sent and left them to take the fall or…
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Proving his words
The reason that Nephi was able to prophesy about the murder of the chief judge was to prove the rest of his words just as he had testified that the destruction of Jerusalem was evidence of the prophecies of Christ that Jeremiah had made.
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Our day
The more I read this part of the book of Helaman the more it reminds me of our current day. Party of that night be more recognition but another part is that we are becoming more and more like these times among the Nephites. It is becoming increasingly common that those in positions of power…
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Metastasized corruption
The Gadiantons spread and corrupted the majority of the Nephites in a very short period of time. When I read that it tells me it how quickly the GOP went from having unstable/corrupt elements among them to being widely and openly committed to supporting the obviously corrupt among them. I wouldn’t say that their corruption…
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Role reversal
When the Lamanites became more righteous than the Nephites and the Nephites were rejecting the invitation to repent they were continuing to harbor accommodate toward the Lamanites but the people of the church removed in the righteousness of the Lamanites. Could we one day see a reversal where the image of righteousness in America is…
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Three Hundred Witnesses
Imagine the power of having 300 people independent witnessing the joyous message that they had received from angels and the voice of God himself. Is it any wonder that the greater part of all the Lamanites were convinced of their words?
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Wearily stepping down
I hear the description of Nephi stepping down from the judgement seat because he was weary trying to govern while the people were bent on choosing wickedness. I wouldn’t be surprised if senator Robert had a similar feeling in choosing not to run for another term. I know he no longer feels comfortable within the…
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The spirit had withdrawn
The Nephites finally saw their true situation, that they had abandoned the Lord and were suffering the consequences. When do we, today, recognize how much we have abandoned the Lord and brought upon us the problems that we are trying to stand off through more wickedness?
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Rotting inside
During the several years of peace there was rot and pride growing among the people that eventually led to losing almost all their lands.