Tag: Mormon

Mormon 3 I wonder if those ten years without war were the most frustrating of Mormon’s life – not because he loved war, but because he saw the futility of preaching to the Nephites because they would not repent. He spent that whole time helping the people to prepare their fortifications and preaching to them.…

Mormon 2What a great responsibility laid on young shoulders. I am amazed that the Lamanites beat drove Mormon’s army from at least three cities before they were able to withstand the assault – more specifically I am amazed that the people of Nephi did not appoint a new commander after those beginning failures. After all,…

Mormon 1I just realized that most of the voice in 4 Nephi is Mormon’s abridgment of the record from Nephi to Ammaron. Their records probably looked much more like the record he kept (at least the record of Ammaron probably did) but he condensed them (and kept his fairly short as well). Mormon was raised…

Mormon 9Is Moroni talking to the atheists of our day becaues atheism was very rare in his day? it sounds as if the wicked in ancient times still believed in God so that he gave them a special address because of how widespread it is today. In that address he gives the basic theology of…

Mormon 8There is a real change of tone in the way the Moroni speaks in verse 33. He becomes more direct and personal there. I believe that is why he felt the need to explain in verse 35 why he was speaking “as if {we} were present.” The rest of the chapter is marked by…

Mormon 7I can just hear Mormon trying to reach out to any of his kin that he might influence, knowing that none in his day will be saved more than are already righteous.

Mormon 6Perhaps the king of the Lamanites had no respect for any other Nephite leader and would not allow them to gather, but allowed Mormon time to gather because he trusted that Mormon could and would gather all the Nephites into one place. He must have trusted Mormon to allow him four years to gather…

Mormon 5Mormon began to lead the Nephites again ten years or less before their destruction was complete. I wonder if part of his reason for doing that was to prevent them from being destroyed one village at a time.

Mormon 4I wonder how hardened people were that they all delighted in the shedding of blood. Are we becoming that hardened as we seek for violent games and movies, or were they yet harder than I can now imagine? (I consider either of those to be viable possibilities.)

Mormon 3After 36 years of leading the Nephites it must have been very hard for Mormon to step down at age 51. Not hard because he wanted to lead them, but hard because of the sorrow that they would not repent.