David Journal

Tag: Mormon

  • The wicked punished by the wicked

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    As I read about the wicked being punished by the wicked I thought of the war in Gaza. I’m not saying that so those who have been and are being killed are wicked (the wicked never confine their actions to the wicked) but wickedness among the people (and the leadership) in Israel helped foster the…

  • What stood out about Mormon as a child?

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    The fact that Ammoron recognized in a ten year old boy the future keeper of the records could be attributed to him being the keeper of the records and potentially a prophet himself. What really makes me wonder is the fact that even in their wickedness the neighbors saw something in the sixteen year old…

  • Imperfection in the record

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    Moroni states that if they had enough room to write in Hebrew there would have been no imperfection in the record. I take that to mean that he sees the writings in reformed Egyptian and recognizes parts that do translate or can be translated improperly. I can take Moroni at his word that there were…

  • Ye love your money and substance more than the poor and needy

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    37 For behold, ye do love money, and your substance, and your fine apparel, and the adorning of your churches, more than ye love the poor and the needy, the sick and the afflicted. 38 O ye pollutions, ye hypocrites, ye teachers, who sell yourselves for that which will canker, why have ye polluted the…

  • A righteous man

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    When his people were destroyed after refusing their opportunity to repent Mormon response by recording an invitation to those who destroyed them. He offered the same invitation to repentance that his own people had rejected.

  • An expected slaughter

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    Mormon knew that his people would be slaughtered but by offering the king of the Lamanites what he wanted—a final, conclusive battle—he bought his people 4 years of peace. It’s interesting to note that 99.99% of the Nephites were killed in that battle including 21 of the 23 commanders of ten thousand. I do wonder…

  • If ye do not repent

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    I like that Mormon makes it clear that the gentiles only need to worry about the remnant of the House of Israel going through among them and treading them down if they do not repent. If they do repent they have nothing to fear.

  • Disappointing

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    I can only imagine how saddened Mormon was to see the wickedness of his people as well as how saddened he was to see the destruction of his people by the Lamanites.

  • Repeating Moroni

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    I never noticed before the parallel between Mormon preparing his people during a time of peace and captain Moroni having done the same thing for his people.

  • Abandon Mormon

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    I wonder if the neighbors ever considered abandoning Mormon when his first few battles all ended in failure.