Tag: Mormon

The goal of Satan is to drive those who follow him to the point that they will act like animals without any moral principle. The closer he can bring them to that point the more satisfied he will be (and the less rational they will be).

Many times the Nephites have faced destruction and then repented to be preserved. This time when the Lord gave them a respite they didn’t repent even after ten years. It is no wonder that they were finally destroyed.

I realize now why the Nephites always thought that Mormon could save them because he was leading them when they defeated a Lamanites army that was virtually twice the size of their army.

The fact that Ammaron told Mormon to only take the plates of Nephi suggests to me that he wasn’t expecting Mormon to be the last real historian for the Nephites, just that he would be the next historian. If he has expected that Mormon would be the last he probably would have instructed him to…

Moroni recognizes the possibility of imperfections in the record because he understands that translating their words into the reformed Egyptian introduces complexity and lack of clarity. I have at various times seen imperfections in the actions of great men in the record. I don’t look down on them but rather feel grateful that the Lord…

Morning didn’t write about anything past the final battle which left 24 living Nephites. The first thing Moroni writes is that the Lamanites killed Mormon. They may have left 24 survivors at the end of the day but they stayed to make sure the job was finished. I wonder how many of the 24 they…

After seeing his people wiped out, Mormon writes with the eye of faith to the descendants of those who have escaped or joined their enemies inviting them to yet repent and come unto Christ.

I suspect that Mormon asked for the time to gather his people both to gain maximum strength but also to select a strategic location and though many might have been unaware he might have also been hoping against hope that they might repent and regain some standing before the Lord. On the other hand, the…

Mormon made sure to record the awful scenes from his lifetime simply because doing so was part of fulfilling the covenant that the Lord made with His people. As awful as those things were and how sad he was to observe it, he would not let these terrible experiences be for naught.