Tag: Mosiah

The message of joy that the angel delivered was that Christ was coming to atone for the sins of the world. The message was detailed enough to make it clear how complete this atonement would be.

When Jesus says His yolk is easy and His burden is light He is referring to the “all He requireth is that ye keep His commandments for which, if ye do, He doth immediately bless you and prosper you.” That sounds like a very good deal/light burden.

I picture or modern general conference in the description of the people going up to hear King Benjamin. they pitched their tents in families—we often gather as extended families for conference; every man in his own tent who could not fit within the walls of the temple—within the walls of the temple would be at…

In reading Mosiah 1 i saw it for the first time as a transfer of power and thought about the things behind the scenes of Benjamin instructing Mosiah and instructing others to assist and obey Mosiah as they had assisted and obeyed him.

There are two things I wonder about the reasoning of Mosiah. The first is his reasoning behind granting Alma judgement over the people of the church. Modish clearly has justification over all his subjects so why did he determine that members of the church could be judged within the church parallel to the secular law?…

The fact that the people of Limhi could not find the land of Nephi and the armies of the Lamanites could not find the land of Nephi is consistent with the idea that they were likely in a densely forested land where trails would grow over. I also realized tonight for the first time that…

I have often wondered about the timeline of the Nephites in the land of Lehi-Nephi especially after the time of Zeniff. I realized tonight that the fact that Limhi and his people could mistake the search party from Zerahemla for the priests of Noah is evidence that they had been several years (I’d say at…

I could just picture the first of Mormon in my mind as a thick jungle where Alma could escape detection when Noah sent his army to find Alma. Not only that but such a forested area would explain the various groups in that area who got lost over the years in their disparate journeys.

The priests of Noah were accustomed to intimidating anyone they questioned. I’m sure they were surprised to find that Abinadi was not intimidated in their presence. Their surprise came well before they attempted to lay hands upon him and found that they could not do so—that must have been an even greater shock.

I wonder why Zeniff choose Noah as his successor. Did he have other sons? If he had other sons did he blindly pick based on age or did he have a belief that Noah would be a good ruler? Was Noah good until Zeniff died? The truth is that we don’t know how quickly Noah…