Tag: Mosiah

Was Amulon conscious of the fact that in putting burdens upon Alma and his people and placing taskmasters over them he was fulfilling a prophecy that Abinadi had given in his presence years before?

It seems likely that Amulon represented himself to be associated with the Nephites in the land of Helam and got appointed to be their ruler because of his Lamanite wife. I don’t he got appointed to that position by claiming to be their enemy.

I never before considered the way that Gideon here Stace as a type of Christ, offering to save the people though his service under the direction of his king.

It was a great if the Lamanites which was greater than the danger they actually represented which led the people of Limhi to go three times to war and lose their lives when they could have been uncomfortable but safe from being killed if they had not listened to their fear.

When people choose to do wickedly there are consequences and those consequences sometimes fall upon people who weren’t part of the wickedness. This can be true even when those being wicked have no hostile intent. The priests of Noah were making no attempt to hurt the people of Limhi when they kidnapped the daughters of…

Noah had lost the trust of his people even before he had them flee from the Lamanites and leave their wives and children behind.

The fact that sons had been asking the priests of King Noah probably have him an advantage that Abinadi hadn’t enjoyed – he would have known the means by which Noah gathered information along his people. That knowledge probably allowed Alma to more effectively work in secret than Abinadi could have done. Eventually his movement…

As Abinadi was being burned to death he gave two prophecies. The first was that the seed of the priests of Noah would cause many other people to suffer death by fire because of their belief in Christ. (This happened among believing Lamanites.) The second was that Noah would be driven and hunted by his…

The fact of having a carnal nature doesn’t damn a person. It is only damning for those who persist in that carnal nature, who refuse to put of the natural man and become better than their carnal nature would lead them to be. We put of the natural man by turning to Christ and showing…

To publish peace is not too say “all is well in Zion” not is it to say “you are righteous, no need to worry.” Instead of is to invite to repentance with the assurance that a perfect Savior waits to take upon Himself the sins of all who will follow Him. Thus Abinadi was among…