Tag: Mosiah

When Alma organized the original 7 churches in Zerahemla it is interesting to wonder what he did to separate them logically while keeping them unified doctrinally. It would make sense to me if he divided them based on where they lived and it is clear that he maintained unity by centralizing the teaching of the…

I’m quite confident that among the “many more things” that Mosiah shared with his people to convince them to relinquish their desires for a king were examples from the record/history of the Jaredites of how people act under wicked kings as well as how wicked men act and inspire others to act when those wicked…

The people of Alma had a different experience of bondage than the people of Limhi. The people of Alma had already repented before they came into physical bondage and they had already developed their trust in the Lord before their bondage began. This allowed them to be more patient with the experience from the beginning.…

It just struck me that three different places settled by Nephites (not including Zerahemla) had 3 different experiences of the same time period. The people of Limhi were in bondage to the Lamanites as they lived in the land of Nephi. They suffered for their sinfulness through that bondage and were even punished for the…

The people of Limhi considered every possible option to escape their bondage and could only find one way out. I feel like I am surrounded by financial Lamanites — they aren’t all hostile, just as the Lamanites surrounding the people of Limhi weren’t all actively hostile, but they are impediments to the freedom being justly…

It is interesting to consider the many ways over many years that the priests of Noah caused trouble for the rest of their Nephite brethren. All of the different ways stem from their pride and their conviction that normal rules didn’t apply to them. In chronological order:

I’m sure that when Limhi heard the reason that the Lamanites had come to stack his people he was very sympathetic to their motivations. I’ll bet that he had a pretty good working relationship with the king of the Lamanites after that despite the fact that their people were consistently antagonistic towards each other.

While after their conversion the sons of Mosiah would not accept the kingdom I wonder if part of their motivation in trying to tear down the church was a fear that their father would turn most power over to the leaders of the church do that there would be very little power or influence left…

When the people of Limhi and the people of Alma came to Zerahemla they did not all have a shared identity. The people of Zerahemla stood in a separate body from the people of Nephi. Mosiah had the history of Limhi and Alma read to everyone which undoubtedly helped them see how they all had…

I wonder how the forces of the king were reduced. Had they been reduced through fighting with the Lamanites? Had they been reduced because Noah was convinced (through hubris) that they could do with fewer guards?  Had they been reduced by some of them being converted by the preaching of Alma (which could also explain…