They marked very carefully the day the war began, it is
mentioned specifically twice. I wonder if it is somewhat like 9/11 for
us—a important changing of the course of
history. Before this, since Nephi had fled, there had been wars with the
Lamenites but not just the Lamenites coming into their land and trying to take
over, which ends up being how the two sides spend the remainder of the Book of
Mormon.
I wonder how the course of modern history would have changed
if war leaders had been consulting prophets. What an amazing thing to get such
direct and specific instruction from the Lord on how to conquer your enemies.
If we apply the idea of these physical wars to our current war with evil, it
shows again how blessed we are to have prophets guiding us in our effort, and
how wise we would be to hearken to their specific counsel. In fact, sometimes
we are offended when the counsel is really specific, but in reality, it is a
huge blessing.
The time frame of Ammonihah being destroyed was important,
too, because it showed how it all came together from the time Alma and Amulek
were preaching there. At the beginning of the 10th year he went to
Melek and then to Ammonihah after baptizing and preaching successfully in
Melek. Now we are on the 5th day of the 2nd month of the
next year, so it couldn’t have been long after Alma left, and Ammonihah has
been destroyed.
Whenever the Book of Mormon talks about no inequality it is
such a beautiful, and also, such a scary thought. I want to help people, but without
giving anything up for my own family. I am never quite sure what that balance is
supposed to look like.
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