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"Now This Is What He Meant," Alma 25:1-12

Alma 25:1-12 The Lamanites that had yet to be converted by verse 6 came to believe in the Lord and that He had given great power unto the Nephites. Does my faith in Christ enable me to the point that I am given great power? Verses 9 - 12 focus on the words of Abinadi as a prophet. It's not as black and white, "you're all going to die if you don't obey," as we tend to think of prophetic admonitions. It's that human-nature tendency within myself to take only at face value the words of prophets. Perhaps this is because this is the natural tendency to do so with all communication -- get to the point quickly, what do I need to learn, then let's move on. But this particular explanation of Abinadi's prophecy is worth a deeper understanding. First, what was it that Abinadi actually said? In Alma 25:10 , Mormon records, "What ye shall do unto me shall be a type of things to come."  There is a footnote in the quote that goes back to the original stat