A Study of the Book of Mormon

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...

1 Nephi 21: 16-21 These are some exciting verses that illustrates the surprise of a desolated House of Israel at the righteous posterity that will be raised up to possess the promised land. Verse 16 is profoundly moving and encouraging. The Lord describes his capacity to remember us in terms of his suffering and crucifixion by saying, "I have graven thee upon the palms of my hands." This is the evidence that the Lord Jesus Christ gives that he will not forsake His people and that He will honor the covenant that He has made with the House of Israel. What follows are reassuring words of hope in the promise of a righteous posterity. "Thy children shall make haste against thy destroyers,"( vs 17 ). This seems to suggests that whatever was a struggle for us in our day and time shall be much easier to overcome for the next generation that is brought up in righteousness. "Lift up thine eyes round about and behold; all these gather themselves together, and they shal...