Sunday, November 6, 2011
Alma 55-63
President Ezra Taft Benson (1899–1994) observed, “From the Book of Mormon we learn how disciples of Christ live in times of war” (in Conference Report, Oct. 1986, 5; or Ensign, Nov. 1986, 7). Mormon included several accounts of war in the Book of Mormon for a purpose. These accounts teach about the need to preserve freedom in order to maintain religious rights, the damage traitors inflict, the value of even a few righteous youth, the moral justification for war, and strategies to combat evil while relying upon God’s power to intervene.
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I have to admit that I love the parts where there is a little bit of humor in the Book of Mormon, and one of those for me is where Moroni finds a guy among his troops who is a Lamanite by birth (named Laman) and has him pretend to have stolen a bunch of wine from the Nephites. Hehe. And then how the Lamanites want to drink it really bad and he plays hard to get, "Let us keep our wine till we go against the Nephites to battle." And the Lamanites ad licking their lips and can't resist. And then when they are all drunk, Moroni gets all the prisoners of war back right from under their noses. Hehe. Good one Moroni, nice punchline. And very creative. And then it's kinda funny how the Lamanites try to pull that same joke on the Nephites many times later (Alma 55:30), but the Nephites are too smart. Sorry Lamanites, better be more creative than that.
Alma 55:29 says, “Many times did the Lamanites attempt to encircle them.” The Lamanites tried over and over to destroy the Nephites, however the Lamanites were never successful. I believe the reason for this is because the “the Nephites were not slow to remember the Lord their God in their time of affliction.” Although life may be difficult we like the Nephites must never be slow to remember the Lord in our time of affliction. We can never forsake God.
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