Wednesday, November 5, 2014

Alma 63





Verse 12 states that the writings on the gold plates were published throughout the land while Helaman, Jr. had possession of them.  This appears to have happened after large numbers of Nephites migrated to the north and to the sea.  Those who remained in Zarahemla and its vicinity, which is where the rest of our story will take place, would have had access to at least as much of the Book of Mormon as we have now read.  We will see a great conversion of the Lamanites in the chapters to come.  Did access to the writings of these prophets in the Western Hemisphere make that missionary work easier?  We will also see a great wickedness among the Nephites to whom these writings were published.  How vital it must  be to study the scriptures we have!

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