Alma 28

Alma 28

Using the difference in mourning as a background, Alma makes an interesting point about inequality.  Even though the US Declaration of Independence states that all men are created equal, it is clear when we look around us that all men aren’t treated equally.  What is it that makes us unequal?  According to the prophet Alma, it is sin and transgression (v. 13).  The people of Enoch’s Zion were the most equal of all people “and there was no poor among them” (see Moses 7:18).  We tend to measure the wickedness of our society by the amount of crime enacted, and that’s a valid measure.  Would a better measure of the wickedness of a society be the treatment of its poor?  Enoch’s people were “of one heart and one mind” (again Moses 7:18).  How do we achieve a similar equality?  According to Alma: “And thus we see the great call of diligence of men to labor in the vineyards of the Lord.”  (Alma 28:14)  How many of us understand that by serving in the Lord’s work, we have the potential to also improve our society?