Alma 43-52 Synopsis:
We are now getting into the WAR CHAPTERS! These chapters might look like the screenplay for the next big Hollywood blockbuster, but there are great spiritual lessons in them for our lives today...
(43) Alma and his sons preach the gospel, while the Zoramites and other dissenters become Lamanites. To defend the Nephites against the Lamanites in battle, Captain Moroni prepared his people with armor and fortifications, while the Lamanites were equipped with offensive weapons but no shields or armor. His efforts teach us how we can find safety in the spiritual battles we face today. (44) Moroni commands the Lamanites to make a covenant of peace or be destroyed. Zarahemna rejects the offer, tries to attack Moroni and gets scalped! (45) Alma prophesies the destruction of Jerusalem and dissention grows within the church. (46) Amalickiah conspires to be king and brings his forces against the Nephites. Captain Moroni raises the “Title of Liberty”; written upon it are the words “In memory of our God, our religion, and freedom, and our peace, our wives, and our children”. (47) Amalickiah uses treachery and murder to become the king of the Lamanites. (48) Amalickiah then incites the Lamanites against the Nephites, but Moroni proves himself to be a great leader and a great soldier once again! (49) The invading Lamanites attempt to take the Nephite cities of Ammonihah and Noah, but fail.
(50) Yet more wars, and destructions befall the Nephites in the days of their wickedness and abominations. Morianton and his army of dissenters is defeated by Teancum. Nephihah dies, and his son Pahoran fills the judgment seat. (52) The ‘king-men’ seek to change the law and set up a king. Pahoran and the freemen are supported by the voice of the people, while Teancum repels the Lamanite invasion and slays Amalickiah. (53) Ammoran succeeds Amalickiah as king of the Lamanites. Captain Moroni, Teancum, and Lehi lead the Nephites in a victorious war against the Lamanites; many of them surrender to the Nephite armies, and the city of Mulek is retaken.
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