It must have taken a lot of time for his father to “establish churches throughout all the land of Zarahemla” and “ordain priests and teachers over every church.” This is a difficultly children of Bishops and Stake Presidents tell me they have felt. Only when he gets to the point where they travel to Zarahemla does “they” become “we.” In the account of this journey in the Book of Mosiah, the text notes that as they left “all their children that could speak lifted their voices in the praises of their God.” Why include this detail? 5-11. The book of Mosiah itself was probably written to secure Alma’s authority as chief judge, as we’ve seen. Alma delivers the judgement seat to Nephihah and devotes himself to the ministry. the pharaoh from whom Moses and the Hebrews fled, settled upon an alliance with the Greek city of Messene, hostages were not generally returned to their original families, Kim Richardson in ‘Conflict in the Early Americas: An Encyclopedia of the Spanish Empire’s…’ edited by Rebecca M. Seama, When the Lamanites invaded the land of Helam, Amulon and his lackeys are foremost described, Alma said that in delivering Alma and his followers, Amulon’s children were soon killed by the Lamanites, A delivering figure for the entire righteous community, Pharaoh only became more wicked as Moses brought divine intervention. Alma and Amulek. Why don’t other wicked men get an angelic visitation? They were already righteous followers of Christ at that point. And Alma and his people departed into the wilderness; and when they had traveled all day they pitched their tents in a valley, and they called the valley Alma.”. But disciples of Christ must realize that they do not do the saving. It’s the same reason Moses did not talk about anything he did in those 80 years as an Egyptian prince. But the angel changed Alma the Younger’s mind. Isn’t this an important detail to include in the story of one’s life? While he was unconscious he saw the bitterness of hell; when he was spiritually rescued, he experienced joy equal to the sorrow that had harrowed him nearly to destruction. The text says: “Amulon began to exercise authority over Alma and his brethren and began to persecute him.” If he were alive and living with his father Alma, we would expect him to say it differently: “Alma began to be persecuted and subservient to Amulon.” We would expect it to be told from the point of view of Alma’s side. Liberty. (BOOK OF FIRST NEPHI) LEHI'S FAMILY. His son could be indoctrinated to Amulon’s favor, further increasing Amulon’s control, and the arrangement would satisfy whatever personal bitterness he felt toward Alma. Timeline. 2000 stripling warriors. The simplest theory is that he hated the church because of his wicked character. Amulon was a teacher and minister who was not of God, and Alma allowed only men of God to be teachers. This remarkable display of love from his father and the entire community led Alma the Younger to remember his father’s words about Christ the Savior (v. 36), and to understand that Christ never gave up on him either. He understood that being a priesthood leader was not about being a hero. Keep in mind that Amulon was leader of Noah’s priests and very effective at leadership. Well, Moses was in a way a child hostage as well, wasn’t he? Why Couldn’t Joseph Smith Re-Translate The Lost 116 Pages? Alma the Younger awakes a new person, converted by the mercy of Jesus Christ. The results seem to speak for themselves as to his motive. Indeed, this perfectly describes the situation of Alma’s people. 100. Suddenly, Alma shows up and changes everything. Alma Wade was a young girl with pale skin, dark eyes, and dark brown hair. Helaman. (Alma 46:1–10) 69. There is both a positive and negative side to deliverance, as the Book of Mosiah earlier explained (Mosiah 2:31 vs. Mosiah 11:23-25), and both must happen. I was in the darkest abyss; but now I behold the marvelous light of God. https://www.mormonwiki.com/wiki/index.php?title=Alma_the_Younger&oldid=29643, Seeks to destroy the Church, chastened by an angel, and born of God. We should not be surprised that Alma the Younger didn’t want to talk about those personal issues later in life. ... Alma the Younger is chosen to be Chief Judge and High Priest. Helaman. Your email address will not be published. It also explains why Moroni went to Alma the Younger for advice on Lamanite battle strategies (Alma 43:23). 300. Who is Amulek? This page was last edited on 29 November 2011, at 20:32. Yet Alma’s story is greatly helpful to parents of apostate children who hold out hope for them. He even knew his way to the royal stables. The title of liberty rallied freedom-loving Nephites. They entered into covenants with God and took upon themselves the name of the Lord. Alma’s re-uniting with his father was like re-uniting with his Father in Heaven. People must be free to commit wickedness and consign themselves to eternal misery. The scheduled release dates, episode titles and chapters covered in the Book of Mormon are as follows: March 13 — King Benjamin Addresses His People, Mosiah 1-5. Amulek suggested they stretch their hands forth and use priesthood power to save them. He immediately surrendered to his enemies and even given up his own son to be their hostage. Today, isn’t this reason enough for plenty of apostates to fight against the church? They realized the liberal new structure of church and state was good and that the Lamanites were not to be feared. It could be Moroni knew Alma had knowledge of Lamanite strategies due to his childhood hostage education. Lehi's family travel to the Promised Land. They had been tricked into settling the land of Nephi which was close to the Lamanite center of power, which made them easily controllable. The idea of eternity can remind us that what we do here really does have consequences. The influx of many immigrants into the Mulekite land no doubt had a lot to do with the turmoil as well. Why only Alma the Younger? The third grouping explores the book of Ether’s depiction of women, as it contains one of the most descriptive, yet ambivalent females in the Book of Mormon, both historically and in our contemporary era. Also, notice the subtle switch from plural to singular subject–from “Alma and his brethren” to “him.” Authority was exercised over “them”, but persecution was applied specifically to Alma Sr. Alma the Younger would be especially sensitive to pain inflicted on his biological father over anyone else, and clearly something was done to Alma Sr. that was not inflicted on the rest of the people at Helam. The Lamanites were to be ministered to, and that’s the task they took upon themselves to do. Lds Primary Primary Lessons Primary Singing Time Family Home Evening Lds Church Circle Time Latter Day Saints God Is Good Scriptures. ... Based on the story of Alma the Younger. “Arminius may not have been a radiant moral hero, but he was a military genius, a man torn between two cultures,” historians conclude. The Lord’s second revelation to Alma Sr. praised them for their “patience” since the first revelation, apparently because they couldn’t flee out of bondage until Alma’s son was returned. To opt out of Google Analytics, visit the Google Analytics Opt-out Page. But was their religious ideas really the same? He was voted chief judge very soon afterwards, after all. Alma recognized that power corrupts and said the reason Noah’s priests were wicked people was because they had been corrupted by power (“remember the iniquity of king Noah and his priests; and I myself was caught in a snare, and did many things which were abominable”). The Book of Alma shares many of Alma’s missionary experiences as he traveled and preached in Gideon, Zarahemla, Ammonihah, and to the Zoramites. Roman writer Lactantius recorded how the Sassanians requested Roman emperor Valerian to negotiate terms of peace in person, and when he arrived they took him hostage and brutally killed him. (Alma 31–35) 66. Search popularity. Romans often accepted children hostages as payment for their “mercy” of keeping foreign tribes under their empire instead of wiping the tribe out, and considered it part of yearly tribute. According to the Book of Mormon, Alma was a Nephite prophet who established the Church of Jesus Christ in the Americas during the reign of the wicked King Noah. 73 BC Alma’s children go on missions. Aztecs took hostages for human sacrifice, while other Native tribes used them to make smaller tribes subservient, exactly as the Egyptians, Babylonians, and Greeks did: Such may have been the case with Alma’s people, after they fled from Noah and were enslaved by the Lamanites. Multiple accounts of miraculous events describe a pattern throughout the scriptures (Alma the Younger, Paul, etc.). The angelic visitation was a spiritual recurrence of that physical change. Revelation of the redemptive and authoritative nature of Jesus Christ is used to explain to the people why they are to no longer have a king. Alma the Younger does not talk about any of his experiences before his miraculous conversion story, but careful textual analysis suggests he may have been involved with the Lamanites through the Amulonites. This history will be told through the Monolith Timeline which is largely considered the main canon, rather than the Vivendi Timeline which only includes games published by Vivendi Universal. A Timeline of the Book of Mormon Translation I looked a bit at the timeline of the translation of the Book of Mormon to help me organize in my thoughts some of the main events related to the translation. Alma the Younger. 100. Who translated the Book of Mormon into English. An excellent paper by Gary L. Sturgess in the Journal of Book of Mormon Studies provides some answers. Alma the Younger is forever changed by an overwhelming personal experience with God s mercy a mercy capable of overpowering justice and giving Alma the means to exercise faith unto repentance. Like everyone else we are terrified of death and fear that it is the end, and that’s why we avoid death at all costs, while spiritual salvation should be the only thing that matters. Painful childhood experiences misdirected him, and it required horrible self-evaluation to the point of torture to see the light. It seemed like the Nephites and Lamanites fought a lot more from here on out (or maybe that’s just because we don’t have specific records of earlier wars). Consider what the text says about this initial invasion–written after Alma the Younger got over the resentment. This was the question with Arminius and Alma. Perhaps they went around traveling to newly established churches to alter the structure, to make it less independent of the government–which they certainly could have done as princes of the kingdom–and to make it less religious indoctrination. Born Again – Along with deliverance is the repeated them of being born of God. How did Alma get his son back? The most famous historical example of a child hostage is the German barbarian Arminius. The scriptures record that Alma’s mortal life ended without his ever tasting death, meaning he was translated by the Lord, as was Moses. While Amulon made himself king and named his people Amulonites, Alma refused to be king. Finally, the book of Ether is reviewed via a teaching lens. But Alma said unto him: The Spirit constraineth me that I must not stretch forth mine hand; for behold the Lord receiveth them up unto himself, in glory; and he doth suffer that they may do this thing, or that the people may do this thing unto them, according to the hardness of their hearts, that the judgments which he shall exercise upon them in his wrath may be just; and the blood of the innocent shall stand as a witness against them, yea, and cry mightily against them at the last day.”. Vision of Tree of Life. 300. Instead of fearing the Lamanites and avoiding them at all costs, it seems like integration started to happen, and it all started with Alma Sr.’s decision to abjure to the Lamanite army and Alma the Younger’s eventual realization that this was the correct decision, despite all the personal pain it gave him in his childhood. More Description Of Amulon Than Alma – The text’s description of the people’s “bondage” sounds like the experience of a child hostage. Among the unbelievers were Alma the younger and the four sons of King Mosiah (Mosiah 27:8). The taking of his son as hostage and indoctrination would certainly qualify as persecution. Joseph Smith. We are told Alma presumably transfigured like Moses when he got old and time to die. All. Just a very brief observation that they prayed. This would explain why Pharaoh didn’t kill Moses immediately upon discovering that he was Hebrew. “I would that ye should do as I have done, in remembering the captivity of our fathers; for they were in bondage, and none could deliver them except it was the God of Abraham, and the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob; and he surely did deliver them in their afflictions.”. Lehi Preaches in Jerusalem. Alma the Younger in his preaching says when Alma’s people had been delivered from Noah they were spiritually “born of God.” It recalls what Alma the Younger told everybody immediately after waking up from his comatose state: ”. The point of view switches from Amulon back to Alma Sr. and his people. Preaches and is imprisoned at Ammoniah with Amulek. 25 6 124 BC King Benjamin addressed his people. In this same chapter, the description of Alma Sr.’s position of leadership is in marked contrast with Amulon’s. Why do some Ex-Mormons do this? It speaks of the people in third person “they,” and yet lyrically describes the place and event with a tone of passion. Also, the entire narrative of Amulon’s rule over Alma’s people is told from Amulon’s point of view. I say unto you, unless this be the case, they must be cast off; and this I know, because I was like to be cast off. We don’t know when Alma had children, but if the youngest of his children started his mission at age 20, they would have been born around 95 BC, and Alma would have been 27 years old–a fitting age. They are merely instruments in the hands of the Lord, and it is God’s wisdom and God’s view that is required to save people. A Manchurian candidate? Jehoiachin was held political hostage to Babylon. Korihor. Their new structure of government came with a higher purpose as a nation, which included an obligation to the Lamanites to unite this entire branch of Israel under Christ. His betrayal of Rome would “at one stroke bring Arminius enormous personal prestige, and power among the Germanic tribes so that he can rule them as their king.” This brings us back to the purpose of the book of Mosiah: to look for deliverance from a Messiah rather than a king. The book made a strong case that Alma was not seeking for power but for the people’s freedom–not just for the Nephites but for the Lamanites as well. Why else would they go along with Limhi and join the people of Zarahemla? How would Alma the Younger know this unless he was there to observe the teaching in these other lands? Begins presidency over the church. Now, this is a perfect example of when child hostages would be taken. Relating to the Scripture. Timeline. They praised “their” God–not Amulon’s or the Lamanites’ God. Obviously, they knew who he was because he had been chief judge of the kingdom and wiped out their apostate leader Nehor. Title of . To tell the history properly, we should start at the beginning. Collected information is only used for internal reporting and is not shared with anyone. There was at least 20 years between Alma’s departure from Helam until Alma the Younger’s experience with the angel. In the land of Zarahemla, unbelievers arose among the younger generation (Mosiah 26:1) who had not been old enough to understand King Benjamin's speech (Mosiah 2:7; Mosiah 3 and 4). There were plenty of times the Nephites were in a pinch and the prophet could have been consulted. We can’t be sure that this indicates young Alma’s point of view, as it could be the result of Moroni or some other later author editing the text. Germany entirely transformed under him and the innovation brought from his Roman education. Unfortunately for him, it backfired spectacularly. In the midst of being racked with torment, Alma said he longed to “also be born of God” (v. 24) as Lehi his forefather had been. Huge change for the kingdom likewise came in Alma’s time, and a great deal of it likely came from him. Yet we are not actually told why Alma’s people “began to cry mightily to God”–we just assume it’s because of the tasks–or even what they said in these prayers. Perhaps they feared that such widespread religious education would make the people fanatical and superstitious, as atheist Humanists seem to think today. Interestingly, this mirrors what Amulon had done with the Lamanites and seems to deliver a similar cultural boom. He may have already lacked confidence in his father for mildly giving up to the Lamanite army. It is recorded in Alma 2:31 , that he slew the wicked Amlici, but at that time he was the presiding high priest and the chief judge over the people, and he was acting in the office of a judge when he dispatched justice on Amlici. “As for compiling the book. Did the people see that as evidence for his motives? The persecution that Alma and his followers caused weighed on the church so much so that “the church began to murmur and complain...”. His father snatched him from the confines of Amulon, and everyone endured a long period of slavery and pain for the chance for him to do it. He took ownership of his rebellion and didn’t want to blame anyone else. Look for little clues as you read along. Much like Amulon’s children were soon killed by the Lamanites. They sought to destroy the church of God (Mosiah 27:10). Condems Nehor to death for murder and priestcraft. Amulon and his lackeys are foremost described as “teachers over his people, yea, even over the people who were in the land of Shemlon, and in the land of Shilom, and in the land of Amulon.” Educators? His father saved him from spiritual and physical death. If he had been cast off, he would have been a “child of the devil” and it would have resulted in “death” (v. 41-42). This child hostage theory helps explain what Alma the Younger and the sons of Mosiah were doing to destroy the church of God and why it required them to travel. For example, does the book of Mosiah’s description of the waters of Mormon sound like someone who was there recording everything as it happened or a second-hand author describing what he heard from people who experienced it? The puts him in his twenties if he had left Helam as a young child. 2 Nephi 5-10 – Early School Years Proverbs 22:6 “Train up a child in the way he should go: and when he is old, he will not depart from it.” Nephite Timeline Lehi, the great patriarch, has passed, and now left unchecked, the murderous disposition of Laman and Lemuel towards their younger … March 20 — Abinadi Testifies of Jesus Christ, Mosiah 11-18. Maybe they were just misdirected and doing what they thought was right. This theory is possible, but to me it doesn’t really fit what I read in the text. But they certainly experienced a lot more crossing over between the two cultures, with the Anti-Nephi-Lehites, Amlicites, and Samuel the Lamanite as examples. There is the classic example of Pocahontas who mediated as hostage between Native Americans and European settlers. Enjoy! Now consider how this led to Alma the Younger rebelling against his father and the church. Timeline. Did God stop them from getting killed? Either way, young Alma’s situation as hostage was apparently the reason why they didn’t depart in the first place. That could have easily led to resentment in Alma the Younger and lack of confidence for his father. It would quite memorable for Alma the Younger to meet the priests’ biological children if he himself had been considered an adopted child, and their attitude about switching names would have greatly helped him in his transition to identifying as a Nephite and as Alma’s son. Better just to leave that minor detail out. To ensure that the pricing on the website is the same as what is in your catalog or advertisement, please enter the catalog code provided. Moroni and the Title of Liberty. Saved by Megan Shumway. 0. From his perspective he was born again and gained his true father Alma. ‘Mosia’ was a A delivering figure for the entire righteous community of God. Along with some choice words for his conduct and how it affected their missionary work, he also tells him that despite what he has done he can ask the Lord for forgiveness, and reaffirms that Corianton is … Pharaoh only became more wicked as Moses brought divine intervention. 500 400 300 200 175 150 125 100 75 50 25 B.C. Timeline: Year Event Age of Alma the Elder Age of Mosiah Age of Alma the Younger Around 160 BC Zeniff confers kingdom on his son, Noah. Indeed, Alma St. was not nearly as effective as Amulon, as many people immediately apostatized. 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