“They Must Be Burned”

Joseph F. McConkie, Robert L. Millet
In response to the often-asked question, Is the burning spoken of in this passage that of a literal fire? the authors respond, No more so than the waters of the flood in the days of Noah were literal waters! It is requisite that as the earth is returned to its paradisiacal or terrestrial glory that all things of lower orders be purged from it.

Doctrinal Commentary on the Book of Mormon, Vol. 1

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