Perhaps all of this seems like a terrible waste of time to cast the pearls of the gospel before these wretched apostates who had already made up their minds to kill Abinadi. But there is something very exciting about all of this. Out there in this motley crowd of apostates was one priest who was going through a wrenching, soul-searching convulsion of conversion and repentance. Among all these immoral, murderous, hate-filled apostates, one Christian was emerging. His name was Alma, and eventually we will learn all about him.