“He Did Go About Secretly with the Sons of Mosiah Seeking to Destroy the Church”

Joseph F. McConkie, Robert L. Millet

Alma rehearses this story in Alma 36, in respect of which a more detailed commentary will be given. At this point let us confine ourselves primarily to the question why Alma the Younger and the sons of Mosiah were accorded a call to repentance by an angel, when so many others who have left the Church and warred against it do not appear to have been granted a like privilege. Some considerations would include the following:

Doctrinal Commentary on the Book of Mormon, Vol. 2

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