“Alma Selected a Wise Man”

D. Kelly Ogden, Andrew C. Skinner

These verses describe what happens when people do not turn their backs on God even though they must live among those who have. They are, in a way, a practical illustration of Lehi’s dream of the iron rod versus the great and spacious building (1 Nephi 8). We see that there is a momentary cost to true discipleship, the “suffering [of] all manner of afflictions for Christ’s sake,” but the rewards are everlasting.

Divisions of responsibility and labor were introduced into this society, which before had been a theocratic monarchy.

Verse by Verse: The Book of Mormon: Vol. 1

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