“It might be said that Alma is beyond eloquence in that he strives for directness and simplicity. … A judge himself, in teaching about judgment Alma repeatedly sets forth alternatives: Give heed and diligence to the word and eventually know the mysteries of God; or harden your heart and be taken captive by the devil (Alma 12:9–11). Believe, repent, and be saved; or die in your sins and then die a spiritual death (Alma 12:15–17). Do not provoke the Lord to ‘pull down his wrath’; but rather, ‘enter into the rest of God’ (Alma 12:37)” (Rust, Feasting on the Word, 120, 131).