Once again it is important to note the focus of Alma's discourse. While he has had subthemes of the first and second deaths, and of the priesthood, each of those subthemes has only served to highlight the atoning mission of the Savior. As he concludes, he notes the imminent coming of the Atoning Messiah, and just as the gospel has been declared by the righteous, he proclaims that righteous men will also proclaim the arrival of the Atoning Messiah.