“An Awful Death”

Brant Gardner

Alma returns to the concept of timing. First comes the restoration through the resurrection, and then comes the judgment. It is after this time that the righteous leave Paradise for the Kindgom of God. The wicked leave outer darkness for “awful death.” They are not “outer” any more. They cannot be described by their distance from the light, because they are totally separate from the light. Remember the light/dark:life/death pairings. These are equivalents, and the “awful death” is the ultimate “dark.” The wicked are now opposite of what God is.

Textual: There is no chapter break here, and again it would have been better had this great discourse been kept together. It should be read as a whole.

Multidimensional Commentary on the Book of Mormon

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