“Rejoice One with Another”

Of course the church and the righteous Nephites did not disappear. They have simply become outnumbered by the Nephites who hold different politico-religious ideas. Just as they were once in the majority and were able to enforce their statistically prevalent will on the people, even though there were dissenters, so now they are in the position of a minority in their own land, and it is the majority who dominate them. Nevertheless, the fact that they are no longer in the majority did not change the essential righteousness of those who remained faithful. Mormon highlights this by explicitly telling us that those who were in the church of God “did rejoice one with another, and did have great joy.”

“Rejoice One with Another”

Of course the church and the righteous Nephites did not disappear. They have simply become outnumbered by the Nephites who hold different politico-religious ideas. Just as they were once in the majority and were able to enforce their statistically prevalent will on the people, even though there were dissenters, so now they are in the position of a minority in their own land, and it is the majority who dominate them. Nevertheless, the fact that they are no longer in the majority did not change the essential righteousness of those who remained faithful. Mormon highlights this by explicitly telling us that those who were in the church of God “did rejoice one with another, and did have great joy.”