We are in a period when the Nephites have returned sufficiently to a righteous state that they have a righteous man as their chief judge, and they elect a righteous man as the chiefest chief captain. Thus the prediction of Gidianhi that Lachoneous would have their God to protect them is a true part of the spiritual defense of the people. As in the days of the great general Moroni, they are ready to defend themselves by force of arm, but they are also preparing themselves to have God fight with and for them.