“I Fear Lest the Lamanites Shall Destroy This People for They Do Not Repent”

Brant Gardner

This is the theme that allows Moroni to connect this letter with the previous one that he has entered. In Moroni 8: 27-28 Mormon had written that the Nephites needed to humble themselves and repent, but that they would not. In Mormon 8:29 he specifically notes that if they persist in that condition, “they must perish.” In this letter, Mormon is repeating that same theme, but the condition of destruction is even closer.

Multidimensional Commentary on the Book of Mormon

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