“War’s Drums; Destiny’s Banner!” GET TO THE POINT™ Come Follow Me: Alma 43-52

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"War's Drums, Destiny's Banner"
 
I. Intro
i. You're looking good today and it feels good to be with you.
ii. Patter

III. Theme: "War's Drums, Destiny's Banner"
i. We are entering the war chapter. I call them the Tom Clancy Chapters.
ii. Reframe: Pretend reading a political thriller, or war novel
iii. Isaiah: fantasy novel
IV. People
i. Helaman High Priest over Zarahemla
ii. Pahoran Third Chief Judge
iii. Amalikiah
iv. Moroni Young general
v. Lehi General
vi. Teancum Commando general
V. Themes:
i. Character of Captain Moroni and Amalekiah
1. M 48
a. Yea, verily, verily I say unto you, if all men had been, and were, and ever would be, like unto Moroni, behold, the very powers of hell would have been shaken forever; yea, the devil would never have power over the hearts of the children of men.
2. A
a.  
b. Now it came to pass that while Amalickiah had thus been obtaining power by fraud and deceit, Moroni, on the other hand, had been preparing the minds of the people to be faithful unto the Lord their God.
ii. Motivation
1. Nephites
a. "In memory of our God, our religion, and freedom, and our peace, our wives, and our children"
2. Lamanites
a. Zarahemna: "Behold, we are not of your faith; we do not believe that it is God that has delivered us into your hands; but we believe that it is your cunning that has preserved you from our swords.  Behold, it is your breastplates and your shields that have preserved you. Alma 44:9
b. One screen, two movies
3. "Yea, we see that Amalickiah, because he was a man of cunning device and a man of many flattering words, that he led away the hearts of many people to do wickedly; yea, and to seek to destroy the church of God, and to destroy the foundation of liberty which God had granted unto them, or which blessing God had sent upon the face of the land for the righteous' sake." (Book of Mormon | Alma 46:10)
iii. Just War Theory
1. "Inasmuch as ye are not guilty of the first offense, neither the second, ye shall not suffer yourselves to be slain by the hands of your enemies."
2. "Ye shall defend your families even unto bloodshed." Alma 43:46 - 47
3. D&C 101:81-101
4. TPJS, 391: " There is one principle which is eternal; it is the duty of all men to protect their lives and the lives of the household, whenever necessity requires, and no power has a right to forbid it, should the last extreme arrive"
5. Andrew F. Ehat and Lyndon W. Cook, p.162
6. while we will be the last to oppress we will be the last to be driven from our post-peace be still; bury the hatchet & the sword.;-the sound of war is dreadfull in my ear.; any man who will not fight for his wife & children is a coward & a bastard.
iv. Teamwork "No less serviceable"
1. N-Councils 52:19
a. Lehi
b. Teancum
c. Helaman
d. Angels
e. HWH No less serviceable, what is true greatness.
2. A Orders, combinations (Drink Blood, 49:27)
a. Dissenters
i. Zoramites (clan)
ii. Amalikites
iii. Amulonites
b. Lower Judges (3 Nephi 6: Chief judges, lawyers, high priests)
c. Dissenters: And there were many in the church who believed in the flattering words of Amalickiah, therefore they dissented even from the church ( Alma 46:7)
i. JS Ch 27 "From apostates the faithful have received the severest persecutions."
d. Lamanites
e. Evil Spirits
v. Preparation
1. Temporal
a. Armor
b. Cities
c. 50: "Did not stop making preparations"
d. RMN O 2021, Embrace Future with Faith
2. Spiritual
a. Moroni, on the other hand, had been preparing the minds of the people to be faithful unto the Lord their God. Alma 48:7
3. Amalikiah:
a. "as soon as Amalickiah had obtained the kingdom he began to inspire the hearts of the Lamanites against the people of Nephi; yea, he did appoint men to speak unto the Lamanites from their towers, against the Nephites. And thus he did inspire their hearts against the Nephites" Alma 48:1 - 2)
vi. Strategies/Counter-strategies
1. A
a. 45:21 "many little dissentions and disturbances", small and simple things, death by 1,000 papercuts, slow leaks
b. Poison by degrees
c. Fraud and deceit
d. Flattering words
e. devices
2. N
a. 43:28, 30, spies, strategy
b. Teancum: commando raids
vii. Thus we see
VI. Personal Application
i. War, Just War, and Strategies
1. Understand doctrine
2. Informal discussions with people, break room conversations (if not censored)
3. Affect ballot box
ii. types of war
1. Temporal, On going since Civil War
2. Spiritual
3. Do you need to have temporal preparations for spiritual war fare?
a. Paying tithes
b. Eliminating debt, and emergency fund
c. Purchasing a set of scriptures?
d. Subscription to church magazines and Desert News
e. time management to fulfill callings?
VII. Christ Quotient
i. Are we pacifists?
1. yes, but not in the Tolstoy, Gandhi, MLK vein
2. RMN O 2002, Blessed are the Peacemakers"
3. Why didn't Captain Moroni follow the ANL pattern?
ii. Stock in Norhtrup-Grumman
1. https://inkstickmedia.com/cracks-in-the-sin-screen-the-link-between-mormon-tithes-and-nuclear-weapons/
2. Zeniff Moroni 9, ended up making swords
3. Moroni was armed
4. suppose we disarm? What happens?
5. Disavow actions during the War in heaven
iii. Strategies and counterstrategies
1. RMN O 2018 "The adversary is increasing his attacks on faith and upon us and our families at an exponential rate. To survive spiritually, we need counterstrategies and proactive plans."
2. Sun Tzu: III.3 "Thus the highest form of generalship is to baulk the enemy’s plans" attack his strategies
a. LWW, attack wand not witch
b. SWI, take out Darth Maul's lightsaber
3. where are your weak points? Where are your strong points? How does devil attack weak points? How does he attack strong points? What strategies does he use against you? how do you counter them?
iv. War on earth is a manifestation of the War in Heaven
1. GBH O 2001 "The conflict we see today is but another expression of the conflict that began with the War in Heaven."
2. War in heaven:
a. Lucifer common enemy
b. Not about
i. Republican versus Democrats
ii. Liberals versus conservatives
iii. boys versus girls
iv. Christ and Lucifer
v. Whom shall I send? Christ--that's the point
 
 
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