“Fog of War; Light of Christ!” GET TO THE POINT™ Come Follow Me: Alma 53-63

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Opening Hymn:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TUOPvtVZwo8

II. Intro
i. You're looking good today and it feels good to be with you.
ii. Patter
III. Theme: "Fog of War; Light of Christ!"
IV. Alma 53: Setbacks
i. Dissent, and then Army of Helaman
V. Alma 54, Alma 55 Exchange of Words and Prisoners
i. Ammororn wants to exchange, Moroni agrees
ii. Moroni Epistle
1. context, frames as holy war, blood fro blood, life for life
2. Agrees, one man for family
3. But end war
4. "I will give unto him according to my words; yea, I will seek death among them until they shall sue for peace." Alma 55:3
iii. Ammoron Epistle
1. Laughs off bluster
2. Talks about right to rule Mosiah 10
3. Agrees
4. Zoram "pressed"
a. Impressment, or press gangs
b. War of 1812, British Navy capture Americans and forced into Navy, claimed British
c. Did Nephi enslave Zoram, or liberate him from Laban?
5. Did not back off of war
iv. Moroni's strategy
1. Find descendant of Laman (recognizable physical difference)
2. Send him with potent wine, drunk guard
3. Hop the walls and arm the prisoners, including women and children
4. Sun-Tzu: "Hence to fight and conquer in all your battles is not supreme excellence; supreme excellence consists in breaking the enemy’s resistance without fighting. Thus the highest form of generalship is to baulk the enemy’s plans"
VI. Alma 56 Alma 57 Alma 58 The Army of Helaman
i. ANL want to break oath, Helaman says keep your oath, keep your promise
1. Deut 20, exceptions
ii. Lateral thinking, outside of the box: have military age sons serve
1. Age Numbers 1:3, 20 years, not Ender's age or child abuse
iii. Summation of Battles, three chapter epistle
iv. Liberty of Father; Faith of Mothers
1. Both Parents involved
a. Now they never had fought, yet they did not fear death; and they did think more upon the liberty of their fathers than they did upon their lives; yea, they had been taught by their mothers, that if they did not doubt, God would deliver them. And they rehearsed unto me the words of their mothers, saying: We do not doubt our mothers knew it. Alma 56:47 - 48
b. And now it came to pass in the second month of this year, there was brought unto us many provisions from the fathers of those my two thousand sons. Alma 56:27. Videos has this
2. Note 56:52
3. But behold, to my great joy, there had not one soul of them fallen to the earth; yea, and they had fought as if with the strength of God; yea, never were men known to have fought with such miraculous strength; and with such mighty power did they fall upon the Lamanites, that they did frighten them; and for this cause did the Lamanites deliver themselves up as prisoners of war. (Book of Mormon | Alma 56:56)
4. Yea, and they did obey and observe to perform every word of command with exactness; yea, and even according to their faith it was done unto them; and I did remember the words which they said unto me that their mothers had taught them (Book of Mormon | Alma 57:21)
5. Prison riots, and they flee
6. Supply issue, wonder if a faction in government. 58:36
VII. Alma 59, Alma 60, Alma 61: Harsh Words, Soft Answers
i. Pattern of Dissension
1. 53:8-9, dissensions and physical danger
2. Amalekiah, External
3. King Men, Internal
ii. Moroni and Supply Chain issues
iii. Harsh Words
1. Questions about supplies
2. Politicians in a safe zone, no exposed to the blood and trench rot
a. "thoughtless stupor"
b. "trust in goodness"
i. Do this with callings?
1. Study out, then ask
2. dig stones, then let God illuminate them?
3. Sloppy with callings,and trust God' love and grace to compensate?
3. Normally tell Captain Moroni was Mad, and wrote and angry letter, and Pahoran wrote a kind letter back
a. Cleanse inner vessel, then the outer
b. Can't rely upon God's goodness
c. "I will leave a part of my freemen to maintain this part of our land .. And I will come unto you ... behold I will stir up insurrections among you, even until those who have desires to usurp power and authority shall become extinct. ... I come unto you, even in the land of Zarahemla, and smite you with the sword" Alma 60:25 - 27, 30
d. (Ie He will organize shock forces, invade Zarahemla, and set of marshal law)
e. Personal revelation: "Behold, the Lord saith unto me: If those whom ye have appointed your governors do not repent of their sins and iniquities, ye shall go up to battle against them" Alma 60:33
iv. Soft Answer
1. Sympathy
2. Explains that the King Men have withheld provisions
a. April 2003 "I believe that God will not hold men and women in uniform responsible as agents of their government in carrying forward that which they are legally obligated to do. It may even be that He will hold us responsible if we try to impede or hedge up the way of those who are involved in a contest with forces of evil and repression." (GBH)
3. King men set up a king, and alliance with Ammoron
4. Running the government-in-exile in Gideon
5. You talked about invading, good idea, go ahead.
6. Resist with words, and with swords
VIII. Alma 62 Victories and Lessons
i. Energy shifts. Series of losses in Alma 50
ii. Moroni invades and kills King Pacus (P names)
iii. Reclaim Cities
iv. Lamanites become ANL
v. Teancum's last Raid--repeat of Amalikiah, but awoke,and killed
vi. War ends, Demobilization
1. Returning armies
2. Regulate Church
3. Regulate Civic affairs
IX. Alma 63 Closing of an Age
i. Moroni retires, in 40s
ii. Shiblon, then Helamn3
iii. Post war boom, expansion and colonization
X. Christ Quotient
i. How to disagree better
1. Pahoran and Turning the other cheek
ii. War Summary
1. Already discussed doctrinal Aspects
2. Subtler aspects
iii. Demobilization (being with end)
1. Covid 19 and new normal?
2. New normal
a. Ministering
b. 2 Hours church
c. Combined quorums
d. Younger mission ages and endowment
e. Correct name of the church
iv. Enemies Without, Enemies Within
1. BKP Enemies from without, reinforced by apostates from within, challenge the faith of the rank and file members of the Church. things of Soul, 67
2. Are you overcome?
3. Members who are double-agents for the devil? When show up to church, pray for discernment for the undercover heretics.
4. Not honest disagreements, but fundamental discrepancies
a. Freedom of speech Family Proclamation
v. Members in times of trial
1.  But behold there never was a happier time among the people of Nephi, since the days of Nephi, than in the days of Moroni, yea, even at this time, in the twenty and first year of the reign of the judges. Alma 50:23
2. Yea, they did remember how great things the Lord had done for them, that he had delivered them from death, and from bonds, and from prisons, and from all manner of afflictions and he had delivered them out of the hands of their enemies. And they did pray unto the Lord their God continually, insomuch that the Lord did bless them, according to his word, so that they did wax strong and prosper in the land. Alma 62:50 - 51
3. In or out of uniform, we are still Christians
vi. Greatest weapon is faith in Christ... that's the point
 
 

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