“Gadianton's Dagger: Dissolution, and Christ!” GET TO THE POINT™ Come Follow Me: Helaman 1-6

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III. Theme: Gadianton's Dagger: Dissolution, and Christ
i. Alfred North Whitehead: Philosophy gives "insight and foresight, and a sense of the worth of life, in short, that sense of importance which nerves all civilized effort. Mankind can flourish in the lower stages of life with merely barbaric flashes of thought. But when civilization culminates, the absence of a coordinating philosophy of life, spread throughout the community, spells decadence, boredom, and the slackening of effort" (AI 98).
1. Federalist #2
ii. That's philosophy; now for theology, coordinating doctrine
iii. You will learn more from studying and reading the Book of Mormon (about our current problems) than you will by reading the daily paper or the slick magazines. (BYU Ten-Stake Fireside, Provo, Utah, 7 May 1972
IV. Helaman 1
i. Third Disputed Election; A three-way split
1. Three Sons of Pahoran, grandsons of Nephihah, 2nd judge.
2. What does this say about the electorate?
a. "coordinating philosophy of life"
b. Federalist 2, John Jay.
3. Pacumeni cedes, Paanchi insurrects
a. Egyptian name, middle term is ankh
b. Tut Ankh Amen
4. Kishkumen, first assassination
5. Pacumeni is second choice (like original electoral college)
ii. Invasion
1. Players: Next Generation
a. Tubaloth Zoremite, son of Ammoron (Nephites still king over Lamanites--succession question
b. Coriantumr General (Jaredite name)
c. Moronihah
2. Confusion in government (as with 9/11 and Gore V bush), choas.
3. Shock forces, controls Zarahemla, and kills Pacumeni
4. Moves on, but in heart of Nephite territory: And now, behold, the Lamanites could not retreat either way, neither on the north, nor on the south, nor on the east, nor on the west, for they were surrounded on every hand by the Nephites.
5. Moronihah wins, and reclaim cites.
V. Helaman  2. Gadiaton's Dagger
i. After this chapter, the Book of Mormon is never the same.
ii. Same band wants to take out Helaman
iii. Rising star, Gadianton takes control
1. Kill Helaman, put Gadiaton on the judgment seat
2. Ambitious people wanting control
iv. Servant learns of plan and warns Helaman.Kishkumen killed
v. "And behold, in the end of this book ye shall see that this Gadianton did prove the overthrow, yea, almost the entire destruction of the people of Nephi. Behold I do not mean the end of the book of Helaman, but I mean the end of the book of Nephi" (Helaman 2:13 - 14)
vi. Why do they go viral?
VI. Helaman 3 Cultural churning
i. Filler chapter, back story
ii. "much contentions and many distensions"
iii. Migrations to Desolation, Tents and Cemenet,  Deforestation
1. Populations shift
2. Demographic change--we don't know exactly what
3. Gadiantons simmer in background
iv. Mormon laments too much to condense here
v. But good forces, thousands, astonished beyond all measure.
1. Thus we see
2. Light in the shadow of Lucifer
3. "Nevertheless they did fast and pray oft, and did wax stronger and stronger in their humility, and firmer and firmer in the faith of Christ, unto the filling their souls with joy and consolation, yea, even to the purifying and the sanctification of their hearts, which sanctification cometh because of their yielding their hearts unto God." Helaman 3:35
vi. Continuing post-war boom, wealth and pride comes in
1. Not church, but members
2. D&C 1; "collectively not individually"
3. Shift:
a. Church vs members
b. Church vs Nephite, 6:2-3
vii. Helaman dies, Nephi Judge
VII. Helaman 4: Work of Death
i. Contention to bloodshed; in Church; dissenters leave and convince Laminates to invade
1. Infestation of Apostates changes Lamanate culture
2. Affect on spiritual demographics of Zarahemla
ii. Work of Death: New Wars Same City
1. Got Zarahemla to the south
2. Moronihan able to get 1/2 of possessions
3. too many Lamanites
iii. Spiritual Work
1. Greatest Generation versus the New Generation; difference is ratio of righteous to wicked.
a. "Now this great loss of the Nephites, and the great slaughter which was among them, would not have happened had it not been for their wickedness and their abomination which was among them; yea, and it was among those also who professed to belong to the church of God.
b. And it was because of the pride of their hearts, because of their exceeding riches, yea, it was because of their oppression to the poor, withholding their food from the hungry, withholding their clothing from the naked, and smiting their humble brethren upon the cheek, making a mock of that which was sacred, denying the spirit of prophecy and of revelation, murdering, plundering, lying, stealing, committing adultery, rising up in great contentions, and deserting away into the land of Nephi, among the Lamanites—
c. And because of this their great wickedness, and their boastings in their own strength, they were left in their own strength." Helaman 4:11 - 13
2. Moronihah, Nephi and Lehi preach; Military, chief Judge, and Spiritual advisor
iv. Laws and Lord
1. Remember prophesies of Alma andMosiah
2. change in culture
a. "And that they had altered and trampled under their feet the laws of Mosiah
b. their laws had become corrupted
c. they had become a wicked people, insomuch that they were wicked even like unto the Lamanites.
d. And because of their iniquity, the church had begun to dwindle
3. Laws and Faith interrelated
a. Bad laws corrupt culture
b. Legalizing immoral things
i. abortion
ii. Retail theft in California
v. Space of not many years
1. Pay attention to cultural accelerators
2. Dissensions, migrations, and corrupt laws
VIII. Helaman 5: Power Unleashed
i. Great Chapter
ii.  Nephi to Cezoram. Lke Alma the younger, sets aside politics for the religious front. (alma 4)
iii. Helamnas counsel:
1. Remember names
2. Remebr King Benjamin: Christ
3. Remember Amulek to Zeezrom, from sins, not in sins
4. Rock of Redeemer (DAB A 2024)
iv. Mission and successful
1. Confound, Power and authority
2. Given what to speak
v. Into Lamanite territory: Zarahemla, to Nephi, SAme prison Limhi
vi. Prison-Temple
1. human rights violation, intend to kill them
2. In light, sign from God
3. Voice from heaven: whisper, pierce soul
4. Cloud of darkness
5. Aminadab Dissenter with correct information
6. Light breaks, and voice from heaven
7. Convert and proselytize
IX. Helaman 6: The Laments Blossom
i. Lamanites more righteous than Nephites (not all, with Tubaloth)
1. Open borders (8-9, like US and states)
2. Prosperity
ii. Gadiantons
1. Cezoram assassinated
2. "therefore they began to set their hearts upon their riches; yea, they began to seek to get gain that they might be lifted up one above another; therefore they began to commit secret murders, and to rob and to plunder, that they might get gain." Helaman 6:17
3. did enter into their covenants and their oaths, that they would protect and preserve one another in whatsoever difficult circumstances they should be placed, that they should not suffer for their murders, and their plunderings, and their stealings.
4. ...  they did have their signs, yea, their secret signs, and their secret words; and this that they might distinguish a brother who had entered into the covenant, that whatsoever wickedness his brother should do he should not be injured by his brother, nor by those who did belong to his band, who had taken this covenant.
5. ... And thus they might murder, and plunder, and steal, and commit whoredoms and all manner of wickedness, contrary to the laws of their country and also the laws of their God.
6. ...And whosoever of those who belonged to their band should reveal unto the world of their wickedness and their abominations, should be tried, not according to the laws of their country, but according to the laws of their wickedness, which had been given by Gadianton and Kishkumen.(Book of Mormon | Helaman 6:21 - 24)
7. Signs
8. Enable wickedness
9. Two sets of law: forma laws and Gadianton laws
iii. Viral effect
iv. And now behold, he had got great hold upon the hearts of the Nephites; yea, insomuch that they had become exceedingly wicked; yea, the more part of them had turned out of the way of righteousness, and did trample under their feet the commandments Helaman 6:31)
v. the Nephites did build them up and support them, beginning at the more wicked part of them, until they had overspread all the land of the Nephites, and had seduced the more part of the righteous until they had come down to believe in their works and partake of their spoils, and to join with them in their secret murders and combinations.
vi. 39  And thus they did obtain the sole management of the government Helaman 6:38 - 39)
X. Christ Quotient
1. Strategies for Dissolution
a.  Alfred North Whitehead: Philosophy "insight and foresight, and a sense of the worth of life, in short, that sense of importance which nerves all civilized effort. Mankind can flourish in the lower stages of life with merely barbaric flashes of thought. But when civilization culminates, the absence of a coordinating philosophy of life, spread throughout the community, spells decadence, boredom, and the slackening of effort" (AI 98).
b. Doctrine of Christ a better system
2. What trends do you see
a. Disputed elections
b. Assassinations
c. Dissensions
d. Christ under siege,
e. doctrine of Christ disputed, denied, and distorted.
3. GBH TGBH, 675: I am so bold as to say that the observance of four simple things on the part of parents would in a generation or two turn this nation around in terms of its moral values. They are simply these: Let parents and children teach and learn together, work together, read together, and pray together.
4. Beyond that, need Christ:
a. Dissolution
b. NAM: No wonder Paul wrote of Christ, “in him all things hold together” (Revised Standard Version, Colossians 1:17). When, collectively or individually, brothers and sisters, things seem to fly apart for us at times, what fitting imagery: “In him all things hold together”! Given the centrality of the doctrine of resurrection, the Restoration has as one of its main purposes to witness not only of Jesus’ resurrection, but that of all mankind

Joseph Fielding Smith, Doctrines of Salvation, 3 vols., edited by Bruce R. McConkie, 1:, p.3
ANY RIGHTEOUS MAN CAN SEE GOD. The Lord has established all things in order and has given us a perfect system. We cannot improve upon it. If we would carry out that which the Lord has revealed, as he has revealed it, then all things would be perfect; for the organization is a perfect organization: the theory of it, the plan of it, is without flaw. If we followed all the orders that have been given to us in the priesthood and otherwise; if we would put into practice the great doctrines which have been revealed in the revelations contained in the holy scriptures, it would only be a matter of a very short time until this great people would be in the same condition, absolutely, as were the people in the city of Enoch.

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