(March 28, 2014)
I think that it is reasonable to presume that Zoram didn’t know that there were no Ammonihahites that had been taken prisoner. What is even more interesting is that it is reasonable to presume that Alma didn’t know that fact, either. And yet Alma is praying to the Lord in humility to find out how to rescue his brethren – in his mind they could have been the very brethren that only shortly before had been burning women and children in the fire.
When I first read this chapter (and in subsequent readings) I was impressed in Alma’s trust in the Spirit to direct Zoram right where he needed to go. But now I realize what happened – Alma’s love for his enemies led him to pray, and prayers for the benefit of those who persecute you would of necessity be powerful things because of the putting off of the natural man required to offer such a pray.
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