In this week's Come, Follow Me, we will read Alma's words to the people in Zarahemla and Gideon after he left the judgment seat to Nephihah and committed to proclaim the word to the Nephites. Click on the links below for blog posts related to Alma chapters 5-7 that give further thoughts and insight.
Alma 5 -- Poetic parallelism in the structure of Alma 5, The "Hand" of God, Garments and blood, The song of redeeming love and numerous other posts (click on the "Alma 5" link and make sure to click on "other posts" at the bottom of the page to get to the next page)
Alma 6 -- Intentional parallels between Alma 5-13 and Alma 36-42, A note on Gideon, "thus it is. Amen" in the Book of Mormon, etc.
Alma 7 -- "Blotted out", Alma's use of Psalms, The office of the ministry of angels, etc.
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Gideon, another example of internal consistency (and possibly Hebrew wordplay) in the Book of MormonIf we simply compare all the mentions of the name Gideon in the Book of Mormon, we quickly discover that the name can either refer to a plac...
