“A Holy Prophet”

Brant Gardner

Alma now established the mechanism of the earlier congregation's salvation. That mechanism is founded upon the word of God through a prophet. Alma does not claim for himself the prophetic mantle, but rather places the foundation of his argument on the shoulders of Abinadi, whom his audience clearly already accepts as a true prophet of God. Thus Alma founds the salvation of the people on the word of God through a prophet.

Multidimensional Commentary on the Book of Mormon

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