I Desire That This People Might Not Be Destroyed
In Alma’s words to his son Helaman he spoke about the Jaredites and how they were destroyed because of their iniquity. He then said this, “For behold, there is a curse upon all this land, that destruction shall come upon all those workers of darkness, according to the power of God, when they are fully ripe; therefore I desire that this people might not be destroyed.” So Alma expressed his desire that the Nephites not be destroyed like the Jaredites because of iniquity. He continued with this instruction, “Therefore ye shall keep these secret plans of their oaths and their covenants from this people, and only their wickedness and their murders and their abominations shall ye make known unto them; and ye shall teach them to abhor such wickedness and abominations and murders; and ye shall also teach them that these people were destroyed on account of their wickedness and abominations and their murders” (Alma 37:28-29). Sometime later, after about a year, Alma spoke again to Helaman. He ha...