Taught Unto You Bountifully
I was struck by a word that Amulek used as he began teaching the Zoramites after Alma taught them about the Son of God. Amulek started his remarks this way, “My brethren, I think that it is impossible that ye should be ignorant of the things which have been spoken concerning the coming of Christ, who is taught by us to be the Son of God; yea, I know that these things were taught unto you bountifully before your dissension from among us” (Alma 34:2). This is the only place in the Book of Mormon that the word bountifully is used, but there are two places named Bountiful that are both associated with important teaching. The first was at the ocean’s edge in what is probably modern-day Oman, and it was there that Nephi taught his brothers as recorded in 1 Nephi 17. In one of the longest chapters in the book at 55 verses, Nephi spoke at length, teaching his brothers about the history of Israel and urging them not to be so hard in their hearts. Surely we could say that Nephi taught them bo...