Happy Dead People
Alma 56:11 “Nevertheless, we may console ourselves in this point, that they have died in the cause of their country and of their God, yea, and they are happy.”
Ecclesiastes 9:5-6 “For the living know that they shall die: but the dead know not any thing, neither have they any more a reward; for the memory of them is forgotten. 6 Also their love, and their hatred, and their envy, is now perished; neither have they any more a portion for ever in any thing that is done under the sun.”
Why are dead people happy? The Bible contradicts the BoM.
Also, why is the text talking about a cause for their country in BC 56?
This is more fitting for the time Joe Smith was alive. The Revolutionary War had just ended and people were still living in the honeymoon stage of winning freedom from Great Britain.
Please, don’t forget to pray for these dear people and share the truth of this example when you can!
In closing, the verses surrounding Alma 56:11 were the typical fare you see throughout the BoM. There are no specifics about another nameless war they fought and one of the names they used sounds like a knock-off of a biblical name. See below –
9 But behold, here is one thing in which we may have great joy. For behold, in the twenty and sixth year, I, Helaman, did march at the head of these two thousand young men to the city of Judea, to assist Antipus, whom ye had appointed a leader over the people of that part of the land.
10 And I did join my two thousand sons, (for they are worthy to be called sons) to the army of Antipus, in which strength Antipus did rejoice exceedingly; for behold, his army had been reduced by the Lamanites because their forces had slain a vast number of our men, for which cause we have to mourn.
11 Nevertheless, we may console ourselves in this point, that they have died in the cause of their country and of their God, yea, and they are happy.
12 And the Lamanites had also retained many prisoners, all of whom are chief captains, for none other have they spared alive. And we suppose that they are now at this time in the land of Nephi; it is so if they are not slain.
With Love in Christ —
Michelle
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