3 Ne 9:1-5
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Verse 1
- To what group of people is Mormon referring when he says "among all the inhabitants of the earth"?
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Exegesis
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Verse 2
The Lord tells the people that the devil and his angels laughed when the Lord destroyed the wicked people. We might have thought that in the battle between good and evil when the Lord destroys the wicked, the Lord gets ahead and the devil takes a set back. This isn't the case. The devil rejoices when the Lord punishes the wicked. If we rejoice in the punishment of the wicked, we take the same position the devil does.
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Verse 2
- Robert D. Hales, "To Act for Ourselves: The Gift and Blessings of Agency," Ensign, May 2006, pp. 4–8.
- "I once had an opportunity to accompany President Spencer W. Kimball to a distant land. We were given a tour of the various sites in the area, including underground catacombs—burial grounds for people who had been persecuted by Christian zealots. As we came up the dark, narrow stairs of that place, President Kimball taught me an unforgettable lesson. He pulled my coattail and said, 'It has always troubled me what the adversary does using the name of our Savior.' He then said, 'Robert, the adversary can never have joy unless you and I sin.'"
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