Alma 36:6-10
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Questions
- Why would Alma go into such great detail of how he was once a sinner that fought against the church of God?
- How does this account differ from that given in Mosiah 27:11?
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Verse 6
- How did Alma and the sons of Mosiah think "to destroy the church of God"? What were they really trying to do? How did they expect to accomplish it?
- Why did an angel come to Alma when he was so wicked? Why doesn't God send an angel to stop all wicked people?
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Verse 7
- How is the voice of an angel like "the voice of thunder"?
- Did the earth really tremble, or did they just go weak in the knees?
- Why were they afraid of the angel? Is this a common response to being visited by an angel?
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Verse 8
- Why did the angel tell Alma to arise? Did he tell the others to arise as well, or just Alma?
- What does it mean that Alma "beheld the angel"? How are angels perceived?
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Verse 9
- Why does Alma focus on this part of the message from the angel while speaking to his son?
- Why would this message cause Alma to fall to the earth with fear and amazement?
- We often think that fear is a negative thing, and that we shouldn't try to motivate people through fear. What is the role of fear in bringing people to God?
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Verse 10
- It says that Alma couldn't speak or move his limbs. Was he otherwise conscious? What state was Alma really in? How did this look to those who might have seen him?
- Is there something important about the specific duration (three days and three nights) of Alma's experience?
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Exegesis
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