Mosiah 7:26-30

Questions

In most of this chapter, Limhi uses the word God. But here he refers to Abinadi as "a prophet of the Lord". What does this mean? Is this a reference to Abinadi's specific teachings about Christ?
What does it mean for Abinadi to have been "a chosen man of God"? In what sense was he "chosen"?

What reason does Limhi give here for Abinadi's martyrdom? How might his teachings have formed the basis for a capital offense?

What does it mean for the Lord to "not succor [his] people?
How does the Lord "hedge up [the] ways [of his people]"? What does it mean to hedge up?
In what sense do the Nephites understand the term "prosper"? How might this be related to scriptural promises?
How can our doings become a stumbling block?

What does it mean to "sow filthiness"?
What does it mean to "reap the chaff thereof in the whirlwind"? Does this mean the chaff of filthiness? What does that even mean?
How is the "effect" of reaping the chaff a "poison"?

Succor. This word appears three times in the King James Version of the Holy Bible (as succour). It appears six times in the Book of Mormon and twice in the Doctrine & Covenants. According to the 1828 Webster's Dictionary, succor (the verb) means "literally, to run to, or run to support; hence, to help or relieve when in difficulty, want or distress; to assist and deliver from suffering; as, to succor a besieged city; to succor prisoners" and as a noun, means "aid; help; assistance; particularly, assistance that relieves and delivers from difficulty, want or distress."
Hedge up. In the KJV of the Old Testament, this phrase only appears once at Hosea 2:6.

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