You're not going to be here. Have you ever thought about Alma and Amulek watching the believers in Ammaniha burn, it's not just the pain that these are their tender

converts.

Could it be that Amulex's own family was among that group because he is in particular anguish after the event.

Hello, we are Scott and Maureen Proctor and this is Meridian magazine's Come Follow Me

Podcast on the teachings and doctrine of the Book of Mormon.

We're so excited to study this week's material, Alma, Chapter 13 through 16,

which is called Enter into the Rest of the Lord.

Now this week's lesson brings to mind a part of our own early Latter-day Saint history.

Joseph Smith, his brother Hiram, and others unjustly incarcerated in the Liberty Jail have parallels to Alma and Amulek

unjustly thrown into the prison at Ammanai Ha.

I've often thought about those parallels and have taught about them for many years.

Before we talk about those, let's look at the remarkable approach Alma uses to teach this hardened people who are after the order of Nihor.

It almost feels like Alma is casting his purls before swine to talk about such sacred things,

but let's look more closely at his approach.

As Alma is calling the people of Ammanaiha to repentance, he talks about the pre-Midal world

and those who exercised exceeding great faith there, he then points to the example of

righteous Milkizidic, the great high priest from ancient times. What an interesting way to call a wicked city to repentance.

It really is quite the approach, but you'll see why he did this.

It's clear from the ancient scriptural accounts that we are missing an immense amount of material

concerning Melkizidic and his city.

Between the account here in Alma, Chapter 13, and the Joseph Smith translation of the Bible in Genesis 14,

we gained some incredible insights that will make sense for this

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