Today's Favorite Verse: Mosiah 12:13-16
"And now, O king, what great evil hast thou done, or what great sins have thy people committed, that we should be condemned of God or judged of this man?
And now, O king, behold, we are guiltless, and thou, O king, hast not sinned; therefore, this man has lied concerning you, and he has prophesied in vain.
And behold, we are strong, we shall not come into bondage, or be taken captive by our enemies; yea, and thou hast prospered in the land, and thou shalt also prosper.
Behold, here is the man, we deliver him into thy hands; thou mayest do with him as seemeth thee good."
Two years have past and Abinadi has come back to prophesy of the coming destruction of the people and king Noah if they do not repent. The people are angry with him and carry him bound before the king. Where he is then questioned before king Noah and his priests.
What stuck out at me while reading this chapter were the yes men talking to king Noah. How their counsel and advise were feeding him wrong information. They were sinning, the people were in bondage and not prospering, only king Noah and his men were. They were in danger of the Lamanites coming in and attacking them. Yet, these yes men where shielding the king from the reality of what was going on in his own kingdom.
I could not help but liken this to our day and wonder who may be giving advise to our president. His sense of reality of what is happening to our nation is so wrong. The dangers from our enemies is so very real. The acceptance and accommodations of sin is only getting worse. I hate to get political but I can see a real message and warning in these verses. I am told to liken the scriptures to my day and this really seems like its happening today.
Day 257 Tami Fitzgerald Harris
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