“A Plan of Redemption Laid”

Brant Gardner

Alma has now described a situation that is not permanently acceptable to God. We have man who must die, and suffer the temporal death. We also have a sinful man who is in a probationary state. However, he is a sinful man in that state, and Alma has just spoken of the fate of the unrepentant. Therefore, God has a situation that should not be, one in which there is no good result. The result at this point is simply temporal death, and ultimately, spiritual death.

Multidimensional Commentary on the Book of Mormon

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