According to Larry Dahl, the principle of entering into the rest of the Lord is referred to at least ten times by Alma in his preaching to the Ammonihahites: Alma 12:34, 34, 36, 37; 13:6, 12, 13, 16, 29; 16:17. With his explanation in 13:11-12, 29, it seems clear that Alma uses the expression to mean that one has qualified for exaltation while yet here in mortality. One can know that he or she has so qualified, and then may have the privilege of the Second Comforter. (See D&C 84:19-25; 131:5-6; 2 Peter 1:1-10, 17-19; Joseph Smith, Teachings of the Prophet Joseph Smith, selected by Joseph Fielding Smith, Salt Lake City: Deseret Book Company, 1938, pp. 149-50.) [Larry E. Dahl, “The Plan of Redemption,” in Studies in Scripture: Book of Mormon, Part 1, p. 319]