John Hilton has done excellent work on this. He has pointed out that King Anti-Nephi-Lehi has a unique voice in the BoM being the only person to call God “our great God.” I find this super interesting considering a few chapters earlier in Alma 18 and Alma 22 we read about Ammon and Aaron teaching King Lamoni and his father. They taught these Lamanite Kings that the "Great Spirit" was actually the "Great God." But you can see that their language and title for God remained consistent. Alma 18 we read “5 Now this was the tradition of Lamoni, which he had received from his father, that there was a Great Spirit. Notwithstanding they believed in a Great Spirit.” Then later “26 And then Ammon said: Believest thou that there is a Great Spirit? 27 And he said, Yea. 28 And Ammon said: This is God. And Ammon said unto him again: Believest thou that this Great Spirit, who is God, created all things which are in heaven and in the earth?” The Lamanites called their deity “great spirit” until Ammon and Aaron taught them that this “great spirit” was actually the “great God.” It makes sense this would become God’s title for them as this was their tradition and what they had been taught. Also, I find it interesting I searched the word “great” through these chapters and the Lamanites constantly use the word “great” so often throughout all their speech! JS is a G for real haha
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Another fantastic video! Thank you!
John Hilton has done excellent work on this. He has pointed out that King Anti-Nephi-Lehi has a unique voice in the BoM being the only person to call God “our great God.” I find this super interesting considering a few chapters earlier in Alma 18 and Alma 22 we read about Ammon and Aaron teaching King Lamoni and his father. They taught these Lamanite Kings that the "Great Spirit" was actually the "Great God." But you can see that their language and title for God remained consistent.
Alma 18 we read “5 Now this was the tradition of Lamoni, which he had received from his father, that there was a Great Spirit. Notwithstanding they believed in a Great Spirit.”
Then later “26 And then Ammon said: Believest thou that there is a Great Spirit?
27 And he said, Yea.
28 And Ammon said: This is God. And Ammon said unto him again: Believest thou that this Great Spirit, who is God, created all things which are in heaven and in the earth?”
The Lamanites called their deity “great spirit” until Ammon and Aaron taught them that this “great spirit” was actually the “great God.” It makes sense this would become God’s title for them as this was their tradition and what they had been taught.
Also, I find it interesting I searched the word “great” through these chapters and the Lamanites constantly use the word “great” so often throughout all their speech!
JS is a G for real haha
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Love these videos! Great content!
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I wish people would mistake me for the Great Spirit. Currently, only my cat does.