Omni 1:19 And it came to pass that the people of Zarahemla, and of Mosiah, did unite together.
Mosiah was just a guy who was living a normal, plain, imperfect, beautifully boring life when God sent him a message. “Mosiah,” God said. “It’s time for the Nephites to move…again.”
Do you remember Lehi and Sariah and their children, how they had left Jerusalem and wandered through the desert, and crossed an ocean, all so that they could live in a land that was safe for them and their family. It was a land God had given to them.
So it was no small surprise when God asked Mosiah to pack up his bag and leave. God was taking the land back and giving it to the Lamanites for a while. It would have been easy for Mosiah to say, “No. This is our land.” But instead, Mosiah said, “Okay.” Because he knew that it was not his land at all. It was God’s land. And even though Mosiah was moving away, even though he and the Nephites were leaving their homes and their temples and their land, they did not feel hom…
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