Chapter Seven - Alma the Younger and the Anti-Prophet Arc

CHAPTER SEVEN

Alma the Younger and the Anti-Prophet Arc

MOSIAH 27 – ALMA 6

Alma the Younger becomes a new man.
But everyone remembers the old one.

He had led people away.
Mocked the faithful.
Tried to tear down the church from the inside.

Now he preaches repentance, the very thing he once despised.

It takes time.
But the people believe him.
Not because he talks, but because he changed.

His conversion spreads fast.
He’s appointed chief judge, the highest legal power in the land.
He’s also the high priest, the spiritual leader.

He carries both roles.
But not for long.

The church is growing and struggling.
Some of the wealthy members grow arrogant.
They persecute the poor.
They wear expensive clothes.
They buy influence.
They forget where they started.

Alma is devastated.

He steps down as judge to focus entirely on preaching.
He hands the judgment seat to Nephihah
and becomes a traveling prophet.

He begins a mission.
City by city.

He teaches in the synagogues.
He teaches in the streets.
He teaches in the wilderness.

Some places welcome him.
Others reject him.
One city, Ammonihah, throws him out entirely.

But an angel tells him:
Go back.

He does.

There he meets Amulek, a wealthy man who joins the cause.

Together, they preach.
They warn of judgment.
They perform miracles.

The people grow violent.
They cast out the believers.
They burn women and children alive in front of Alma and Amulek.

The two prophets are thrown in prison.
Beaten. Starved.

Then God intervenes.
The prison collapses.
They walk free.

Alma continues.
He organizes churches.
He ordains priests and teachers.
He visits the poor.
He speaks to kings and beggars.

The church strengthens.
But so does opposition.

And in the background, the sons of Mosiah, the original rebels, are preparing for something even bigger:

A mission to the Lamanites themselves.