Omni

The amount of space left to engrave on the small plates of Nephi has
evidently become very small and the last five people who posses the plates
write just a few words. It almost seems like the first four are saving
space for the next person who will have possession of the plates. Omni, the
first to write seems to have spent most of his time in war. He says he is a
wicked man, but I wonder how wicked he really is. Omni passes the plates on
to his son Amaron, who gives the plates to his brother Chemish. Chemish
probably writes the worst verse in the Book of Mormon. He delivers the
plates to his son Abdinadom who delivers them to his son Amaleki who writes
the most of these five and his words are serve as a transition into the
history that is found on the large plates.

Amaleki lives during the time of King Mosiah and his son King Benjamin.
After fleeing Jerusalem and arriving in the promised land, the Nephites
originahad to split with the Lamanites and flee into what became known as
the land of Nephi and there they built their temple. Now they are forced to
flee again when the Lord warns King Mosiah that if they do not flee, they
will be overtaken by the Lamanites. After a number of years, a group of
Nephites return to the land of Nephi but they are not heard of again. All
this reminds me of the early saints having to flee Kirtland, then Missouri,
and then finally Nauvoo.

I think it is fitting that Amaleki finishes the plates with a strong witness
of Christ and a plea that all who read his words and the words of the
prophets come unto Christ through fasting, prayer and enduring to the end.
I am glad that it didn't end with the writings of the previous four who
added little or no doctrine or testimony at all.