Here we see the difference between courage and cowardice. We have two examples of courage in Alma and Abinadi and the cowardice of Noah. Alma risks his life in pleading for Abinadi and accepting the truth of his words. Abinadi is willing to die for the truth. And Noah, rather than face the truth, tries to have Alma killed and executes Abinadi. It's interesting that Noah won't execute Abinadi because of the sins Abinadi accused him of committing, but executes him for saying the Christ would come. If there is no Christ, there is no redemption. If there's no redemption, there is no sin. By denying Christ, he can continue to justify is wickedness. Noah's cowardice is also evident in that he's afraid of what Abinadi said concerning the judgment Noah will have to face, but not even his fear isn't strong enough to do the right thing.
From now on, everything we read in the Book of Mormon will be from records kept by Alma's descendents, Abinadi's one convert.
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