In Alma 37:27, we read:
"And now, my son, I command you that ye retain all their oaths, and their covenants, and their agreements in their secret abominations; yea, and all their signs and their wonders ye shall keep from this people, that they know them not, lest peradventure they should fall into darkness also and be destroyed."
Why not, though, simply destroy them all? Destroy all of the records that have those covenants or agreements. Why not get-rid of any and all copies of Satan's work? Satan could just reveal the same thing to each of his followers--there could literally be millions or billions of copies of his works all over this world.
Well, maybe Satan has a ‘conservation of resources’ law, keeping him from making more if one already exists...? As when the Lord reveals Himself or His words, He works a little differently:
"The Lord conserves His spiritual power in not duplicating things that He has already done before (i.e. He doesn't reveal the same scripture for the first time, over and over, but simply has it kept safe or conserved and then revealed or translated).
For example, in the Book of Mormon, in the Book of 1 Nephi, chapter four, verses 14 and 15 and 16, we read about how Nephi was commanded to return with his brothers to the land of Jerusalem and to retrieve the Brass Plates. We read:
"14 And now, when I, Nephi, had heard these words, I remembered the words of the Lord which he spake unto me in the wilderness, saying that: Inasmuch as thy seed shall keep my commandments, they shall prosper in the land of promise.
15 Yea, and I also thought that they could not keep the commandments of the Lord according to the law of Moses, save they should have the law.
Another case-in-point, instead of re-revealing the words and revelations of the Brother of Jared (Mahonri Moriancumer), the Lord simply had Mosiah translate the engravings from Adamic--the pure language of God that all the world spoke before the confusing of the languages at the Tower of Babel-- the original language, into reformed Egyptian and from there, had Moroni add them to the end of his record before his few final words (see Mosiah 28:12)." (The Lord's Conservation of Energy)
It might just be that one of or the biggest reason why or the biggest reason why Satan's plans are not overrunning the Earth is that he has to live or operate by the same law or principle--it may be that he can't. It may be that he has to operate under God's laws (duh! all of His children do!)..
JPS
Well, maybe Satan has a ‘conservation of resources’ law, keeping him from making more if one already exists...? As when the Lord reveals Himself or His words, He works a little differently:
"The Lord conserves His spiritual power in not duplicating things that He has already done before (i.e. He doesn't reveal the same scripture for the first time, over and over, but simply has it kept safe or conserved and then revealed or translated).
For example, in the Book of Mormon, in the Book of 1 Nephi, chapter four, verses 14 and 15 and 16, we read about how Nephi was commanded to return with his brothers to the land of Jerusalem and to retrieve the Brass Plates. We read:
"14 And now, when I, Nephi, had heard these words, I remembered the words of the Lord which he spake unto me in the wilderness, saying that: Inasmuch as thy seed shall keep my commandments, they shall prosper in the land of promise.
15 Yea, and I also thought that they could not keep the commandments of the Lord according to the law of Moses, save they should have the law.
16 And I also knew that the law was engraven upon the plates of brass."
And so, instead of re-revealing the same Law of Moses to Lehi and his family, the Lord conserves His power and they retrieve the plates from Laban, thus conserving God's energy. It's not that God is afraid that He'll run out or run low of His power, because He can't. He won't. Don't be silly! God, though, is perfect. He also is perfectly efficient and effective in the way that He does things.Another case-in-point, instead of re-revealing the words and revelations of the Brother of Jared (Mahonri Moriancumer), the Lord simply had Mosiah translate the engravings from Adamic--the pure language of God that all the world spoke before the confusing of the languages at the Tower of Babel-- the original language, into reformed Egyptian and from there, had Moroni add them to the end of his record before his few final words (see Mosiah 28:12)." (The Lord's Conservation of Energy)
It might just be that one of or the biggest reason why or the biggest reason why Satan's plans are not overrunning the Earth is that he has to live or operate by the same law or principle--it may be that he can't. It may be that he has to operate under God's laws (duh! all of His children do!)..
JPS
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