Maintain the Cause of Freedom

This morning as I was listening to The Book of Mormon, this scripture jumped out at me and struck a chord.  It is exactly what's going on right now.

Alma 51:2-8

2 Nevertheless, they did not long maintain an entire peace in the land, for there began to be a contention among the people concerning the chief judge Pahoran; for behold, there were a part of the people who desired that a few particular points of the law should be altered.

3 But behold, Pahoran would not alter nor suffer the law to be altered; therefore, he did not hearken to those who had sent in their voices with their petitions concerning the altering of the law. 

4 Therefore, those who were desirous that the law should be altered were angry with him, and desired that he should no longer be chief judge over the land; therefore there arose a warm dispute concerning the matter, but not unto bloodshed.

5 And it came to pass that those who were desirous that Pahoran should be dethroned from the judgment-seat were called king-men, for they were desirous that the law should be altered in a manner to overthrow the free government and to establish a king over the land. 

6 And those who were desirous that Pahoran should remain chief judge over the land took upon them the name of freemen; and thus was the division among them, for the freemen had sworn or covenanted to maintain their rights and the privileges of their religion by a free government. 

7 And it came to pass that this matter of their contention was settled by the voice of the people. And it came to pass that the voice of the people came in favor of the freemen, and Pahoran retained the judgment-seat, which caused much rejoicing among the brethren of Pahoran and also many of the people of liberty, who also put the king-men to silence, that they durst not oppose but were obliged to maintain the cause of freedom. 

8 Now those who were in favor of kings were those of high birth, and they sought to be kings; and they were supported by those who sought power and authority over the people.

Now, I'm going to replace a few words to fit our day.  Here's what I will replace:

Pahoran -- Trump
Chief Judge -- President
King-men -- Democrats
King -- Dictator
judgment seat -- Presidency
Dethroned -- Removed
Brethren of Pahoran -- Republicans

Now read with the alterations:

Alma 51:2-8

2 Nevertheless, they did not long maintain an entire peace in the land, for there began to be a contention among the people concerning the [President,] [(Donald) Trump]; for behold, there were a part of the people who desired that a few particular points of the law should be altered.

3 But behold, [Trump] would not alter nor suffer the law to be altered; therefore, he did not hearken to those who had sent in their voices with their petitions concerning the altering of the law.

4 Therefore, those who were desirous that the law should be altered were angry with him, and desired that he should no longer be [President] over the land; therefore there arose a warm dispute concerning the matter, but not unto bloodshed.

5 And it came to pass that those who were desirous that [Trump] should be [Removed] from the [Presidency] were called [Democrats], for they were desirous that the law should be altered in a manner to overthrow the free government and to establish a [Dictator] over the land.

6 And those who were desirous that [Trump] should remain [President] over the land took upon them the name of freemen; and thus was the division among them, for the freemen had sworn or covenanted to maintain their rights and the privileges of their religion by a free government.

7 And it came to pass that this matter of their contention was settled by the voice of the people [Vote]. And it came to pass that the voice of the people came in favor of the freemen, and [Trump] retained the [Presidency], which caused much rejoicing among the [Republicans] and also many of the people of liberty, who also put the [Democrats] to silence, that they durst not oppose but were obliged to maintain the cause of freedom.

8 Now those who were in favor of [Dictators] were those of high birth, and they sought to be [Dictators]; and they were supported by those who sought power and authority over the people. 

You could also replace the word freemen with patriot or Republican. I could have used tyrant instead of dictator.  And voice of the people could be replaced with vote.  But you get the idea.

I thought this Scripture was a really good example of what's going on today.  The wicked liberals [Democrats] are trying to overthrow our free government and take away our rights and privileges.  They've already tried to remove Trump from office through impeachment.

Their latest tactic, politicizing and weaponizing the novel coronavirus pandemic, is their most effective effort yet.  It has crumbled our economy and brought our country to its knees.  But they haven't killed us yet!  We will be back.

We Americans are freemen and enjoy our liberties and freedoms.  We will fight for our rights.  We will maintain the cause of freedom.  I'm happy to see many people revolting against the tyranny imposed upon us by evil, power-hungry Governors and judges.

Unfortunately, as the Second Coming draws closer, Satan will continue working harder and harder to take away our freedoms.  The Democrats are relentless.  They won't stop their wicked pursuits. They will keep pushing us towards communism/socialism in trying to remove as many rights and freedoms as they can.  Basically, Satan, through his wicked minions-- Democrats/liberals, is trying to take away our God-given agency.  We must keep fighting back to retain our freedoms and liberties.

There are so many examples in The Book of Mormon of the people having to fight to maintain the cause of freedom -- to retain their rights and privileges.  There are always wicked people trying to take away the freedoms and liberties of the righteous people.

It really is amazing how The Book of Mormon was written for us in our day! 

I'm grateful for an omniscient God who foresees our future, Who gave us The Book of Mormon to help us navigate through these treacherous last days.

May we always maintain the cause of freedom!

That's my two cents