Year:
1935-1949
The
book of Mosiah ends with the death of Mosiah2 and Alma1.
This
ended the reign of the kings and began the reign of the judges with
Alma2 being the first judge. We begin the reign of Alma2 in the book
of Alma in 91 BC (1935). Wars and contentions among the people are
covered during the next 15 years which ends in 75 BC (1949). These
events are covered in Alma 1 through Alma 28. The events covered in
the Book of Mormon during this time period are a pattern of the
Second World War and the holocaust when over six million Jews
murdered.
Alma
28:2
2
And thus there was a tremendous battle; yea, even such an one as
never had been known among all the people in the land from the time
Lehi left Jerusalem; yea, and tens of thousands of the Lamanites were
slain and scattered abroad.
The
greatest battle the Nephites had ever seen occurred during this 15
year period beginning in 91 BC (1935). This is about the time that
Hitler came to power in Nazi Germany. The period from 1935 to 1949
was a tragic time for the Jews. Hitler passionately hated them and
used them as a scapegoat for his personal conflicts and frustrations.
World War Two began in Asia in 1937 as the second Sino-Japanese war
and in Europe in 1939 with Germany invading Poland. The Second World
War ended in 1945. This is the greatest battle that has ever happened
in modern history with over 60 million people killed.
Alma
28:3-6
3
Yea, and also there was a tremendous slaughter among the people of
Nephi….
4
And now this was a time that there was a great mourning and
lamentation heard throughout all the land, among all the people of
Nephi—
5
Yea, the cry of widows mourning for their husbands, and also of
fathers mourning for their sons, and the daughter for the brother,
yea, the brother for the father; and thus the cry of mourning was
heard among all of them, mourning for their kindred who had been
slain.
6
And now surely this was a sorrowful day….
The
atrocity of the holocaust was a great tragedy for the Jewish people.
There were about 9 million Jews in Western Europe in 1935 but by the
end of the Second World War there were only about 3 million. It was a
great day of sorrow with the people lamenting and mourning for their
family members who had been murdered.
In
1945 the United Nations was established and in 1948 they created a
homeland in Israel for the Jewish people. After nearly 2000 years the
Jews had a homeland to which they could return.
Alma
28:3
3
… the people of Nephi returned again to their land.
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