Lesson Plan on Mosiah 4-6
For the past two weeks, we have been in King Benjamin's sermon. It is the second highest spiritual point in the Book of Mormon amongst a collective people, right after the Savior's appearance and teachings to the Nephites at a temple. As for some context, it should be remembered that the people of Nephi have merged themselves with another group of people who fled Jerusalem earlier, the Mulekites. Somehow, we don't know the full details, King Mosiah (the first) becomes the ruler of this newly merged people even though it appears the Nephites were not as numerous as the Mulekites. The Mulekites would have had a claim to the throne being direct descendants of King David. One wonders, therefore, if this would have caused or contributed to the contentions that occurred earlier in King Benjamin's reign (see W of M 1:12)? Mormon also tells us that there were many false prophets and false Christs that had to be dealt with during those early years of King Benjamin's reign. A
