“Perhaps the central lesson [in Alma 9–16] is that there is a God in heaven to whom people on earth are accountable. He loves us. He has implemented a ‘plan of redemption’ whereby we can ‘be lifted up at the last day and enter into his rest.’ (Alma 12:33; 13:29.) Through his Spirit he reaches out to all: the righteous exemplified in these chapters by Alma and the Ammonihahite believers; the temporarily distracted but decent people like Amulek; and even enemies to the cause of truth, whether they will repent as did Zeezrom, or reject the invitation as did most of the people of Ammonihah. And everyone is accountable for how they respond to that Spirit” (Dahl, “Plan of Redemption—Taught and Rejected,” 316).