Article Title

“Do Not Procrastinate the Day of Your Repentance”

Authors

John A. Tvedtnes
Matthew P. Roper

Keywords

repentance, Alma 34, Religious Education, Amulek, eternity, Mormon Studies

Abstract

One of the more frequently quoted yet misunderstood passages of the Book of Mormon is found in Alma 34:32–34, where Amulek declares that, "this life is the time for men to prepare to meet God; yea, behold the day of this life is the day for men to perform their labors. . . . Do not procrastinate the day of your repentance until the end; for after this day of life, which is given us to prepare for eternity, behold, if we do not improve our time while in this life, then cometh the night of darkness wherein there can be no labor performed. Ye cannot say, when ye are brought to that awful crisis, that I will repent, that I will return to my God. Nay, ye cannot say this; for that same spirit which doth possess your bodies at the time that ye go out of this life, that same spirit will have power to possess your body in that eternal world."

Recommended Citation

Tvedtnes, John A. and Roper, Matthew P. (2000) "“Do Not Procrastinate the Day of Your Repentance”," Insights: The Newsletter of the Neal A. Maxwell Institute for Religious Scholarship: Vol. 20: No. 10, Article 5.
Available at: https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/insights/vol20/iss10/5