The Nephites Wage an Offensive War Driven by a Thirst for Blood
Mormon 3:9–10
9 And now, because of this great thing which my people, the Nephites, had done, they began to boast in their own strength, and began to swear before the heavens that they would avenge themselves of the blood of their brethren who had been slain by their enemies.
10 And they did swear by the heavens, and also by the throne of God, that they would go up to battle against their enemies, and would cut them off from the face of the land.
President Spencer W. Kimball said:
“When threatened, we become anti-enemy instead of pro-kingdom of God. . . . We forget that if we are righteous the Lord will either not suffer our enemies to come upon us—and this is the special promise to the inhabitants of the land of the Americas (2 Nephi 1:7)—or He will fight our battles for us.”
(“The False Gods We Worship,” Ensign, June 1976, 6.)
