...yeah that's often pointed out about him repenting yet -Samuel the Lamanite wrote:Food for thought concerning the GAs stopping to warn us because we don't listen so why waste time. What did Mormon do wehen it became obvious that the Nephites were headed for destruction? For a time, he refused to lead their armies but then "repented" and led them but they continued to refuse to repent. Mormon as their propket died with them.
What is God trying to tell us by including this story in the BofM?
http://lds.org/scriptures/bofm/morm/3?lang=eng" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;And it came to pass that the Lord did say unto me: Cry unto this people—Repent ye, and come unto me, and be ye baptized, and build up again my church, and ye shall be spared.
And I did cry unto this people, but it was in vain; and they did not realize that it was the Lord that had spared them, and granted unto them a chance for repentance. And behold they did harden their hearts against the Lord their God....
....behold the voice of the Lord came unto me, saying:
Vengeance is mine, and I will repay; and because this people repented not after I had delivered them, behold, they shall be cut off from the face of the earth.
And it came to pass that I utterly refused to go up against mine enemies; and I did even as the Lord had commanded me; and I did stand as an idle witness to manifest unto the world the things which I saw and heard, according to the manifestations of the Spirit which had testified of things to come.
and then the repentance -
http://lds.org/scriptures/bofm/morm/5?lang=eng" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;And it came to pass that I did go forth among the Nephites, and did repent of the oath which I had made that I would no more assist them; and they gave me command again of their armies, for they looked upon me as though I could deliver them from their afflictions.
But behold, I was without hope, for I knew the judgments of the Lord which should come upon them; for they repented not of their iniquities, but did struggle for their lives without calling upon that Being who created them.
.....no statement of instruction from God to repent and lead them. Was it a personal choice?
...he was also commanded to quit preaching to them earlier
http://lds.org/scriptures/bofm/morm/1?lang=eng" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;And I did endeavor to preach unto this people, but my mouth was shut, and I was forbidden that I should preach unto them; for behold they had wilfully rebelled against their God; and the beloved disciples were taken away out of the land, because of their iniquity.
But I did remain among them, but I was forbidden to preach unto them, because of the hardness of their hearts; and because of the hardness of their hearts the land was cursed for their sake.