Alma 19 The Abish Touch

Abish is the hero of this chapter of Lehi’s children’s saga. She reaches down and touches the queen’s hand and lifts her up.  She is undaunted in her courage!  She is true to her conversion to Christ.  The “Abish Touch” is a metaphor for how we should have the courage to physically put ourselves in a position to do good.  Like Esther of the Old Testament, she rises to her moment, the moment for which she came into the world.  She saves her king and queen, who in turn will open the door for a huge Lamanite conversion wherein thousands of people are saved from their sins and freed from false traditions.

In describing King Lamoni’s conversion, Alma states: “…the dark veil of unbelief was being cast away from his mind, and the light which did light up his mind, which was the light of the glory of God, which was a marvelous light of his goodness—yea, this light had infused such joy into his soul, the cloud of darkness having been dispelled, and the light of everlasting life was lit up in his soul, yea, he knew that this had overcome his natural frame, and he was carried away in God.”  And he adds, “…their hearts had been changed; that they had no more desire to do evil.”