How Quick to Forget

So we already established that most of the people around this time were pretty polarized. There were the good ones who were righteously doing their duty. Then there were the wicked people. The Gadianton robbers had become so established in the years to come that the people went to battle with them.

Anyway, we learned that in the 92nd year of the reign of the judges is when the sun went down but it didn't get dark. That miraculous sign that Christ was born.

Now, fast forward only a few years, to the 95th year of the reign of the judges, and this happens:

"...and the people began to forget those signs and wonders which they had heard, and began to be less and less astonished at a sign or a wonder from heaven, insomuch that they began to be hard in their hearts, and blind in their minds, and began to disbelieve all which they had heard and seen" (3 Nephi 2:1)

A few things there. They forgot about the signs they had seen. They saw the sun go down but it stayed light all night and then the sun came back up the next day as normal. How do you forget something like that?!

Then, it also says they were still seeing signs and wonders, but it was now kind of commonplace, so they didn't see how amazing and special those things really are.

The people were hard in their hearts, meaning they couldn't plant a seed of faith and feel it grow. They were blind in their minds, meaning they weren't open to new ideas or thoughts. This led to a disbelief, where they just outright rejected the gospel.

It's amazing how quick we devolve as a society to the point where something amazing and miraculous can happen and we just shrug our shoulders and think, "what else is new". I hope to never get to that point ever in my life. I think the key is to have an open mind and open heart. Remember what great things have been done for me, and I'll be able to keep my testimony strong and long lasting.