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Alma the Younger lived in [[Zarahemla]] during the end of the reign of the Nephite King [[King Mosiah II|Mosiah]]. Members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints believe that he was born around 126 BC. As a young man, he, the four sons of Mosiah, and others wanted to destroy the church and actively persecuted its members. After they were visited personally by an angel and rebuked for their actions, Alma fell into an unconscious state where for three days and three nights he lay unable to move until he felt within that he had been forgiven of his sins. He later recounted that he had experienced a vision during unconsciousness, in which he renounced his behavior against the church and subsequently received a glimpse of God sitting on his throne ({{lds|Alma|alma|36|12|22}}). He and those who persecuted church members with him abdicated their role as persecutors and became followers of Christ.<ref>{{lds|Mosiah|mosiah|27}}</ref>