Alma quotes an Old Testament prophet named Zenos (whose writings have been lost to us in the Western World).
I found it interesting that Zenos writes this piece where he invokes God at least 4 times, but Lord once. I wondered why it was that way.
After intensely studying and praying about the words God and Lord through the Bible and Book of Mormon, I came to the conclusion that it's really pretty impossible to disambiguate every instance of the names for God in the scriptures, to determine which member of the Godhead is being referenced. It's also not very useful since oftentimes they are working in unity.
Answer:
I really don't know. There could be many reasons, including translations, poetry, word choice of Zenos, word choice of Mormon, word choice of Joseph Smith - who knows. Maybe someday I will learn the answer.
It would be nice to be able to read the rest of Zenos's writings.
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