In Ether 9, we read about how several individuals fought over becoming king. First Jared sought to gain the throne by killing Omer, his father. Omer was warned by the Lord, however, so he escaped and Jared took power. Once he was in power, his son in law Akish - the same one Jared had enlisted to kill Omer - killed Jared and he took over. He then locked away his son and starved him to death, possibly because he was afraid that his son would try and kill him to gain power. However, another one of Akish's sons, Nimrah, was upset at this filicide and organized the rest of the family and other members of the kingdom which led to a war that almost entirely eliminated the people living there.
I tell you this account to illustrate a point that occurred to me when reading this yesterday. Satan has one goal - to make all of us as miserable as he is. (see 2 Nephi 2:27) To achieve this goal, he will make people all sorts of promises he has no intention of keeping, and ultimately, he will make sure that people tear each down over things of no eternal consequence.
The Gospel of Jesus Christ, on the other hand, has us build each other up as we work towards a common goal of eternal life. The fact that one person gains eternal life does not prohibit another from gaining the same gift, and in fact as we help each other work towards that goal, we become stronger and forge relationships that can last throughout the eternities, something far greater than the counterfeit relationships that Satan encourages.
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