I was reading over in Alma the other day. Alma’s account here is redemption from that general darkness of which he was engulfed. I don’t understand this seperation:
I share with you again a simple little insight that may help you at certain junctures in your lives. It is that you must not mistake passing local cloud cover for general darkness. They are very different things, and for us to distinguish local cloud cover, which will soon be blown away, for general darkness is a terrible thing, especially with the restored gospel, which is so full metaphorically of light. We must not be mistaken about this.
https://speeches.byu.edu/talks/neal-a-maxwell_sharing-insights-life/
https://www.lds.org/general-conference/1991/10/repentance?lang=eng
https://www.lds.org/ensign/1994/06/wisdom-and-order?lang=eng