Submitted by: Sheila Osmer ~ Thanks so much for this thought
Wherefore, how great the importance to make these things known unto the inhabitants of the earth, that they may know that there is no flesh that can dwell in the presence of God, save it be through the merits, and mercy, and grace of the Holy Messiah, who layeth down his life according to the flesh, and taketh it again by the power of the Spirit, that he may bring to pass the resurrection of the dead, being the first that should rise.
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He Ransomed Us
We were in bondage, through Adam’s transgression. He and his posterity after him became subject to death. Death had dominion over us, and if that had continued, hell would have had dominion over us. What did Christ do? He ransomed us. He restored us. He brought us back through his atonement, through the shedding of his blood. He paid the price, as Paul says. He rescued us from captivity and bondage. That is what ransomed means. He liberated us from death. He paid the price that death required; and we, through his redemption, were recovered by the payment of the shedding of his blood. - Joseph Fielding Smith, “Doctrines of Salvation,” 3 vols., edited by Bruce R. McConkie, 1:124
The Most Profound Words in Literature (Hinckley)
“These simple words-”He is not here, but is risen”-have become the most profound in all literature. They are the declaration of the empty tomb. They are the fulfillment of all He had spoken concerning rising again. They are the triumphant response to the query facing every man, woman, and child who was ever born to earth.”
–Gordon B. Hinckley, “He Is Not Here, but Is Risen”, Ensign, May 1999, 70
We Stand With Peter, Paul and James on the Resurrection (McKay)
“Thus the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints stands with Peter, with Paul, and with James, and with all the other Apostles in accepting the resurrection not only as being literally true but also as the consummation of Christ’s divine mission on earth. Other great religious leaders among the nations of the world since history began have taught virtue and temperance, self-mastery and service, obedience to righteousness and duty; some have taught a belief in one supreme ruler and in an hereafter; but only Christ broke the seal of the grave and revealed death as the door to immortality and eternal life” (David O. McKay, Gospel Ideals, p. 62).
Our Bodies and Spirits Will Be United Eternally (Grant)
“We have assurance through the revelations that have been given by the Lord our God that the body and the spirit shall be eternally united and that there will come a time, through the blessing and mercy of God, when we will no more have sorrow but when we shall have conquered all of these things that are of a trying and distressing character, and shall stand up in the presence of the living God, filled with joy and peace and satisfaction” (Heber J. Grant, Gospel Standards, p. 360).
Our Spirits Shall Return to These Tabernacles Again (Grant)
“When we shall have the privilege to meet our mother, our aunt, our sister, this noble woman whose mortal remains lie here now, but whose immortal spirit has ascended to God from whence it came, when that spirit shall return to take up this tabernacle again, she will be Aunt Rachel in her perfection. She will not always remain just as she will appear when she is restored to life, but she will go on to perfection.
“Under that law of restoration that God has provided, she will regain her perfection, the perfection of her youth, the perfection of her glory and of her being, until her resurrected body shall assume the exact stature of the spirit that possessed it here in its perfection, and thus we shall see the glorified, redeemed, exalted, perfected Aunt Rachel, mother, sister, saint and daughter of the living God, her identity being unchanged, as a child may grow to manhood or womanhood and still be the same being” (Speech at the funeral of Rachel Grant, mother of President Heber J. Grant, Gospel Doctrine, p. 23-24).
If A Man Dies, He Shall Live Again (Monson)
“Our Savior lived again. The most glorious, comforting, and reassuring of all events of human history had taken place-the victory over death. The pain and agony of Gethsemane and Calvary had been wiped away. The salvation of mankind had been secured. The Fall of Adam had been reclaimed.
“The empty tomb that first Easter morning was the answer to Job’s question, ‘If a man die, shall he live again?’ To all within the sound of my voice, I declare, If a man die, he shall live again. We know, for we have the light of revealed truth” (April 2010 General Conference, Sunday Morning, He Is Risen).
Belief in the Resurrection (McKay)
“Belief in the resurrection connotes also the immortality of man. Jesus passed through all the experiences of mortality just as you and I. He knew happiness; he experienced pain. He rejoiced as well as sorrowed with others. He knew friendship. He experienced also the sadness that comes through traitors and false accusers. He died a mortal death, even as every other mortal. Since his spirit lived after death, so shall yours and mine”(David O. McKay Gospel Ideals, p. 46-47).
The Greatest Event That Has Ever Occurred
“The greatest event that has ever occurred in the world, since the resurrection of the Son of God from the tomb and his ascension on high, was the coming of the Father and of the Son to that boy Joseph Smith, to prepare the way for the laying of the foundation of his kingdom—not the kingdom of man—never more to cease nor to be overturned.
“Having accepted this truth, I find it easy to accept of every other truth that he enunciated and declared during his mission of fourteen years in the world. . . . He saw; he heard; he did as he was commanded to do; and, therefore, God is responsible for the work accomplished by Joseph Smith—not Joseph Smith” (Joseph F. Smith, Gospel Doctrine, p. 495-496).
The Measure of Life (Monson)
“We know each one lived in the spirit world with Heavenly Father. We understand we have come to earth to learn, to live, to progress in our eternal journey toward perfection. Some remain on earth but for a moment, while others live long upon the land. The measure is not how long we live, but rather how well we live. Then come death and the beginning of a new chapter of life. . . . Then comes that glorious day of resurrection, when spirit and body will be reunited, never again to be separated. ‘I am the resurrection, and the life,’ said the Christ to the grieving Martha. ‘He that believeth in me, though he were dead, yet shall he live’”(Thomas S. Monson, Ensign, November 1981, He Is Risen).