11/23/2023 0 Comments Bible verse about life after deathThe Prophet Joseph Smith taught a great deal about death and spirit world, what he called the “principles of consolation.” In fact, some of the Prophet’s greatest doctrinal discourses were at funerals. I am amazed at how much and how often the early prophets and apostles taught about the spirit world. But these ancient prophets don’t give us any description of what the spirit world is like or where it is.Īs members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, we are blessed to have the additional insight of modern revelation. Peter clearly taught that Christ went to preach the gospel in the spirit world (see 1 Peter 3:18–20 4:6). Jesus, speaking to the thief on the cross, said, “To day shalt thou be with me in paradise” (Luke 23:43). In the Old Testament, the author of Ecclesiastes wrote that after we die we “return unto God” (Ecclesiastes 12:7). Understanding the Afterlife Brings ConsolationĬlearly ancient prophets had some understanding of the spirit world. Heavenly theology is the result not of mere speculation, but of revelation given to past and present church leaders. “While most contemporary Christian groups neglect afterlife beliefs, what happens to people after they die is crucial to LDS teachings and rituals. Said authors Colleen McDannell and Bernhard Lang: Recently I read a statement in a book published by Yale University that confirms the distinct nature of our beliefs. It made me realize that we possess unique, profound doctrines concerning the role of the spirit that perhaps we take for granted. As impressive as this gathering was, what had a greater impact on me was that most of these people were generally unfamiliar with Latter-day Saint beliefs about the afterlife. There were scientists, medical doctors, scholars from many academic disciplines, theologians and clerics from diverse faiths, and many good women and men who had experienced some sort of encounter with the spirit world and sought to make sense of it all. The eternal laws that the Lord will employ at the time of the Resurrection make it so that the body "shall be restored to proper and perfect frame." (Alma 40:23.But it wasn’t like that at all. The waiting period in paradise is temporary too. "It began with the fall of Adam it ended with the atonement of Jesus Christ. "The grip of physical death is temporary," he said. The spirits of those who are righteous are received into a state of happiness, which is called paradise, a state of rest, a state of peace.' "Įlder Nelson said that some facetiously state that nothing is as permanent as death, but this is not true. are taken home to that God who gave them life. that the spirits of all men, as soon as they are departed from this mortal body. " 'Concerning the state of the soul between death and the resurrection - Behold, it has been made known unto me. "The first station in postmortal life is named paradise. "Questions then come to searching minds of those left behind: 'Where is my loved one now?' 'What happens after death?' While many questions cannot be fully answered with available knowledge, much is known," he said. He noted that scriptures teach that death is essential to happiness, as proclaimed in Alma 42:8: "Now behold, it was not expedient that man should be reclaimed from this temporal death, for that would destroy the great plan of happiness." (See also 2 Nephi 9:6.)Įlder Nelson said that mortality, temporary as it is, is terminated by the doors of death. (See 2 Corinthians 6:9.) As seedlings of God, we barely blossom on earth we fully flower in heaven," Elder Nelson said. "Returning from earth to life in our heavenly home requires passage through - and not around - the doors of death. He quoted Alma 12:24, which describes mortality as a probationary state "a time to prepare to meet God." Nelson of the Quorum of the Twelve said at the April 1992 general conference. "Life does not begin with birth, nor does it end with death," Elder Russell M.
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