“He that believeth in me, though he were dead, yet shall he live: And whosoever liveth and believeth in me shall never die” ( John 11:25–26). “I am the resurrection, and the life,” spoke the Master. We know, for we have the light of revealed truth. … To all who have lost loved ones, we would … answer: If a man die, he shall live again. He provided the life, the light, and the way. Born in a stable, cradled in a manger, His birth fulfilled the inspired pronouncements of many prophets. And dead we would remain but for one Man and His mission, even Jesus of Nazareth. In the words of the Apostle Paul, “It is appointed unto men once to die” ( Hebrews 9:27). Nor are little children kept beyond its grasp. It visits the youth in the bloom of hope and the glory of expectation. Death claims the aged, the weary and worn. We laugh, we cry, we work, we play, we love, we live. Monson, prophet and president of The Church of Jesus Christ, said: The Apostle Paul said to the Corinthians, in 1 Corinthians 15:55, “O death, where is thy sting? O grave, where is thy victory?” For those who are left behind, the death of a loved one can seem so heartbreakingly final. Returning from earth to life in our heavenly home requires passage through-and not around-the doors of death. Before embarking on any journey, we like to have some assurance of a round-trip ticket. But we regarded the returning home as the best part of that long-awaited trip, just as we do now. This life a probationary state a time to prepare to meet God’ ( Alma 12:24 in the Book of Mormon, another testament of Jesus Christ and a companion scripture to the Bible). Knowingly we wanted the risks of mortality, which would allow the exercise of agency and accountability. There we eagerly anticipated the possibility of coming to earth and obtaining a physical body. Prior to our birth, we dwelled as spirit children with our Father in Heaven. Life does not begin with birth, nor does it end with death. Nelson, an apostle of the Lord Jesus Christ), said: Death is part of life, but for members of TheĬhurch of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints-sometimes inadvertently called the Mormon Church-it is a new beginning, not an end. This scripture seems most poignant when a loved one dies. The writer of Ecclesiastes said, “To everything there is a season, and a time to every purpose under heaven: A time to be born, and a time to die … a time to weep, and a time to laugh a time to mourn and a time to dance” ( Ecclesiastes 3:1-2, 4).
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