Saturday, December 20, 2014

Resurrection

James J Hamula, The Sacrament and the Atonement, October 2014 General Conference
“...in taking the bread to ourselves, we acknowledge that, like Christ’s mortal body, our bodies will be released from the bonds of death, rise triumphantly from the grave, and be restored to our eternal spirits
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By the power of the Resurrection, all of us will be restored to the presence of God.

Alma 12:24
24 And we see that death comes upon mankind, yea, the death which has been spoken of by Amulek, which is the temporal death; nevertheless there was a space granted unto man in which he might repent; therefore this life became a probationary state; a time to prepare to meet God; a time to prepare for that endless state which has been spoken of by us, which is after the resurrection of the dead.


My Thoughts
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Obviously we have met God before, since we lived with him before this life.  In this case it likely means not an introduction, but the same as if someone is preparing for a date and they say they are preparing to meet their date.  They have been introduced to their date before.  They already know each other.  They are going to go to a predefined location and find each other.
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Wednesday, December 3, 2014

Death is Not the Final Judgement

Isaiah 24:21-22
21 And it shall come to pass in that day, that the Lord shall punish the host of the high ones that are on high, and the kings of the earth upon the earth.
22 And they shall be gathered together, as prisoners are gathered in the pit, and shall be shut up in the prison, and after many days shall they be visited.