![]() (Read More.) Proverbs 12:28 - In the way of righteousness is life and in the pathway thereof there is no death. Romans 10:9-13 - That if thou shalt confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus, and shalt believe in thine heart that God hath raised him from the dead, thou shalt be saved. John 14:6 - Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me. 1 Corinthians 15:51-57 - Behold, I shew you a mystery We shall not all sleep, but we shall all be changed, (Read More.) Philippians 3:20-21 - For our conversation is in heaven from whence also we look for the Saviour, the Lord Jesus Christ: (Read More.) Hebrews 9:27 - And as it is appointed unto men once to die, but after this the judgment: Romans 6:23 - For the wages of sin is death but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord. John 16:22 - And ye now therefore have sorrow: but I will see you again, and your heart shall rejoice, and your joy no man taketh from you. (Read More.) Matthew 10:28 - And fear not them which kill the body, but are not able to kill the soul: but rather fear him which is able to destroy both soul and body in hell. (Read More.) 1 Thessalonians 4:13-18 - But I would not have you to be ignorant, brethren, concerning them which are asleep, that ye sorrow not, even as others which have no hope. John 14:1-31 - Let not your heart be troubled: ye believe in God, believe also in me. John 3:16 - For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life. Luke 23:43 - And Jesus said unto him, Verily I say unto thee, To day shalt thou be with me in paradise. 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.John 11:25 - Jesus said unto her, I am the resurrection, and the life: he that believeth in me, though he were dead, yet shall he live: John 5:24 - Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that heareth my word, and believeth on him that sent me, hath everlasting life, and shall not come into condemnation but is passed from death unto life. 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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