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1 The Spirit World (Saturday)
“Resurrection is much more than merely reuniting a spirit to a body held captive by the grave…”  (Dallin H. Oaks, Ensign, 2000 May, pp ) The Spirit World (Saturday)

2 Timeline of Jesus' Final Hours
9 a.m. - Jesus is Crucified on the Cross Luke 23:34 - "Father, forgive them, for they do not know what they do." The Soldiers Cast Lots for Jesus' Clothing (Mark 15:24) Jesus is Insulted and Mocked Jesus speaks with the Criminal (“Today thou shalt be with me in Paradise”) Jesus Speaks to Mary and John (“Woman, behold thy son”) Noon - Darkness Covers the Land until the ninth hour.  “My God, My God, why hast thou forsaken Me?”

3 Timeline of Jesus' Final Hours
“I thirst” - John 19:28-29 3 p.m. “It is Finished” (John 19:30) "Father, into thy hands I commit my spirit.“ (Luke 23:46) Events Following Jesus' Death The Earthquake The Centurion- "Surely he was the Son of God!“  The Soldiers Break the Thieves' Legs  The Soldier Pierces Jesus Side  The veil is rent

4 Death, Resurrection, & Judgment
How many resurrections are there? Will we see God as soon as we die? What do we do in the Spirit World? How will the final judgment work? What blessings will be restored when we are resurrected? What will we be judged by? In what ways will we look different after we are resurrected? What happens to people who are cremated or have donated organs? Who will judge us? Is it normal to feel worried about the Final Judgment?

5 How many resurrections are there?

6 Was Jesus the only person to be resurrected?
Matthew 27:52–53

7 Resurrection  “We have not the ordinance and the keys of the resurrection. They will be given to those who have passed off; they will be ordained by those who hold the keys of the resurrection, to go forth and resurrect the Saints just as we receive the ordinance of baptism. This is one of the ordinances we cannot receive here, and there are many more.”  Discourses of Brigham Young, pp See also Spencer W. Kimball, "Our Great Potential," in CR April 1977, pp

8 Resurrection “We’re accustomed to thinking that all keys of the priesthood were conferred to Joseph Smith in the Kirtland Temple. But the scripture states that all that…there are other priesthood keys that have not been given to man on the earth, including the keys of creation and resurrection.” (Elder Dallin H. Oaks, April 2014 General Conference)

9 Will we see God as soon as we die?
(Alma 40:11)

10 Will we see God as soon as we die?
“These words of Alma as I understand them, do not intend to convey the thought that all spirits go back into the presence of God. ‘Taken home to God,’ simply means that their mortal existence has come to an end, and they have returned to the world of spirits.” Joseph Fielding Smith, Answers to Gospel Questions, 2:84-86 Alma 40

11 What can we do in the Spirit World?

12 What can we do in the Spirit World?
Brigham Young  “The brightness and glory of the next apartment is inexpressible. They move with ease and like lightning. If we want to visit Jerusalem, I presume we will be permitted - there we are, looking at its streets. Or if we want to see the Garden of Eden as it was when created, there we are. We may behold the earth as at the dawn of creation, or we may visit any city we please that exists upon its surface.” (Discourses of Brigham Young, p )

13 What can we do in the Spirit World?
“Each release of a righteous individual from this life is also a call to new labors. Therefore, though we miss the departed righteous so much here, hundreds may feel their touch their. One day, those hundreds will thank the bereaved for gracefully forgoing the extended association with choice individuals here, in order that they could help hundreds there.” (Neal A. Maxwell, Not Withstanding My Weakness, 55).

14 How will the final judgment work?
(Alma 40:12-14)

15 Final Judgment “When he does judge us, I feel he will take all things into consideration: our genetic and chemical makeup, our mental state, our intellectual capacity, the teachings we have received, the traditions of our fathers, our health, and so forth.” M. Russell Ballard, “Suicide: Some Things We Know, and Some We Do Not,” Ensign, Oct. 1987, p. 8

16 Final Judgment “In the final day, all men will stand before the bar of God in a final day of judgment. The eventual destiny of all men will have been determined before that day.” Bruce R. McConkie, The Millennial Messiah, p.515

17 What blessings will be restored when we are resurrected?
(Alma 40:16)

18 Resurrection “One day loved ones whom we knew to have disabilities in mortality will stand before us glorified and grand, breathtakingly perfect in body and mind. What a thrilling moment that will be! I do not know whether we will be happier for ourselves that we have witnessed such a miracle or happier for them that they are fully perfect and finally ‘free at last.’” Jeffrey R. Holland, October 2013 General Conference

19 What will our bodies look like?
(Alma 40:18)

20 Resurrected Bodies “President Joseph F. Smith said people will come forth "even to the wounds in the flesh. Not that a person will always be marred by scars, for these will be removed in their course, in their proper time...” Joseph Fielding Smith, Doctrines of Salvation 2:

21 In what ways will we look different after we are resurrected?
(Alma 40:25)

22 The Beauty of the Resurrection
“In both of the (lower) kingdoms there will be changes in the bodies and limitations. They will not have the power of increase, neither the power or nature to live as husbands and wives, for this will be denied them and they cannot increase. Some of the functions in the celestial body will not appear. I take it that men and women will, in these kingdoms, be merely immortal beings having received the resurrection. ” Joseph Fielding Smith, Doctrines of Salvation, 2:

23 The Beauty of the Resurrection
“We bear the image of our earthly parents, but by…the holy resurrection, we shall put on the image of the heavenly, in beauty, glory, power and goodness. Brigham Young, Discourses of Brigham Young, p.374 “There is nothing grander that I can imagine than a resurrected body.” Lorenzo Snow, 5 October 1900, CR, p. 4; Teachings of Lorenzo Snow, p.99 How can this doctrine affect marriage and family relationships?

24 Doctrines of the Spirit World
When a baby dies, it goes back into the spirit world, and the spirit assumes its natural form as an adult. When a child is raised in the resurrection, that spirit will enter the body and the body will be the same size as it was when the child died. It will then grow after the resurrection to full maturity. If parents are righteous, they will have their children after the resurrection. Little children who die, whose parents are not worthy of an exaltation, will be adopted into the families of those who are worthy (Joseph Fielding Smith, Doctrines of Salvation, comp. Bruce R. McConkie, 3 vols. [ ], 2:56).

25 Who is looking forward to the Spirit World?
Who is looking forward to the Resurrection? Why?

26 The Spirit World (Saturday)
“Resurrection is much more than merely reuniting a spirit to a body held captive by the grave…”  (Dallin H. Oaks, Ensign, 2000 May, pp ) The Spirit World (Saturday)

27 Matthew 27:62–66 "Saturday, the Roman guard kept watch over the sealed sepulcher wherein lay the body of the Lord Jesus. While it was yet dark, the earth began to quake; an angel of the Lord descended in glory, rolled back the massive stone from the portal of the tomb, and sat upon it. “His countenance was brilliant as the lightning, and his raiment was as the driven snow for whiteness. The soldiers, paralyzed with fear, fell to the earth as dead men. When they had partially recovered from their fright, they fled from the place in terror. Even the rigor of Roman discipline, which decreed death to every soldier who deserted his post, could not deter them. Moreover, there was nothing left for them to guard; the sepulcher was open, and empty." (Talmage, Jesus the Christ, p. 678.)


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