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Job 14 : 14
The question asked by Job has been asked by millions who have stood at the open bier of a loved one: "If a man die, shall he live again?"
And the question has been answered acceptably to numerous of them as a great, sweet peace settles down upon them like the dews of heaven. And innumerable times hearts that were weary in agonizing suffering have felt the kiss of that peace which knows not understanding.
-President Spencer W. Kimball, April 1969 General Conference
Each of us must someday face the question propounded by Job: "If a man die, shall he live again?" In other words, is the death of the body the finality of human existence? What becomes of the soul, the self—that intangible but very real essence we call personality? Does it vanish into nothingness?
The heart-hunger of mankind after mortality is instinctive within him, and like all other normal instincts is grounded in the structure of his being. The human spirit, by its very nature, has a passion for life—continuous life. It has eternity stamped upon its inner constitution, and it reflects in its hopes and dreams that which eternally is.
-President Hugh B. Brown, April 1967 General Conference
It was Job who posed what might be called the question of the ages: “If a man die, shall he live again?” Christ’s answer rings down through time to this very hour: “Because I live, ye shall live also.”
Even with the logic of nature’s regeneration and even with the testimony of that empty garden tomb, there are still those who feel the grave is a final destination. But the doctrine of the Resurrection is the single most fundamental and crucial doctrine in the Christian religion. It cannot be overemphasized, nor can it be disregarded.
Without the Resurrection, the gospel of Jesus Christ becomes a litany of wise sayings and seemingly unexplainable miracles—but sayings and miracles with no ultimate triumph. No, the ultimate triumph is in the ultimate miracle: for the first time in the history of mankind, one who was dead raised himself into living immortality. He was the Son of God, the Son of our immortal Father in Heaven, and his triumph over physical and spiritual death is the good news every Christian tongue should speak.
-President Howard W. Hunter, April 1986 General Conference
Psalms 1-2; 8; 19-33; 40; 46
Psalms 49-51; 61-66; 69-72; 77-78; 85-86
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