 Hello everybody welcome to this video and if you're watching this video you're probably wondering a little bit about what happens when we die We did a video and I'll have a little link to it up here. We talked about why we have to die I'm just a small little recap We die because it's part of God's plan for us. Think of it as like a round-trip ticket to Returning back to God's presence. We believe we live with God as spirits before we came to this earth Came to this earth to gain a mortal body and gain experience and then when we die you go back and return home But I want to talk a little bit today about what actually happens when we die and where we go I think that's a question that a lot of people have and the Book of Mormon I guess you can see right here I'll be reading from the Book of Mormon and a little bit of the Bible And some other scriptures to help us answer that question of where we go when we die Now there's a prophet in the Book of Mormon named Alma who was talking to his son about this principle And again the Book of Mormon contains records and writings from prophets on the American continent one of those scriptures says I would inquire what become of the souls of men From the time of death to the time appointed for the resurrection So he wanted to know what happened when people died and before they were Resurrected and we'll talk about the resurrection in our future video but we do believe that all men will be resurrected and Let me read to you what Alma said. He said concerning the state of the soul between death and resurrection Behold it has been made known to me by an angel That the spirits of all men as soon as they are departed from this mortal body He had the spirits of all men Whether they be good or evil are taken home to that God who gave them life So everybody is when they died they return to the presence of God but he continues saying and Then shall come to pass that the spirits of those who are righteous are Received are received into a state of happiness, which is called paradise a State of rest a state of peace where they said rest from all their troubles and from all care and sorrow So who wants to go there like that sounds nice a state of happiness you rest from your care from your troubles from your sorrow Alma continues saying and then shall come to pass that the spirits of the wicked Ye those who are evil for behold they have no part nor a portion of the spirit of the Lord For behold they chose evil works rather than good Therefore the spirit of the devil did enter into them and take possession of their house and These shall be cast into outer darkness There shall be weeping Whaling and gnashing of teeth and this because of their own iniquity being led captive by the will of the devil again this paradise or outer darkness is only a temporary state between our death and our resurrection So the question would be in that time between death and resurrection like what are we doing? We know we're either in paradise or we're in outer darkness, but what's going on? Let's think of Christ what happened between his death and his resurrection and as we learn of that It'll help us understand what we'll be doing now in first Peter chapter 3 verse 18 it talks about Christ and when he Visited let me read you a little crooked says He also went and priests unto the spirits in prison now one of the modern a Modern-day prophets in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. His name is Joseph F. Smith He wondered about this verse how it was possible that in that short Period between Christ's death and resurrection. How is it possible that he visited? spirits in prison and so as he was reflecting on that he basically had a Vision open up in his mind and he recorded those words in doctrine in Covenants section 138 and this is fascinating It's just really fascinating And he says that his ministry among those who were dead was limited to the brief time intervening between the crucifixion and his resurrection and I wondered at the words of Peter Where and he said that the Son of God preached unto the spirits in prison who sometimes were disobedient How it was possible for him to preach to the spirits and perform the necessary labor Among them and so a sort of time so he's like how did he do this? And as I wondered my eyes were opened and my understanding quickened and I perceived that the Lord went not in person Among the wicked and the disobedient who had rejected the truth to teach the gospel excuse me to teach them So he didn't visit the wicked personally But behold from among the righteous he organized his forces and appointed messengers clothed with power and authority and Commissioned them to go forth and carry the light of the gospel to them that were in darkness Even to all the spirits of men and thus was the gospel preached to the dead So Christ when he died went to the spirit world organized Basically work for those who are righteous to teach gospel principles to those who are wicked and The chosen messengers went forth to declare the acceptable day of the Lord and proclaim liberty To the captives who were bound even unto all who would repent of their sins and receive the gospel So they are repeat preaching this wonderful message of repentance and freedom if they would just change and come unto Christ and It goes on a little bit further. This is some really interesting stuff It says thus was the gospel preached to those who died in their sins Without a knowledge of the truth or in trans get transgression having rejected the prophets. So There's a lot of people who are in this this spirit prison There's people who didn't ever understand about Christ and know his gospel or those who read just flat-out rejected and so they were all a pot and What were they taught this is really interesting to they were taught faith in God repentance from sin Vicarious baptism for the remission of sins the gift of the Holy Ghost by the laying on of hands For those of you who might not be familiar members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints or Mormons We have temples in which we perform what's called baptisms for the dead It's where I would go and be baptized vicariously or in place of someone who had died and they have the opportunity to Either accept or reject that ordinance on their behalf and so those people who are in spirit prison now They're being taught that hey on earth someone's gonna enter about a temple and receive a baptism For you on your behalf, and you have the ability to accept or reject that And just a couple more verses that are really interesting and all other principles of the gospel that were necessary for them to know In order to qualify that qualify themselves that they might be judged according to the men according to men in the flesh But live according to God in the spirit, and so it was made known among the dead both small and great The unrighteous as well as the faithful that redemption Had been wrought through the sacrifice of the Son of God upon the cross So as they're being taught by these messengers they're being taught that all this is possible because of Jesus Christ and His death on the cross and the power of his redemption Thus was it made known that our Redeemer spent his time during his sojourn in the world of spirits Instructing and preparing the faithful spirits of the prophets Who had testified of him in the flesh That they might carry the messes of redemption into all the dead under whom he could not go personally Because of their rebellion and transgression that they through the administration of his servants Might also hear his words So how incredible is that? Where do we go when we die now? We know through the Book of Mormon. It's a companion to the Bible We we learn that Jesus in the period between his death and resurrection. We learn that in the Bible He he visited people in Spirit prison. It's clarified in the Book of Mormon and Doctrine and Covenants that he actually organized In this people organized those who are in paradise to preach to those who are in spirit prison Um, and they were taught principles of the gospel of faith Repentance and baptism and the gift of the Holy Ghost that they could be cleansed from their sins if they accepted Jesus Christ Something really fascinating. Um, it goes on a little further in Doctrine and Covenants 138. It tells us who Jesus Um instructed and who those messengers were that carried forth the gospel. Um, let me just throw out a few of those names Um, Adam was there Mother Eve with many of her faithful daughters Abel the first martyr and his brother Seth who is In the express image of his father Adam Noah Shem Abraham Isaac Jacob and Moses I Isaiah was there Ezekiel Daniel Elias Malachi all these great prophets Were those who were in this paradise? And were being given instructions on how to teach those who were in spirit prison Okay, so guys this video was to help you learn a little more about what happens when we die if you have um A desire to receive a copy of the Book of Mormon. There's just a link here in the bottom You can click and again, there should be a little Video right here of what we talked about before why we die and in one of our next videos We'll talk a little bit more about what happens during the resurrection and what the resurrection is all about Okay, we'll see you next time guys