 Hey everybody and welcome back to another video. We are really excited. I'm excited to talk a little bit about What is the resurrection and kind of some of the details about that some of the other videos? We've done or why do we have to die? So if you click up here and want to learn why we die with the purposes you can watch that also another one We have is what happens when we die like where do we go and then just following in sequence of that is the Resurrection can the resurrection everything you want to know about the resurrection that we know currently I'll talk about This is gonna be an awesome video If you'll notice I have a special guest here one of the Ninja Turtles I'm not sure if that's Michelangelo, but he'll play a part in the video today and helping us understand What is the resurrection so first? We're gonna answer this question By going like this we're gonna talk about the who what when where why how and when Think I said when of the resurrection we're gonna answer all those questions Okay, and I want to start by first reading again We are learning from the Book of Mormon what the Book of Mormon helps us understand about these things and I have one right here I'm gonna turn first Sorry, I dropped that paper in Alma chapter 11 These are some amazing verses that talk about the resurrection It's Alma chapter 11 verse 42 to 45 it says now there is a death which is called a temporal death and The death of Christ shall loose the bands of this temporal death that all shall be raised from this temporal death So temporal meaning death of the body, okay And this scripture says that all people will be raised from this temporal death We'll talk about that a little bit later The spirit and the body shall be reunited again in its perfect form Both limb and joint shall be restored to its proper frame Even as we now are at this time and we shall be brought to stand before God knowing even as we know now and Have a bright recollects bright recollection of all our guilt Okay, so some really important things there death is a reuniting of our spirit and our body and also That we shall be brought to stand before God and I'm gonna talk about that using our ninja total turtle in one quick second Verse 44 says now this restoration shall be to come to all both old and young both bond and free both male and female Both the wicked and the righteous and even there shall not be so much as a hair of their head be lost But everything shall be restored to its perfect frame as it is now Or in the body and shall be brought and be a rain before the bar of Christ the Son and God the Father and the Holy Spirit which is one eternal God to be judged according to their works Whether they be good or whether they be evil Now behold I have spoken unto you concerned the death of the mortal body And also concerned the resurrection of the mortal body I say unto you that this mortal body is raised to an immortal immortal body That is from death even unto Even from the first death unto life that they're they can die no more Their spirits uniting with their bodies never to be divided thus the whole becoming spiritual and immortal That they can no more see corruption. Okay lots of stuff, but here we learn who is resurrected all people Not just those who do good and not nobody everyone is resurrected Two things happen in the resurrection which are really important and this has to do with Adam and Eve We'll talk about this when they particular the fruit They were cast out of the Garden of Eden and their bodies became mortal. Okay, so this is Adam and Eve's have a representation They live with God they were cast out of his presence So let's take them over here and they were subject to death so they died Okay, now what's really important about the resurrection is that through the resurrection all People will be raised from the dead and come alive again But that's not the only important part the most important part. I think is after we are alive again We are returned back Into the presence of God to be judged according to our works Okay, so I think that's one missing piece that a lot of people don't understand is when we are resurrected Christ not only gives us the power to come alive spirit temporarily but spiritually that separation from God is also Taking care of and were brought back into the presence of God to remain Until we're judged and hopefully if we've lived good lives, then we will be able to stay in his presence But that's something really important. Okay So we talked about that I want to focus a little more on how it is that we are able to be resurrected and through whom and so We're gonna go to another scripture in second Nephi chapter 2 and this is a short one but it says Wherefore how great the importance to make these things known unto the inhabitants of the earth That they may know that there's no flesh that can dwell in the presence of God Save it be through the merits mercy and grace of the holy Messiah who layeth down his life according to the flesh and Take it that again by the power of the spirit that he may bring to pass the resurrection of dead Being the first that should rise Wherefore he is the first fruits unto God in as much as he shall make an intercession for all the children of men Okay It says because of this intercession all men come unto God Wherefore they stand in the presence of him to be judged So I read like eight nine and ten because you just kept going and it was such good stuff So it's through Jesus Christ and his mercy that we are able to be resurrected And be brought back into the presence of God. Okay So now We talked a little about the who who is resurrected we all will be and through whom it's through Jesus Christ We talked about how we're resurrected The spirit and the body coming together and not like I kind of have a little bald spot there When I'm resurrected that'll all be restored and people who are maim or sick or have disabilities Their bodies when they're resurrected will be in a perfect form. Okay, so they have a lot to look forward to I had a friend growing up her name was Marcia. She had chronic Arthritis was always in pain was in a wheelchair or In you know, see that have those crutches to walk in but I'd always tell her you know I you have a lot to look forward to in the resurrection and she would say that too. She's excited for it Okay, a couple more things. We'll talk about the when Okay, the when of the resurrection when does this happen? Okay, and Alma chapter 40 Again Alma was a prophet in the Book of Mormon. He was talking to one of his sons He said behold there is a time appointed that all shall come forth from the dead Okay, so that's important to realize that there is a time It's appointed time for each of us and it's God there's order there's order with God So it's a it's a thing that's gonna happen. It's all organized and it there is a time now We don't know specifically when that will be but we do know Let's see let's read and continue to verse 6 it says There must needs be a space betwixt the time of death and the time of resurrection And we talked about that in a previous video like where do you go when we die? After we die we go either to paradise or spirit prison where we await the resurrection. Okay, and then One other thing we want to talk about is that Christ was the first fruits of them that slept meaning he was the first to be resurrected But it says here in verse 16 And behold again it hath been spoken that there is a first resurrection a resurrection of all those who have been or Who are or who shall be down to the resurrection of down to the resurrection of Christ from the dead? Okay, I'm actually gonna turn now to a scripture in the Bible because I'm not sure how many people are familiar with this story But once Christ was on the cross and he gave up the ghost and died It was then resurrected some really important events happened one of the witches found in Matthew 27 and I'm gonna turn to Matthew really quickly so we can read this because it's fascinating And This is something that also happened on the American continent, which I'll mention in a second, but in Matthew 27 it says The graves were opened This is verse 52 and many bodies of the saints which slept are rose and Came out of the graves after his resurrection and went into the holy city and appeared unto many So after Christ was resurrected there were certain people that were resurrected after that point in time and When Christ visited the Americas and again we have a record of Christ's Visit to the Americas in the Book of Mormon There was a prophet in the Book of Mormon named Samuel who prophesied that after Christ died and was resurrected many graves would be opened and People would be resurrected and so when Christ came he appeared to the people in the American continent He actually came up to Nephi Who was one of the prophet? He was a prophet at that time on the American continent and he said hey Didn't Samuel prophesy that many graves would be opened and saints would be resurrected and Nephi's like yeah He did say that and he said Jesus asked did that happen and Nephi's like it did it did and Jesus said did you write it down in the scriptures? He's like no. I forgot and so that's actually recorded in here Or Christ kind of calls them out and says you need to make sure you write down that that happened Just a couple more things guys again. This is fascinating stuff now keep in mind like how much of this information? Do we know from the Bible and how much more information are we gleaning from the Book of Mormon? It's really it's really awesome I wanted to turn really quickly now We have in the book of excuse me in the King James version of the Bible that we use in our church We also have something called the Bible dictionary and it goes in to explains a few of these principles It kind of summarizes them and it goes a little more in depth, but under the resurrection. I wanted to read Just a quick part here It says the resurrection consists in the uniting of a spirit body with a body of flesh and bones Never again to be divided. So this is kind of recapping the resurrections that come to all because of Jesus Christ victory over death Jesus Christ was the first to be resurrected on this earth Others had been brought back to life But we restored to mortality. So think of like Lazarus. He wasn't Resurrected he was brought back to life All will be raised to the same It says all will not be raised to the same glory in the resurrection and that's something we'll talk about in a future video When you're resurrected as it says in Corinthians, there are different glories that you're resurrected to different kinds of bodies Okay, did you know that? There's celestial bodies terrestrial bodies and celestial bodies that are spoken about in Corinthians and we'll talk a little bit more about that Christ was the first okay, and then talks about the New Testament giving ample evidence that Jesus Christ was Resurrected and had a physical body. He like ate fish and honey He said he had a body of flesh and bones people touched him the tomb was empty Okay, and then one last thing we want to read real quick is This is from a book called Preach My Gospel and this is actually one of the books that Missionaries you might have seen missionaries go around they have name tags on and they teach people about The church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and about the gospel of Jesus Christ. Well, this is one of the books they use And there's something that is really important in here that I wanted to emphasize some people may confuse the doctrine of resurrection with the concept of reincarnation and reincarnation involves being born into the world again in a different form and that is actually not a correct doctrine that is a Concept that has kind of been confused with the resurrection and kind of shifted and changed over the years But the doctrine of resurrection involves receiving an eternal reward have an immortal body of flesh And bone and this is the true doctrine. Okay So who what when where why how we learn so much from the Book of Mormon? And again from additional scripture in the doctrine and covenants we actually read about the resurrection and those different degrees of the resurrection of Celestial bodies celestial bodies and terrestrial bodies And we're gonna study about that in a future video another thing. We'll talk about have you guys thought about this Resurrection when someone's resurrected. Let's say for example, someone's baptized who performs that baptism Well, it's somebody who has the proper authority like a priest in your in the church. Okay When you're resurrected who who performs that ordinance who who does that resurrection? That's something to think about we actually have that answer and we will share that in one of our next videos But again guys, if you have any specific questions that you'd like me to go over in one of these videos Let me know if you want a book of Mormon You can click on one of the links below and you can actually get one for free And I look forward to answering more of your questions and we'll talk to you next time