Zone1 Why was the Resurrection of Jesus Christ Necessary?

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Man, Antemortal Existence of​

• See also Council in Heaven; Foreordination; Man, a Spirit Child of Heavenly Father; Spirit Creation
• God of the spirits of all flesh, Num. 16:22 (27:16).
• all the sons of God shouted for joy, Job 38:7.
• the spirit shall return unto God who gave it, Eccl. 12:7.
• Before I formed thee in the belly I knew thee, Jer. 1:5.
• Lord … formeth the spirit of man within him, Zech. 12:1.
• who did sin, this man, or his parents, that he was born blind, John 9:2.
• poets have said, For we are also his offspring, Acts 17:28.
• For whom he did foreknow, he also did predestinate, Rom. 8:29.
• chosen us in him before the foundation of the world, Eph. 1:4.
• subjection unto the Father of spirits, Heb. 12:9.
• angels which kept not their first estate, Jude 1:6.
• Michael and his angels fought against the dragon, Rev. 12:7.
• called and prepared from the foundation of the world, Alma 13:3.
• bringeth them back into the presence of the Lord, Hel. 14:17.
• third part of the hosts of heaven turned he away, D&C 29:36.
• seraphic hosts of heaven, before the world was made, D&C 38:1.
• man, according to his creation before the world, D&C 49:17.
• Man was also in the beginning with God, D&C 93:29.
• choice spirits who were reserved to come forth, D&C 138:53.
• before they were born … received their first lessons, D&C 138:56.
• in heaven created I them; and there was not yet flesh upon the earth, Moses 3:5.
• he beheld the spirits that God had created, Moses 6:36.
• intelligences that were organized before the world was, Abr. 3:22.
• he stood among those that were spirits, Abr. 3:23.
• took his spirit … and put it into him, Abr. 5:7.
• See also Prov. 8:22–31; John 1:2, 14; 8:58; 16:28; 17:5, 24; 2 Tim. 1:9; Titus 1:2; 3 Ne. 1:13; 26:5; Ether 3:16.

Man, a Spirit Child of Heavenly Father​

• See also Man, Antemortal Existence of; Spirit Body; Worth of Souls
• God of the spirits of all flesh, Num. 16:22.
• Ye are the children of the Lord your God, Deut. 14:1.
• there is a spirit in man, Job 32:8.
• breath of the Almighty hath given me life, Job 33:4.
• Ye are gods … children of the most High, Ps. 82:6.
• the spirit shall return unto God who gave it, Eccl. 12:7.
• he that giveth breath … and spirit to them that walk, Isa. 42:5.
• Ye are the sons of the living God, Hosea 1:10.
• Have we not all one father, Mal. 2:10.
• Be ye therefore perfect, even as your Father, Matt. 5:48 (3 Ne. 12:48).
• Our Father which art in heaven, Matt. 6:9 (3 Ne. 13:9).
• we are the offspring of God, Acts 17:29.
• Spirit itself beareth witness … we are the children of God, Rom. 8:16.
• One God and Father of all, Eph. 4:6.
• be in subjection unto the Father of spirits, Heb. 12:9.
• he hath created his children, 1 Ne. 17:36.
• spirits … taken home to that God who gave them life, Alma 40:11.
• from God, for the benefit of the children of God, D&C 46:26.
• inhabitants thereof are begotten sons and daughters unto God, D&C 76:24.
• spirit of man in the likeness of his person, D&C 77:2.
• your Father, who is in heaven, knoweth, D&C 84:83.
• spirit and the body are the soul of man, D&C 88:15.
• I may testify unto your Father, and your God, D&C 88:75.
• man is spirit, D&C 93:33.
• God, had created all the children of men, Moses 3:5.
• I made the world, and men before they were in the flesh, Moses 6:51.
• intelligences that were organized before the world, Abr. 3:22.
• See also Luke 23:46; Acts 7:59; Eph. 3:14–15; 5:1.

 

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Resurrection​

• See also Atone, Atonement; Body; Death, Physical; Immortal, Immortality; Jesus Christ; Spirit

The reuniting of the spirit body with the physical body of flesh and bones after death. After resurrection, the spirit and body will never again be separated, and the person will become immortal. Every person born on earth will be resurrected because Jesus Christ overcame death (1 Cor. 15:20–22).

Jesus Christ was the first person to be resurrected on this earth (Acts 26:23; Col. 1:18; Rev. 1:5). The New Testament gives ample evidence that Jesus rose with His physical body: His tomb was empty, He ate fish and honey, He had a body of flesh and bones, people touched Him, and the angels said He had risen (Mark 16:1–6; Luke 24:1–12, 36–43; John 20:1–18). Latter-day revelation confirms the reality of the Resurrection of Christ and of all mankind (Alma 11:40–45; 40; 3 Ne. 11:1–17; D&C 76; Moses 7:62).

All people will not be resurrected to the same glory (1 Cor. 15:39–42; D&C 76:89–98), nor will all be resurrected at the same time (1 Cor. 15:22–23; Alma 40:8; D&C 76:64–65, 85; 88:96–102). Many Saints were resurrected after Christ’s Resurrection (Matt. 27:52). The righteous will be resurrected before the wicked and will come forth in the First Resurrection (1 Thes. 4:16); the unrepentant sinners will come forth in the last resurrection (Rev. 20:5–13; D&C 76:85).

• Though this body be destroyed, yet in my flesh shall I see God, Job 19:26 (Moses 5:10).
• I will open your graves, and cause you to come up, Ezek. 37:12.
• Graves were opened, and many bodies arose, Matt. 27:52–53 (3 Ne. 23:9).
• The Lord is risen, Luke 24:34.
• A spirit hath not flesh and bones, as ye see me have, Luke 24:39.
• I am the resurrection and the life, John 11:25.
• The Twelve Apostles taught that Jesus had risen, Acts 1:21–22 (Acts 2:32; 3:15; 4:33).
• In Christ shall all be made alive, 1 Cor. 15:1–22.
• The dead in Christ shall rise first, 1 Thes. 4:16.
• Blessed and holy is he that hath part in the first resurrection, Rev. 20:6.
• Christ layeth down his life and taketh it again that he may bring to pass the resurrection of the dead, 2 Ne. 2:8 (Mosiah 13:35; 15:20; Alma 33:22; 40:3; Hel. 14:15).
• Without resurrection, we would become subject to Satan, 2 Ne. 9:6–9.
• Resurrection will pass upon all men, 2 Ne. 9:22.
• Abinadi taught about the first resurrection, Mosiah 15:21–26.
• The wicked remain as though there had been no redemption, except for the loosing of the bands of death, Alma 11:41–45.
• Alma explained the state of souls between death and resurrection, Alma 40:6, 11–24.
• At the Lord’s coming, the dead which died in Christ will come forth, D&C 29:13 (D&C 45:45–46; 88:97–98; 133:56).
• Weep especially for those who have not hope of a glorious resurrection, D&C 42:45.
• They that knew no law shall have part in this first resurrection, D&C 45:54.
• They shall rise from the dead and shall not die after, D&C 63:49.
• The resurrection from the dead is the redemption of the soul, D&C 88:14–16.
• Spirit and element, inseparably connected, receive a fulness of joy, D&C 93:33.
• Angels who are resurrected beings have bodies of flesh and bones, D&C 129:1.
• Whatsoever intelligence we attain in this life will rise with us in the resurrection, D&C 130:18–19.