Russell M. Nelson said in April 1987, “Job asked this question: “If a man die, shall he live again?”(Job 14:14) Continuing he said, “In faith, he answered his own question: “For I know that my redeemer liveth, and that he shall stand at the latter day upon the earth: And though after my skin worms destroy this body, yet in my flesh shall I see God” (Job 19:25-26)
At the time of our resurrection, we shall take up our immortal tabernacles. Bodies that now age, deteriorate, and decay will no longer be subject to processes of deterioration: “This mortal must put on immortality” (1 Corinthians 15:53). . . .
The keys of Resurrection repose securely with our Lord and Master. He said: “I am the resurrection and the life: he that believeth in me, though he were dead, yet shall he live: And whosoever liveth and believeth in me shall never die” (John 11:25-26). . . .
I thank God for His Son, Jesus Christ, for His mission in mortality, and for His ministry as the resurrected Lord. He brought about His own resurrection. Testimonies of thousands, from ancient and modern times, attest to the truth that the resurrected Jesus is the Savior of mankind. He brought about a universal resurrection: “For as in Adam all die, even so in Christ shall all be made alive” (1 Corinthians 16:22; see also Mosiah 3:16). . . .
Gratefully and positively, I affirm that there is a life after life, first in the spirit world and then in the Resurrection, for each and every one of us. ~Elder Russell M. Nelson, of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles (for Russell M. Nelson’s complete talk click “Life After Life,” Ensign, May 1987).
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