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Everyone is born and everyone will die, but birth was not the beginning and death is not the end. Because of Jesus Christ, our spirits and bodies will be reunited after death through the Resurrection, granting us immortality—life after death—forever.
There are two simple facts about our lives on earth: everyone is born and everyone will die. But our birth was not the beginning of our existence, and death will not be the end. Birth and death are simply stepping-stones to mortality and then on to immortality—life after death.
Not only will we go on to live an immortal life, but our bodies and spirits will be reunited through resurrection—a process made possible because of Jesus Christ.
Christ was crucified, and three days later He rose from the dead. With that miraculous event, Christ became the first person ever to be resurrected. Because He overcame death, everyone who has ever lived on the earth will also be resurrected.
Without resurrection, death would separate our bodies and spirits forever. Christ’s Resurrection saves us from that endless separation and grants us immortality. This means that our imperfect, mortal bodies will be changed into glorified bodies that will never again experience disease, injury, or death.
Oscar Muñoz JrAugust 3, 2019
I agree with Dean A Davis. I would never use this video with a co-worker, friend or family member as a missionary tool. The idea should be sweet and short to the point: Where we came from, why we’re here , where we are going. Not for nothing, but using a paper and pencil, I have sketched out the plan of salvation many times over the years in an easier to understand fashion than the video. Even as a missionary I used to use “toy” cut-outs of spirit bodies, flesh bodies, earth, resurrection, etc to teach the plan of salvation that presented the idea in a more personal way. Sometimes I think in the name of progress, like newer fonts and designs, digitizing like Brother Davis says isn’t always effective. Just saying...
Dean A. DavisAugust 2, 2019
The art / graphics accompanying these articles is distracting to the message. Perhaps it's just because I'm older and more used to realistic type illustrations accompanying church produced articles. I rejoice for and celebrate some of the newer artists offering there visions and interpretations of scriptural and church history themes and characters but any of the digital, stick figure surrealistic type illustrations in church magazines or other church related publications dampers the message for me and makes it hard to relate to the purpose of the accompanying message.