Death is always a separation. I have no doubt Sister Hales is going to struggle emotionally because she has been separated from her companion. And I think Jesus mourned due to the pain of losing a loved one temporarily, as well as because of the pain of others He cared about who survived.TrueIntent wrote: ↑September 30th, 2017, 7:39 pm So i have to admit that I didn't listen the whole time. But I did hear one talk fully at the end.
Well...this was a question that I had. Last Speaker, Elder Nelson I believe....Said something that caused me to have thoughts pop in to my mind. He said death was necessary.....Is death necessary?
He said as a Medical doctor, that when someone would pass, the family would be taken to a special room with padded walls, and sometimes they would bang their head against the wall in anguish. He said he wished they understood that death is a necessary part of life...and that death is necessary and is just a passage into another world, and that he wished people could understand that?
So...i don't know what my question is, but these are the thoughts that made me ponder.
I know Jesus, when his friend passed, went out on a boat by himself in anguish(can't remember the exact passages...maybe someone can post)...he mourned when those he loved died...Mourn with those that morn thought. He also mourned because the people around him did not understand when Lazarus died that Lazarus was not dead, just" sleeping". We also understand that Christ overcame death through the resurrection....and we also know that John the believed was translated in section 7 of D&C, and then I think the apostle Paul teaches something like this in 1 Corinthians 13. And the city of Enoch was taken up to heaven. And Zion has translated being (I don't have scripture off the top of my head, maybe someone can post a reference).....So the question is maybe ....Is death really necessary? Is it a generational thing??? If the scriptures teach of eternal life...what does that look like? Joseph Smith taught about different types of beings that walked the earth.....when does this get revealed? Do we need to repent of Death? Satan in the temple ceremony said, "we would not surely die, but separation from God caused death"
So, I don't want to adopt an incorrect belief here, but I also don't want to hold out hope that I will never die and be majorly depressed when that time comes. I just want some sound understanding without dismissing all the stuff that popped in my head. I just want to clarify for my own conscience....Based on scripture...is death necessary? In what instances is it not? Also, what do we know about Elijah? Was Elijah translated?
Go...give me your thoughts. Im interested.
Here's an interesting thought: people recover from the loss of a spouse to death more quickly than they recover from the loss of a spouse to divorce. In this fact I find a testimony of the eternal nature of family. Our Savior knew that those who died were in the spirit world, where they would eventually be reunited with their loved ones.
Death is necessary. Elijah and Moses were translated, and I expect many more have been and will be, but even they will experience a death and resurrection. The scriptures describe it happening in the twinkling of an eye, but it's still death and resurrection.