jesus died and was resurrected three days later

“Which sometime were disobedient, when once the long-suffering of God waited in the days of Noah, while the ark was a preparing, wherein few, that is, eight souls were saved by water.” ( 1 Pet. “By which also he went and preached unto the spirits in prison Peter tells us, “For Christ also hath once suffered for sins, the just for the unjust, that he might bring us to God, being put to death in the flesh, but quickened by the Spirit: While on the cross, to the condemned, believing thief, he said, “… Verily I say unto thee, To day shalt thou be with me in paradise.” ( Luke 23:43.) He said on one occasion, “Verily, verily, I say unto you, The hour is coming, and now is, when the dead shall hear the voice of the Son of God: and they that hear shall live.” ( John 5:25.) 9:13 and 12:7.)Īnother main activity, while his body lay in the tomb, was to visit the spirits of those who had died. On two separate occasions during his ministry he had said, “… I will have mercy, and not sacrifice. …” ( Matt. “And ye shall offer for a sacrifice unto me a broken heart and a contrite spirit. …” ( 3 Ne. “And ye shall offer up unto me no more the shedding of blood yea, your sacrifices and your burnt offerings shall be done away, for I will accept none of your sacrifices and your burnt offerings. The voice told them that the Law of Moses had been fulfilled by him. Possibly preparing them for his visit after his resurrection, he told them to repent and he would receive them. He told them the destruction had been because of their wickedness, and that only the more righteous had been spared. And the scriptures concerning my coming are fulfilled.” ( 3 Ne. “I came unto my own, and my own received me not. I am in the Father, and the Father in me and in me hath the Father glorified his name. I was with the Father from the beginning.

I created the heavens and the earth, and all things that in them are. “Behold, I am Jesus Christ the Son of God. The voice identified itself as that of Jesus Christ, saying: At the conclusion of three hours of destruction, yet during the darkness, which lasted three days, a voice, only a voice, came to them. There was storm, then tempest, and a great dense darkness covered the entire land.

Mountains appeared where cities had been. In three hours cities were destroyed, some buried, some burnt. There were great convulsions of the earth. 27:51.) The destruction was much greater, however, on this continent. We are told there was great destruction in Jerusalem the veil of the temple was “rent in twain.” ( Matt. 27:60–61.) They sat huddled next to the sepulcher. The stone was rolled to cover the door, and everyone departed-all but Mary Magdalene and the other Mary. Here Joseph and Nicodemus placed him, assisted by the women. Then we turned to the tomb-historically the property of Joseph of Arimathaea. 27:37.) The thought comes, “Are we worth all his suffering for us?” We could imagine the three crosses there and the sign “This is Jesus-the King of the Jews” over the agonized figure of Christ. We gazed at the hill Golgotha, the place of the skull. A feeling of awesome reverence filled our hearts. To our great delight, we were alone in the garden. On the last day of our stay in Jerusalem, we left the hotel early in the morning and walked to the Garden Tomb. Last spring my wife and I had the wonderful privilege of visiting the Holy Land.

Jesus died and was resurrected three days later