"These simple words—“He is not here, but is risen”—have become the most profound in all literature. They are the declaration of the empty tomb.They are the fulfillment of all He had spoken concerning rising again.They are the triumphant response to the query facing every man, woman,and child who was ever born to earth.
The risen Lord spoke to Mary, and she replied. He was not an apparition.This was not imagination. He was real, as real as He had been in mortal life. He did not permit her to touch Him. He had not yet ascended to His Father in Heaven. That would happen shortly. What a reunion it must have been, to be embraced by the Father, who loved Him and who also must have wept for Him during His hours of agony."- President Hinckley, He Is Not Here, But Is Risen
Earlier this year, Elder Christofferson offered a few more thoughts on the resurrection that really resonated with me.
"In the words of Elder Neal A. Maxwell: “Christ’s victory over death ended the human predicament. Now there are only personal predicaments, and from these too we may be rescued by following the teachings of him who rescued us from general extinction.”
Having satisfied the demands of justice, Christ now steps into the place of justice; or we might say He is justice, just as He is love. Likewise, besides being a “perfect, just God,” He is a perfect, merciful God. Thus, the Savior makes all things right. No injustice in mortality is permanent, even death, for He restores life again. No injury, disability, betrayal, or abuse goes uncompensated in the end because of His ultimate justice and mercy.
By the same token, we are all accountable to Him for our lives, our choices, and our actions, even our thoughts. Because He redeemed us from the Fall, our lives are in reality His..."
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