Mormon Beliefs: Resurrection
According to the doctrines of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (sometimes called the Mormons), the term resurrection means the literal reuniting of the spirit with the physical body after death. After resurrection, the spirit and body will be united eternally and perfectly. All people who have ever lived on the earth, do now live, or will live, will become immortal through the resurrection. Jesus Christ's resurrection overcame death for all:
- But now is Christ risen from the dead, and become the firstfruits of them that slept.
- For since by man came death, by man came also the resurrection of the dead.
- For as in Adam all die, even so in Christ shall all be made alive. (1 Corinthians 15:20–22).
Alma, a Book of Mormon prophet, said the following:
- Now, this restoration shall come to all, both old and young, both bond and free, both male and female, both the wicked and the righteous; and even there shall not so much as a hair of their heads be lost; but every thing shall be restored to its perfect frame, as it is now, or in the body, and shall be brought and be arraigned before the bar of Christ the Son, and God the Father, and the Holy Spirit, which is one Eternal God, to be judged according to their works, whether they be good or whether they be evil. (Alma 11:44)
Former Church President Gordon B. Hinckley said the following about the miracle of Christ's resurrection:Cite error: Closing </ref> missing for <ref> tag
In both of these instances the individual was brought back to life before the Savior worked out the atonement and was resurrected. Yet we are plainly told that Christ would be the first one to be resurrected. This exemplifies the difference between being resurrected with an immortal body of flesh and bone, never to have the spirit and the body separated again, and being raised from the dead. Those who had only been raised from the dead retained their imperfect mortal body of flesh and blood.
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