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Why Are the Gospel Accounts of the Resurrection Credible? #665 · Scripture Central

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  And as they were afraid and bowed down their faces to the
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  Earth, they said unto them. Why seek ye the living among the
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  dead. He is not here, but is risen.
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  Hello listeners. This is Nick from scripture
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  Central. And today's podcast addresses,
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  the question did Book of Mormon prophets know about Jesus Christ
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  before his birth Central to all. Of Christianity ancient and
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  modern are the testimonies that Jesus Christ, suffered and died
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  for our sins being crucified. And then resurrected on the
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  third day. According to the Prophet Joseph
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  Smith, the fundamental principles of our religion is
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  the testimony of the Apostles and Prophets concerning, Jesus
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  Christ that he died was buried and rose.
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  Again the third day and ascended up into heaven and all other
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  things are only appendages to these which pertain to our
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  Religion as Christians read the Bible worldwide, it is
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  impossible to avoid the significance of this greatest of
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  all miracles. The Apostle Paul likewise saw
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  this as the core message of the gospel and if Christ be not
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  risen, Paul wrote to the Corinthians, then is our
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  preaching Vain and your faith is also vain, given the importance
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  of such a miracle. It should come as no surprise
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  that the earliest Christians were careful to ensure they left
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  behind credible accounts of the The resurrection as part of the
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  canonical, gospels as NT Wright and Michael F Byrd.
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  Observe it is important to think historically about how the early
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  Traditions about the resurrection might have
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  developed by themselves. Neither the empty tomb nor the
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  resurrection appearances alone could have generated belief in
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  Jesus. Resurrection, had there been no
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  empty to the post-death appearances.
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  Of Jesus could have been more easily dismissed as Visionary,
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  manifestations of his spirit. We're ghosts and had there been
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  no appearance of Jesus to his disciples.
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  The rumor that Jesus is body had been stolen would have provided
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  a straightforward explanation for the empty tomb yet.
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  When viewed together, these two crucial historical events.
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  Recorded in. Great detail in the New
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  Testament gospel accounts. Provide a strong basis for
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  belief first, right? And bird note, how the discovery
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  of the empty tomb as recorded in the four.
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  Gospels is valuable evidence for the Resurrection.
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  The burial of Jesus and the discovery of the empty tomb,
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  they observed can be regarded as historically solid while many
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  victims of crucifixion. Did not receive a proper burial.
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  Roman officials were known to release the bodies of condemned
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  criminals to their families, particularly during festivals,
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  and were probably inclined more often than not to support Jewish
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  burial Customs, to avoid further commotion, such details present
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  in the gospels as seen. When Joseph of Arimathea
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  requested the body of Jesus during Age, As Festival,
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  followed by Pilot allowing Jesus, to be buried properly,
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  the very mention of Joseph of Arimathea is also noteworthy.
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  He was actually a member of the Jewish Sanhedrin who, until this
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  point in the gospels wasn't mentioned at all.
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  Have the story of the burial and Resurrection been invited at a
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  later date. It is unlikely that a Jewish
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  leader would have been mentioned in such a positive light as he
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  could have easily been swapped out for another better-known
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  disciple. The earliest rumors recorded.
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  In Matthew chapter 27, verse 64 about an empty tomb also give
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  credibility to the account of the Resurrection, right?
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  And bird explain if nobody had suggested such a thing prior to
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  Matthew writing his gospel, it is difficult to.
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  Imagine the Christians, putting the idea into people's heads by
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  making up tails that said they had such reports of theft were
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  even still being told in the second century ad.
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  Which of course assumes that the tomb was empty and the body was
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  not to be found based on these details.
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  Scholars argue that the most credible conclusion is that the
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  tomb was actually found empty, the most compelling witness to
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  the resurrection. However, come from those who had
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  personally seen the Risen Jesus with their own eyes without
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  these key Witnesses. The empty tomb could be easily
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  dismissed as fanciful in each of the Gospel accounts.
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  There is evidence that each reflects direct eyewitness
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  accounts of the discovery of the Tomb and seeing the resurrected
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  Lord. For instance, Right?
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  And bird note that each of these gospel accounts remain
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  scripturally unadorned had these new testament accounts been
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  invented at a later date. It is unlikely that they would
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  not appeal to any number of Old, Testament.
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  Prophetic scriptures, something else was shaping The Narrative,
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  a personal encounter to which witness was born a witness,
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  which was thereby rooted in history.
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  The wide breadth of witnesses is also telling in addition to his
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  own witness, Paul told the Corinthians that The Twelve
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  Apostles James, the brother of Jesus, and a group of 500 people
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  had also seen and born testimony.
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  That Jesus Christ was resurrected Paul.
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  Even noted that the greater part of the eyewitnesses remain unto
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  this present, allowing, those who doubted his experience to
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  check with the still living testator's in short, the
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  resurrection was still in the living memory of the church and
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  could not be dismissed without ignoring multitudes of people
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  who had seen. And heard the resurrected Savior
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  for themselves. It is also significant that in
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  the gospel accounts, the very first witness to the
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  resurrection where, the faithful women who attended, Jesus tomb
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  on Sunday morning. It was to these female disciples
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  that the angel declared why seek ye the living among the dead.
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  He is not here, but is risen shortly to be followed by, Jesus
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  appearing to them personally in the ancient world women were
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  viewed as unreliable Witnesses and I could not offer a legally
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  binding testimony as such it is impossible, that a fabricated
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  story in Antiquity would rely on women as the key initial
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  Witnesses, furthermore a wide variety of beliefs about life
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  after death existed in both Judaism and The Wider
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  Greco-Roman World, each tradition accepted the existence
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  of spirits, or ghosts yet, the eyewitnesses make it clear that
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  they did not simply have a Visionary experience where the
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  spirit of Jesus came to them. Jesus Has himself addressed this
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  concern when he asked his disciples.
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  Why are you troubled and why do thoughts arise in your hearts?
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  Behold my hands and my feet that it is, I myself handle me and
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  see for a spirit hath, not Flesh and Bones.
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  As ye see me have the apostles, Matthew and John themselves,
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  principal authors of the first, and fourth books of the New
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  Testament gospels, were among those who saw the resurrected
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  Jesus multiple times in Jerusalem, On the shores of the
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  Sea of Galilee up in the designated mountain in Galilee
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  and at his Ascension into heaven from the Mount of Olives between
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  Jerusalem and Bethany. Their testimonies are sealed
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  with Apostolic Authority based on repeated eyewitness
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  experiences. In addition to having these
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  important biblical Witnesses, Latter Day Saints are blessed
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  with even more witnesses of Jesus.
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  Christ's atonement and Resurrection, if the Book of
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  Mormon a multitude of about two thousand and five hundred Souls
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  saw heard and touched Jesus on a full first day of his post
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  mortal Ministry of the Americas. This multitude then spread the
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  word. So that on the following day
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  when he appeared again, the multitude was so great that they
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  did cause that they should be separated into 12 bodies.
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  Jesus would again Minister unto the twelve whom he had selected
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  and three centuries later unto the prophet record makers,
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  Mormon, and Maroney. Other Witnesses of the
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  Resurrection appear in modern times Joseph, Smith saw God, the
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  father and his son Jesus Christ in the sacred grove and Christ
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  appeared on, at least 10 occasions to a total of at least
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  twenty three. Other people in Kirtland, Ohio,
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  the reality of the Lord's Resurrection has continuously
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  been declared by the Latter-Day prophets and apostles of Jesus
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  Christ unto the entire world because of the many reports
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  given of the atonement and resurrection of Jesus Christ.
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  People everywhere can joyously recognize and embrace their
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  powerful and eternal consequences which benefit the
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  entire Human family as president Dallin a chokes taught.
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  The resurrection gives us the perspective and the strength to
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  endure the Mortal challenges faced by each of us.
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  And those we love it gives us a new way to view the physical
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  mental or emotional deficiencies.
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  We have at Birth or acquired during Mortal life, it gives us
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  the strength to To Adorn Sorrows failures and frustrations
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  because each of us has an assured Resurrection.
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  We know that these mortal deficiencies and opposition's
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  are only temporary knowledge of the Resurrection gives people
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  the reason for the hope that is in you the profitability taught.
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  And if Christ had not risen from the dead, there could have been
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  no Resurrection but there is a resurrection therefore the grave
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  hath, no Victory. And the sting of death is
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  swallowed up in Swallowed up in the hopes of his glory because
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  Jesus Christ rose from the dead. The promise of Resurrection is
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  guaranteed to all of God's children, the resurrection of
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  Jesus Christ gives us hope it is the reason that we can have hope
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  even as we Face challenges and trials because of the
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  Resurrection we can see our loved ones again a parent who
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  has a Lost Child, the child who has lost their parents, those
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  who have never known their ancestors.
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  All of these will be able to have the hope of a future,
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  joyous reunions with them and the Lord in a future day.
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  Ultimately, the hope of the Resurrection is what of peace
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  and joy with no more sorrow. He will swallow up death in
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  Victory and the Lord God will wipe away tears from off All
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  Phases and the rebuke of his people.
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  Shall he take away from off all the Earth for the Lord hath
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  spoken it? Such is the promise of the
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  Savior, Jesus Christ in the world.
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  Ye shall have tribulation but be of good cheer.
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