WEEK # 30
THE POSTMORTAL SPIRIT WORLD
"The spirits of all men, as soon as they depart from this mortal body, whether they are good or evil. . . are taken home to that God who gave them life, where there is a separation, a partial judgment, and the spirits of those who are righteous are received into a state of happiness which is called paradise, a state of rest, a state of peace, where they expand in wisdom where they have respite from all their troubles, and where care and sorrow do not annoy." (Joseph F. Smith, Improvement Era, June 1904, p. 621).
"The great misery of departed spirits in the world of spirits, where they go after death, is to know that they come short of the glory that others enjoy and that they might have enjoyed themselves, and they are their own accusers." (Discourses of the Prophet Joseph Smith, p. 127).
Questions and Activities
THE POSTMORTAL SPIRIT WORLD
"The spirits of all men, as soon as they depart from this mortal body, whether they are good or evil. . . are taken home to that God who gave them life, where there is a separation, a partial judgment, and the spirits of those who are righteous are received into a state of happiness which is called paradise, a state of rest, a state of peace, where they expand in wisdom where they have respite from all their troubles, and where care and sorrow do not annoy." (Joseph F. Smith, Improvement Era, June 1904, p. 621).
"The great misery of departed spirits in the world of spirits, where they go after death, is to know that they come short of the glory that others enjoy and that they might have enjoyed themselves, and they are their own accusers." (Discourses of the Prophet Joseph Smith, p. 127).
Questions and Activities
- What are the conditions in the spirit world?
- What is the nature of our spirits?
- What is the purpose of the spirit world?
- What is the state of the righteous in the spirit world? of the wicked?
- What experiences have you had that give you the assurance of our spirits will live on after death?
- How does your understanding of life after death influence your feelings about death?
- How does missionary work here on earth affect the work among the dead?
Topical Guide
Dead
Death
Grave
Gulf
Hell
Mortality
Paradise, Paradisiacal
Salvation for the Dead
Spirits, Disembodied
Spirits in Prison
Scriptures
2 Nephi 9:12-19
Alma 40
D&C 128:6-22; 137-138
Luke 16:19-31
1 Peter 3-4
Bible Dictionary
Abraham's Bosom
Hell
Paradise
Other Sources
Gospel Principles, chapter 45
Jesus the Christ, chapter 36
A Marvelous Work and a Wonder, chapter 13
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