Tuesday, December 1, 2015

Alma 40:1-10

It is interesting that Corianton’s mind was concerned about the resurrection of the dead. I wonder if part of the reasons for his choices was that he hadn’t really had a testimony of the gospel to this point. It sounds like he still had doubts and questions. I love how he talks about how the timing of things doesn’t really matter, because it is all one day to God and time is only measure unto men. That is what I keep thinking about with the children of gay parents not being able to be baptized. I am sure it will cause heartache for some people, and a delay of blessings is always hard. But if we could see things the way God sees them the waiting time is no time at all. It is really nothing because to God there is no time. It is hard to get my head around, but also very reassuring at the same time.

I love that Alma gets into the mysteries of the kingdom. What happens to the soul between death and resurrection doesn’t matter for his eternal salvation, but God wants us to be curious and want to understand everything. It is fine to want to know what we don’t know. He inquired of God with enough faith to receive angelic visitations. What an amazing thing that we can so simply know these same mysteries because they are contained in the scriptures. The only effort required is to read and notice. We really do live in an amazing time.

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