The Resurrection of Jesus Christ and Song, Alleluia. ACU Sunday Series.
b'The Resurrection of Jesus Christ and Song, Alleluia. ACU Sunday Series. \\nWatch the video at- \\nhttps://youtu.be/OlQcl_CWops?si=yPEAHeiCWXYaxzdJ\\nGeneral Conference\\n505K subscribers\\n20,875 views Apr 6, 2014\\n Todd Christofferson - Jesus of Nazareth is the resurrected Redeemer, and I testify of all that follows from the fact of His Resurrection. - April 2014 General Conference https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/s...\\nKey moments\\nMinistry of the Risen Lord\\n4:58\\nSignificance of the Resurrection\\n9:08\\nDid the Lord in Reality Die and Rise Again\\n13:18\\nText of speech:\\nThe Resurrection of Jesus Christ\\nBy Elder D.\\xa0Todd Christofferson\\nOf the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles\\nJesus of Nazareth is the resurrected Redeemer, and I testify of all that follows from the fact of His Resurrection.\\nA crushing sense of defeat and despair enveloped His disciples as Jesus suffered and died on the cross and His body was placed lifeless in the tomb. Despite what the Savior had repeatedly said of His death and subsequent rising again, they had not understood. The dark afternoon of His Crucifixion, however, was soon followed by the joyous morning of His Resurrection. But that joy came only as the disciples became eyewitnesses of the Resurrection, for even the declaration of angels that He had risen was at first incomprehensible\\u2014it was something so totally unprecedented.\\nMary Magdalene and a few other faithful women came early to the Savior\\u2019s tomb that Sunday morning, bringing spices and ointments to complete the anointing begun when the Lord\\u2019s body was hastily laid in the sepulchre before the approaching Sabbath. On this morning of mornings, they were greeted by an open sepulchre, the covering stone having been rolled away, and two angels who declared:\\n\\u201cWhy seek ye the living among the dead?\\n\\u201cHe is not here, but is risen: remember how he spake unto you when he was yet in Galilee,\\n\\u201cSaying, The Son of man must be delivered into the hands of sinful men, and be crucified, and the third day rise again.\\u201d1\\n\\u201cCome, see the place where the Lord lay.\\n\\u201cAnd go quickly, and tell his disciples that he is risen from the dead.\\u201d2\\nAs bidden by the angels, Mary Magdalene looked into the tomb, but it seems that all that registered in her mind was that the body of the Lord was gone. She hurried to report to the Apostles and, finding Peter and John, said to them, \\u201cThey have taken away the Lord out of the sepulchre, and we know not where they have laid him.\\u201d3\\xa0Peter and John ran to the place and verified that indeed the tomb was empty, seeing \\u201cthe linen clothes lying \\u2026 and the napkin, that was about his head, \\u2026 wrapped together in a place by itself.\\u201d4\\xa0John apparently was the first to comprehend the magnificent message of resurrection. He writes that \\u201che saw, and believed,\\u201d whereas the others to that point \\u201cknew not the scripture, that [Jesus] must rise again from the dead.\\u201d5\\nPeter and John left, but Mary remained behind, still in mourning. In the meantime the angels had returned\\xa0and tenderly asked her, \\u201cWoman, why weepest thou? She saith unto them, Because they have taken away my Lord, and I know not where they have laid him.\\u201d6\\xa0At that moment the resurrected Savior, now standing behind her, spoke, \\u201cWoman, why weepest thou? whom seekest thou? She, supposing him to be the gardener, saith unto him, Sir, if thou have borne him hence, tell me where thou hast laid him, and I will take him away.\\u201d7\\nElder James\\xa0E. Talmage wrote: \\u201cIt was Jesus to whom she spake, her beloved Lord, though she knew it not. One word from His living lips changed her agonized grief into ecstatic joy. \\u2018Jesus saith unto her, Mary.\\u2019 The voice, the tone, the tender accent she had heard and loved in the earlier days lifted her from the despairing depths into which she had sunk. She turned, and saw the Lord. In a transport of joy she reached out her arms to embrace Him, uttering only the endearing and worshipful word, \\u2018Rabboni,\\u2019 meaning My beloved Master.\\u201d8\\nAnd so this blessed woman became the first mortal to see'