Prophets of the Old Testament and the Book of Mormon prophesied of His coming ministry and resurrection. 15:21-22.)The holy prophets of all ages have fervently declared that the Messiah, a Son of God, would redeem and resurrect all mankind. 15:20), thereby opening the door for the resurrection of all mankind. (See John 10:17.) He was "the firstfruits of them that slept" (1 Cor. There laid they Jesus." (John 19:41-42.) In this most holy spot the Savior, who had just labored for a short time in the world of spirits (D&C 138:27-28), returned and took up His lifeless body. In a sacred place near where Jesus was crucified, "there was a garden and in the garden a new sepulchre, wherein was never man yet laid. Christ has won the victory." (See Hymn #199.) He has burst his three days' prison Let the whole wide earth rejoice. Therefore, Jesus is the only way."He is risen! He is risen! Tell it out with joyful voice. Only Jesus satisfies God’s requirement of a perfect, sinless person who was sacrificed in our stead.
Name any other god and whoever you name, they 1) weren’t sinless, and 2) didn’t die for us. Therefore, anyone who accepts the sacrifice of Jesus on his or her behalf is covered by his blood and is saved.īuddha didn’t die for us. God became a man, known as Jesus-whose name, Joshua in Hebrew, means “the LORD saves” (1)-and died for us in our place. A human without sin was needed.īut ever since Adam, every human born is sin-filled, so how could a sinless man happen? The only way was if God did it Himself. But all humans are sinful, so another sin-filled person dying for us just wouldn’t work. That meant a human was needed to die for humans’ sin. The next year, another animal would have to be sacrificed for the same person. However the solution of sacrificing bulls and goats and lambs for the sins of each person’s sin was a temporary fix. Lay your hand on the animal's head, and the LORD will accept its death in your place to purify you, making you right with him.* That’s what those sacrifices were all about: “He is to lay his hand on the head of the burnt offering, and it will be accepted on his behalf to make atonement for him” ( Leviticus 1:4 Close Leviticus 1:4
After the incident in the garden, he introduced the sacrificial system in the Tabernacle-Temple ceremonies. Early in the Old Testament God introduced the idea of one innocent being shedding its blood in place of the sinner’s. But that leaves him with a great dilemma: we each have sinned and must die for our sins, so how can we live?
God doesn’t want us dead-he wants us alive. We could shed our own blood for our own sins, but that wouldn’t do us much good because then we’d be dead. : “In fact, the law requires that nearly everything be cleansed with blood, and without the shedding of blood there is no forgiveness.” For without the shedding of blood, there is no forgiveness. In fact, according to the law of Moses, nearly everything was purified with blood. : “For the life of a creature is in the blood, and I have given it to you to make atonement for yourselves on the altar it is the blood that makes atonement for one’s life.” I have given you the blood on the altar to purify you, making you right with the LORD.* It is the blood, given in exchange for a life, that makes purification possible. From the beginning, God has declared the payment for sin is death, and so blood must be shed to cover sin:įor the life of the body is in its blood. In other words, God sacrificed an animal to cover their sin.
To get those skins, some animal had to die. When Adam and Eve sinned in the garden, God gave them skins to cover up with ( Genesis 3:21 Close Genesis 3:21Īnd the LORD God made clothing from animal skins for Adam and his wife.
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