Scripture Thought (What I Learned):
Chapter 13: I will trust the Lord
Job complains against his friends
who claim to have superior knowledge, to his friends and more especially
Zophar, the situation seemed so simple; therefore Job must be somewhat ignorant
to see what they believed was so easy to see.
Job did not understand any of
his situations and felt that God was against him, not for him (as in
Job 9:28 and 10:16-17). At the same time, he could still exclaim: yet I
will trust Him. Job goes on to ask God to tell him if sin is indeed the cause
of his suffering.
Chapter 14: Shall man live again?
“If a man die, shall he live
again? (Job 14:14)
Job didn’t know much about the
condition of man after death, but he supposed – perhaps hoped – that it was
better than his current misery. Job testified of the short and fraility of
life, the certainty of death and of a resurrection that would occur later… Yet
Job’s general uncertainty is reflected in his question, “If a man die, shall he
live again?”
I can’t think of a better place,
then the Book of Mormon to answer Jobs and everyone’s questions… what happens
after death?
“Now, concerning the state of
the soul between death and the resurrection—Behold, it has been made
known unto me by an angel, that the spirits of all men, as soon as they are
departed from this mortal body, yea, the spirits of all men, whether they be
good or evil, are taken home to that God who gave them life.
And then shall it come to pass,
that 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
shall rest from all their troubles and from all care, and sorrow.
And then shall it come to pass,
that the spirits of the wicked, yea, who are evil—for behold, they
have no part nor portion of the Spirit of the Lord; for behold, they chose evil
works rather than good; therefore the spirit of the devil did enter
into them, and take possession of their house—and these shall be cast out into
outer darkness; there shall be weeping, and wailing, and gnashing of
teeth, and this because of their own iniquity, being led captive by the will of
the devil.
Now this is the state of the souls of
the wicked, yea, in darkness, and a state of awful, fearful looking
for the fiery indignation of the wrath of God upon them; thus they remain
in this state, as well as the righteous in paradise, until the time of
their resurrection.” (Alma 40:11-14, The Book of Mormon)
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