2 Ne 9:8-9 What would happen to us if the flesh should rise no more?

2 Ne 9:8-9 What would happen to us if the flesh should rise no more?

While Christ suffered on the cross, the rulers of the Jews mocked him saying, He saved others; let him save himself, if he be Christ, the chosen of God (Lu 23:35). What would have happened if Jesus had taken the opportunity to save himself? That he had power over death and more that 12 legions of angels at his disposal is without dispute (Matt 26:53). So what would have happened if he used this power? If he got down from the cross, killed the Roman soldiers, the chief priests, and rulers of the people? This would have saved him from death and the resurrection. All these acts would have been acceptable to the justice of God but they would have destroyed his plan of mercy. The fall of Adam would have remained in force, and all of God’s children would have been left as Adam was—cast out of the presence of God—forever.

"경전은 "만일 육체가 더 이상 일어나지 못하면" 발생하게 될 많은 다른 일들에 관해 가르치고 있다.

1) 모든 믿음이 헛될 것이다. (고전15:17)
2) 우리는 충만한 기쁨을 받지 못할 것이다. (교성93:34)
3) 그리스도 안에서 죽는 자들은 반드시 멸망하게 될 것이다. (고전15:18)
4) 우리는 여전히 죄 가운데 남을 것이다. (고전15:17)
5) 우리는 악마에게 속한 사자가 될 것이다. (9절)
6) 우리는 사탄과 같이 될 것이다. (9절)

The scriptures teach us of several different things that would happen if the flesh should rise no more:

1) All faith is vain (1 Cor 15:17)

2) We could not receive a fullness of joy (DC 93:34)

3) Those who had died in Christ would inevitably perish (1 Cor 15:18)

4) We would have remained in our sins (1 Cor 15:17)

5) We would become angels to a devil (v. 9)

6) We would become like Satan (v. 9)

While in Gesthemane, Christ prayed Saying, Father, if thou be willing, remove this cup from me: nevertheless not my will, but thine, be done (Lu 22:42). What would have happened if the Father had removed this cup? What would have happened if Jesus had decided not to go through with it? Jacob encapsulates the answer in his explanation, our spirits must have become like unto him, and we become devils, angels to a devil. What does it mean to become as Satan, to be an angel to a devil? Again the scriptures tell us of several unpalatable consequences:

1) 우리는 잃어버린 바 되어 타락한 상태로 남았을 것이다. (모사16:4)
2) 우리는 거짓의 아비와 함께 비참 가운데 있게 될 것이다. (9절)
3) 멸망의 아들들처럼 우리는 불못에 던져지거나 둘째 사망을 받게 될 것이다. (계20:14)
4) 우리는 자신의 왕국으로 다시 돌아가게 (사탄의 왕국에서 살게) 될 것이다. (교성88:32)
5) 우리는 더러운 채로 있어야 한다. (교성88:35)
6) 우리는 우리의 모든 허물을 완전히 상기하게 될 것이다. (앨11:43)
7) 우리의 말과 행위와 생각이 우리를 정죄할 것이다. (앨12:14)
8) 우리는 감히 우리의 하나님을 우러러 보지 못할 것이다. (앨12:14)
9) 우리는 하나님의 면전에 들어갈 수 없게 될 것이다. (9절)
10) 우리는 그리스도께서 받으신대로 하나님의 공의에 의해 고난을 겪지 않을 수 없을 것이다. (교성19:17-20)

1) We would have remained in a lost and fallen state (Mosiah 16:4)

2) We would remain with the father of lies, in misery (v. 9)

3) Like the sons of perdition, we would be cast into the lake of fire, or the second death (Rev 20:14)

4) We would return again to [our] own place (to live in the kingdom of Satan) (DC 88:32)

5) We must remain filthy (DC 88:35)

6) We would have a perfect recollection of all our guilt (Alma 11:43)

7) Our words, works, and thoughts will condemn us (Alma 12:14)

8) We will not dare to look up to our God (Alma 12:14)

9) We would be shut out of the presence of God (v. 9)

10) We would be forced, by the justice of God, to suffer as Christ did (DC 19:17-20)

Fortunately, neither the Father nor the Son wanted these terrible things to happen. According to the mercy of the Father, who watched from the heavens as his son plead for another way, He required His Only-Begotten to suffer the pains of all men, yea, the pains of every living creature, both men, women, and children, who belong to the family of Adam (v. 21). He was only able to comfort His son by sending him an angel, And there appeared an angel unto him from heaven, strengthening him (Lu 22:43). Because of Christ’s great love for us, He partook and finished [His] preparations unto the children of men (DC 19:19).

For behold, I, God, have suffered these things for all, that they might not suffer if they would repent (DC 19:16) Because of His great sacrifice, we do not need to worry about whether the flesh will rise no more. It will—for every person who ever lived on the earth. We are left to rejoice, as did Paul and Jacob, O death, where is thy sting? O grave, where is thy victory? But thanks be to God, which giveth us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ (1 Cor 15:55,57). O how great the goodness of our God… O how great the plan of our God!… O the greatness and the justice of our God! (vs. 10,13,17).

(조셉 스미스) "만일 죽음으로부터의 부활이 우리 신앙의 중요한 요소 혹은 항목이 아니라면 우리는 부활에 관해 아무것도 아는 것이 없음을 고백해야 할 것입니다. 죽음으로부터의 부활이 없다면 그리스도께서 부활하지 않으셨을 것이며, 그리스도께서 부활하지 않으셨다면 그는 하나님의 아들이 아닐 것이며, 그가 하나님의 아들이 아니었다면 경전이라고 불리워진 이 책이 진실일진대 하나님의 아들이란 실재하지도 않는 가공의 인물일 것이기 때문입니다. 왜냐하면 경전에 비추어 볼 때 그가 나타나기로 약속된 때가 지났기 때문입니다. ... 그가 죽음에서 부활하셨다면, 사망을 이기신 그의 부활의 권세로써 모든 사람을 자기 앞으로 이끌 것입니다. 그의 부활로 말미암아 죽음의 승리가 삼켜진바 되었으며 무덤이 이제 더 이상 위력을 발휘할 수 없게 되었기 때문입니다. 이제 그리스도의 가르침을 지키고 순종하는 자들은 부활을 약속받을 뿐 아니라, 그의 영광스러운 왕국으로 받아들여질 것이라는 확신까지 갖게 되었습니다." (선지자 조셉 스미스의 가르침, 62페이지)

Joseph Smith

“If the resurrection from the dead be not an important point, or item in our faith, we must confess that we know nothing about it; for if there be no resurrection from the dead, then Christ has not risen; and if Christ has not risen He was not the Son of God; and if He was not he Son of God there is not nor cannot be a Son of God, if the present book called the Scriptures is true; because the time has gone by when, according to that book, He was to make His appearance . . . And if He has risen from the dead, He will by His power, bring all men to stand before Him; for if He has risen from the dead the bands of the temporal death are broken that the grave has no victory, if then, the grave has no victory, those who keep the sayings of Jesus and obey His teachings have not only a promise of a resurrection from the dead, but an assurance of being admitted into His glorious kingdom.” (Teachings of the Prophet Joseph Smith, p. 62. as taken from McConkie and Millet’s, Doctrinal Commentary on the Book of Mormon, vol. 1, p. 240)