- Alma 40: 7, 11-14…State of soul between death and resurrection
- Moroni 7:3-5 …Wherefore, I would speak unto you that are of the church, that are the peaceable followers of Christ, and that have obtained a sufficient hope by which ye can enter into the rest of the Lord, from this time henceforth until ye shall rest with him in heaven. 4 And now my brethren, I judge these things of you because of your peaceable walk with the children of men. 5 For I remember the word of God which saith by their works ye shall know them; for if their works be good, then they are good also
- January 14th, 1995 – Saturday. Quito Ecuador – Jeffrey R. Holland Conference…”After, we all went to the chapel and we waited for Jeffrey R. Holland. He came in and it was a great feeling to be in his presence. During his talk, his personality really showed. He has a great sense of humor. One time he went and kissed the translator on the cheek because he could not translate because the spirit was so strong. I had the opportunity to shake his hand which I’ll never forget. I also realized that the 12 Apostles love us. Elder Holland called President Hunter to tell him what he was going to do here in Quito. President Hunter told him to tell the missionaries that he loved them so much. I realized how much love the Savior has for me. I also realized that we have Angels all around us helping us and protecting us. They might even be our deceased loved ones.” – Clinton Brown Missionary Journal
- 3 Nephi 23:11…And Jesus said unto them: How be it that ye have not written this thing, that many saints did arise and appear unto many and did minister unto them?
- “Just as there were parents to greet a newborn on earth, the scriptures teach that caring family members greet the spirits in paradise and assist them in the adjustments to a new life” Merrill J. Bateman, CR May 1995 p.13
- “We do not control what I call the great transfer board in the sky. The inconveniences that are sometimes associated with a release from our labors here are necessary in order to accelerate the work there. Heavenly Father can’t do His work with ten times more people there than we have on this planet, except he will on occasion take some of the very best sisters and brothers. The conditions of termination here, painful though they are, are a part of the conditions of acceleration there. Thus we are back to faith in the timing of God, and to be able to say not only ‘Thy will be done’…. But also ‘Thy timing be done’, even when we don’t fully understand it.” Neal Maxwell, Address to CES Religious Educators, Salt Lake Tabernacle Feb 2, 2001.
- “We are not going to die. We are deathless beings. We lived before we came into this world, and we shall live after we go out of it. What we call death is not worthy of the name. There is no death for the righteous. Christ died to destroy death. The change called death is but a temporary separation of the spirit from the body. None of our departed ones are dead. They have but gone before. This so-called death, when properly understood, is simply going back home.” Orson F Whitney, Improvement Era, May 1916, pp 608-9