Jesus Christ, Death of

The death of our Savior by crucifixion was covered previously. Isaiah prophesied in chapter 25, verse 8: “He will swallow up in victory; and the Lord God will wipe away tears from off all faces; and the rebuke of his people shall he take away from off all the earth: for the Lord hath spoken it.” Isaiah clearly knew and understood that the Savior’s mission was to perform the atoning sacrifice for all. His death was a very important part of the atonement. Without His death, there could be no resurrection for Him or for anyone else. Without the atonement, all who live on the earth would be lost. We could not be resurrected, and we could not be cleansed from all our sins. The Savior redeemed all from physical death. All would be resurrected in that their physical body and the spirit would be reunited forever. He would also redeem those who truly repented of their sins from spiritual death. Since all have sinned and no unclean thing can live in the presence of God, we cannot be in God’s eternal presence unless we are cleansed from all sin. Through the Savior’s atonement and our honest repentance, we can become cleansed from all sin and are worthy to live in the presence of the Father and the Son forever. The apostles of the New Testament, the prophets of the Book of Mormon, and the latter-day prophets, seers, and revelators have all testified that He died and was resurrected, that through His atoning sacrifice all would be resurrected, and that the truly repentant would be able to come and dwell with him forever.