Teachings Concerning the Spirit World
The night after our son passed away, I couldn't sleep at all. My grief was intense and I needed comfort. I got up in the middle of the night and went to the computer and did a Google search - 'Spirit World'.
This document is what popped up - and I think it was no accident.
I read this entire document and studied it the rest of that night. I feel that it was an answer to my yearnings and pleadings for answers/comfort.
"Repentance opens the prison doors to the spirits in hell; It enables those bound with the chains of hell to free themselves from darkness, unbelief, ignorance and sin. As rapidly as they can overcome these obstacles - gain light, believe truth, acquire intelligence, cast off sin, and break the chains of hell - they can leave the hell that imprisons them and dwell with the righteous in the peace of paradise." Mormon Doctrine, page 755
This quote gave me so much hope on one of the darkest nights of my life. Surely my son experienced darkness, unbelief, ignorance and sin. But I fully believe what the rest of that quote teaches. That as rapidly as he GAINS LIGHT, BELIEVES TRUTH, ACQUIRES INTELLIGENCE, CASTS OF SIN AND BREAKS THE CHAINS OF HELL, he can dwell with the righteous in the peace of paradise. I am thankful beyond measure for this knowledge - and I believe that he is now doing these things to qualify himself for that place of peace.
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