As Mormons (or members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints) we believe in Jesus Christ. We worship Him and are grateful for His grace toward us. We know that through no other means can we return to the Father save by Jesus Christ.

In the Book of Mormon, a companion volume to the Bible of scripture, we read of Jesus Christ:

“Yes, every knee shall bow, and every tongue confess before him. Yea, even at the last day, when all men shall stand to be judged of him, then shall they confess that he is God;…” (Mosiah 27:31)

Certain people at the time of Christ’s crucifixion may have thought they’d ridded the world of the Lamb of God. But they didn’t. On the third day after the crucifixion, Christ rose! He rose from the tomb, a resurrected being! Oh, what glorious thought.

Here is an easy to understand definition of resurrection, as stated at the LDS.org site:

“Because of the Fall of Adam and Eve, we are subject to physical death, which is the separation of the spirit from the body. Through the Atonement of Jesus Christ, all people will be resurrected and saved from physical death (see 1 Corinthians 15:22). Resurrection is the reuniting of the spirit with the body in an immortal state, no longer subject to disease or death” (”Resurrection,” LDS.org).

There were many after Jesus Christ’s resurrection who testified they had seen the risen Lord. One of Jesus Christ’s antemortal appearances was recorded in Matthew 28:1-9. For sake of brevity, I will just share a few verses:

“And the angel answered and said….Fear ye not: for I know that ye seek Jesus, which was crucified.

“He is not here: for he is risen, as he said….

“And go quickly, and tell his disciples…”

“And they departed quickly…and did run to bring his disciples word.

“And as they went to tell his disciples, behold, Jesus met them, saying, All hail. And they came and held him by the feet, and worshipped him” (Matthew 28:1-9).

They held him by his feet! This is a resurrected Christ, complete with a resurrected body – never to feel death again.

Another witness was Mary.

“And when she had thus said, she turned herself back, and saw Jesus standing, and knew not that it was Jesus….”

As soon as Mary discovered it was the Lord, she went to embrace him. But here is what Christ said:

“Jesus saith unto her, Touch me not; for I am not yet ascended to my Father: but go to my brethren…” (for the complete account, see John 20:1-18).

There were many more antemortal appearances of Jesus Christ, where individuals saw and (eventually) were able to touch the Savior. They all witnessed of the miracle of the Resurrection. This link will take you to a listing of many of Jesus’ postmortal / antemortal appearances. Simply click on the references at that linked page to read the many witnesses of the resurrected Christ!

Jesus Christ broke the bands of death; he vanquished sin in our behalf. And He still lives! Joseph Smith, the prophet of the restoration of Christ’s gospel and church, bore witness to this himself. This is why as Mormons we worship the risen Lord.

To learn more, visit the Mormon.org website.