Five Mem. Relations (Chadwick) n. 7

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7. On hearing these things the angels say, 'Welcome. We will show you something new, which you have not known or believed before; and this is that every man after death lives in a body just as he did before.' To this the new spirits retort, 'That is impossible; where would he get a body from? Is not his body together with all of him lying dead in the grave?' To this the angels reply with amusement, 'We will give you an ocular demonstration of this', and they say, 'Are you not men in perfect shape! Look at yourselves, feel yourselves; and et you have left the natural world. The reason why you have so far been unaware of this is that the first state of life after death is exactly similar to the last state of life before death.' On hearing this the new arrivals are amazed, and in heartfelt joy exclaim, 'Thanks be to God that we are alive and death has not utterly destroyed us.' I have often heard newcomers taught about their life beyond the grave in this way and delighted at their own resurrection.


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