President Gordon B. Hinckley
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The resurrection of Jesus Christ was no ordinary thing. It was the greatest event in human history.
"Of all the things for which I feel grateful, I am most thankful this Easter morning for the gift of my Lord and my Redeemer."
Only a God could do what Christ did. He broke the bonds of death. He too had to die, but on the third day following his burial, he rose from the grave and in so doing brought the blessing of the resurrection to every human being.
"These simple words — 'He is not here, but is risen' — have become the most profound in all literature. They are the declaration of the empty tomb.
"They are the fulfillment of all he had spoken concerning rising again. They are the triumphant response to the query facing every man, woman and child who was ever born to Earth."
Christ is the triumphant Lord, who opened the way whereby men may gain not only immortality but also eternal life.
"For as in Adam all die, even so in Christ shall all be made alive" (1 Cor. 15:22).
