Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1910-03-26
Signs and Types of the Resurrect;o.

Independence Mo. March p. 1910
The sign Of death. and life after
death. h manifested iu an nature The
earth In its revolution around the sun
declares this in bringing winter ana
spring. which is "a symbol Of death and
new life again. Even night and day
is symbol Of death. and life again aft
or death
All flesh testihes 10 this death. ana
life after It again, every twenty four
hours when we sleep we die 10 aIl
worldly knowledge. and remain in this
state about eight hours out Of every
twenty-four. Then we are resurrect-
ed. as Il were. 10 new life. which we
have never lived before
We can see pretty type NJ death.
and life after death, in Abraham. and
also In his seed. Abraham and his
wife sarah, were old and il was
thought that IL was impossible for life
10 spring from them. Isaac was born
after an hopes of life were banished.
Jacob died We may say 10 his ia
TIERS house. and was in bondage to
n
the time came for him to become a
type of the resurrection he came out
with his families herds. and noCks.
and wrestled with the Lord and re-
ceivcd new name from His own
mouth.
We see type Of the death and the
resurrection In Joseph lie was sold
into bondage. and carried into Egypt.
and again sold TO Potiphar He was
Pa Pal ali
was In the latter's house, but vet ne
was cast into prison and was indeed
in the hands Of q power that he was
not able TO free himself from In this
condition he remained until the king
had dream. This dream showed tha
sign ~ life and death but none could
see the sign Of life after death. when
Pharaoh related To him the dreams of
rat cattle and the poor ones which con
sumcd the fat ones and the fun stocks
or corn and the blasted stocks which
consumed the full ones. Joseph saw
the sign ~ the resurrection and laid
the plan whereby they could bridge
over the trouble. In his exaltation from
dungeon 20 king. Joseph also
showed the type Of the resurrection
Jacob, or Israel had twelve sons.
and they all came from four mothers.
All Of those sons were called 20 make
this type Of the death and the rcsur-
roction. They were an forced % go
down into Egypt, by power that they
We're not able to resist They remained
there in bondage for over four hundred
years. Here we find them as dead
men, In power greater than they
II would be hard to ind a better type
Of death than this in all Israel
We see another type I'm Jonah. lie
was swallowed by fish and after
three days he was given up again.
He said he was In the grave during the
time he was in the fish. for he said.
"Out OF the belly Of he'll cried /. unto
the Lord" The Lord heard his prayer
and caused the fish TO give him up.
Another beautiful type Of death and
the resurrection. As Jonah was in the
belly Of the whale three days and
nights, so shall the son Of man he i'm
the heart Of the earth" When we fol-
low Jonah Co Ninevah, and see the
effects Of his preaching. We find that
there Is not "a parallel In the Bible.
from Geneses to Revelation. II rs the
only case whore n whole city repented
az the preaching OF a prophet
All this Is a testimony Of the resur-
rection. After each man went through
this experience. his testimony pertain
ing 70 the resurrection was Increased.
The vision Of Ezekiel was given him
as a testimony that there was a resur-
rection. When he was shown the val
lev Of dry bones the Lord asked him.
son Of man, can these bones live p"
He said. ooh, Lord Thou knowcst."
He was told to prophesy upon the
bones and say unto them that they
should live lie did as he was told. and.
and the bones came together and flesh
covered them. and sinues came over
them, Then he was commanded to
prophecy 10 the wind that the breath
Nigh enter them. He did as he was
commanded and the breath came IN
them, and they lived and stood upon
their feet. an exceeding great army.