Birth and Death are only a part of the Plan of Salvation.
Do not be afraid of either.
Life in the Spirit World.
When we lived in the Spirit World we were presented the Plan of Salvation by our Father in Heaven. See Abraham 3: 22-28
He told us that an earth would be organized for us to come down upon and receive bodies for our spirits.
We would also be tested in all things, and gain experiences that we could not get while in the Spirit World. He knew we would return with a greater understanding of our capabilities and would know ourselves better.
God our Father would also know which of His children, after being tested, could be trusted with greater responsibility and power in the Eternities.
We had our Free Agency there as spirits and will continue to have it and use it while on earth. We needed to learn to experience right and wrong and learn how to choose the right.
He gave us Repentance so we could correct our mistakes and learn from them.
He chose His Son, Jehovah to come to earth and receive His body in the Meridian of time and be known as Jesus Christ, and perform the Atonement for all of us and all of His creations.
Birth on Earth from Spirit World.
This was a glorious time to look forward to. A time in our existence where we finally get a body of flesh and bone like our Father in Heaven.
He taught us the plan that after this life experience, because of the Atonement of His Son, Jesus Christ, we would get our bodies back and become Immortal beings as He is.
This Immortality would come to all of us, but would not allow us to come back into His presence.
Immortality would enable us to live forever, but would not cleanse us of our sins.
The only way to come back into His presence was to Repent of the sins we would commit on earth and keep His commandments that His Son would give to us.
This is because no unclean things can come into the presence of God the Father. You cannot wipe away your sins alone.
His Son’s Atonement and Grace would complete that AFTER all we could do to correct it ourselves.
The recipient must be involved for our own experience, then His Grace will take care of the rest. See 2 Nephi 25: 23
Now came the time for us to gain our bodies.
A couple of our brothers and sisters, coming to earth before us, would meet each other and be married. They would use the power of procreation to make a body for us.
Because this would be a new experience for us, we were very afraid. It was unknown to us how it would happen and how it would feel.
The body for us was beginning to form within our earthly mother. It was designed to make all of the body parts that our spirit body has, namely a head, arms, hands, heart, lungs, liver and the Gender that we were in spirit world.
Our Father in Heaven would have arranged that, knowing who our parents would be. We did not just become a man or woman at this point in time.
Yes, there was Gender in Heaven. Our spirit, after a little while, would enter the body inside our mother. Our spirit, which was fully grown before coming to the earth from the Spirit World, would enable the parts of the little physical body to come into place as they were in our spirit.
You are well alive before you are physically born here on earth.
The body and organs would continue to grow and develop to equally complement the body of the spirit.
As our bodies grew in our mother, we, as live spirits would move around here and there and our mother would be excited to feel us alive.
But, not knowing all of this before entering the body was very scary to us but we learned it wasn’t really that bad.
Death on Earth to Spirit World.
Relax. I know you are very scared. With the knowledge of your former life in the Spirit World blocked off by a Veil or forgetfulness, all you know right now here on earth is your life here.
To stay alive you need air, food, shelter and many other things. You cannot imagine all of that stopping.
What would happen to you if you could not breathe or eat?
I say again, Relax. Yes, it is as scary to you to leave this body into the unknown. But the second you leave the body, you are not dead.
You are still you. A living spirit. You are as you were before you entered this body.
Your body, we say on earth, is dead but it is just inanimate.
For an example, let’s say your hand is you as a spirit. Your earthly body is a glove. The glove by itself is inanimate. It does not move without your hand in it. It can be considered dead.
You put your hand in it, and it comes alive, like you were inside your mother and during earth life. You remove your hand from the glove; it is inanimate again or seemingly dead.
Your glove does not affect your hand or you. You are still alive and your hand can function more freely without the physical body or glove.
Once you leave your body, you see your friends and relatives again in the spirit world.
You will see you have only been gone from the Spirit World for an hour or two.
A day of the Lord’s time is a thousand years our time. (See Abraham 3: 4) where Abraham also gives you detailed information about the Universe and also (2 Peter 3: 8)
While our friends and family still on earth, they mourn for us when in reality, they should be happy for us.
The pains and trials of this earth test are over and the fear we thought death would be, was nothing at all.
We are at peace and alive and our existence is continuing on without skipping a beat.
Do not fear Death.
You will laugh at yourself later.
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