2026.04.26 | Is the Resurrection Actually Reasonable?

I’ll be honest. The idea of people coming back to life has always felt like a stretch to me. I figured it was just a nice thought people used to feel better about death, but I didn't think it was rooted in much logic.

Then I saw how Jesus handled a group of skeptics who felt the same way I did.

They came to Him with a total "gotcha" question about marriage and the afterlife, trying to make the whole idea of heaven look absurd. I expected a religious platitude, but Jesus gave a remarkably logical answer.

He explained that we can’t judge the next life based on the rules of this one. It isn't just "Earth 2.0." He basically told them they were thinking too small.

The part that really got me was when He pointed to the burning bush story. When God spoke to Moses, He didn't say "I used to be" the God of the ancestors. He said, "I am." Even though those men had been dead for centuries, God spoke about them in the present tense.

The point Jesus made was simple: God is the God of the living, not the dead.

I’m still processing a lot of this, but it changed how I view the resurrection. It isn't just a random miracle tacked onto the end of a story. It’s a natural result of who God is. If He exists, and if He is as big as He says He is, then life doesn't just stop. That’s a perspective I hadn’t considered before.

You can watch the full message from Elder David Ord on our YouTube channel or through the Hope App.