An Apostle’s Easter Thoughts on Christ

Though Easter is now a week behind us, this video — linked above – posted in celebration of Easter continues to receive hits. A press release explains the popularity of this Easter message:

SALT LAKE CITY 13 April 2009 A short Easter video from The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints quickly spread over the weekend to become the top “viral” video on the Internet, according to the Viral Video Chart.

The four-and-a- half-minute video was extracted from an address delivered by Elder Jeffrey R. Holland, of the Church’s Quorum of the Twelve Apostles, at the faith’s general conference on April 4–5, in which he spoke of the final moments in the life of Jesus Christ and talked directly to those who feel alone or abandoned.

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I would like to respond to a question posed by a comment on my recent post asking about the Pope. Well, two questions actually. And the reason I am devoting space to it here, is because I think that they are good questions.

Here they are:

“How will Jews who have rejected Jesus Christ as their Lord and Savior know when their savior comes?” And, “What is the end game for Jews and how will they know when it arrives?”

Let me begin by reiterating that I am by no means any type of authority on Judaism. I’m just a girl who in my early years, repelled the thought of any type of religious education. I did have a Bat Mitzvah, but only after my parents had to foot the bill for a private tutor. I was kicked out of my temple’s religious school for being “disruptive” and “too social”.

My interest in religion now is…