Elder Joseph B. Wirthlin (1917-2008) of the Quorum of the
Twelve Apostles addressed this question in his October 2006 general conference
address:
“I think that of all the days since the beginning of this
world’s history, that Friday [when the Savior was crucified] was the darkest.
“But the doom of that day did not endure.
“The despair did not linger because on Sunday, the
resurrected Lord burst the bonds of death. He ascended from the grave and
appeared gloriously triumphant as the Savior of all mankind.
“And in an instant the eyes that had been filled with
ever-flowing tears dried. The lips that had whispered prayers of distress and
grief now filed the air with wondrous praise, for Jesus the Christ, the Son of
the living God, stood before them as the firstfruits of the Resurrection, the
proof that death is merely the beginning of a new and wondrous existence. . . .
“Because of the life and eternal sacrifice of the Savior of
the world, we will be reunited with those we have cherished.”
“Sunday Will Come,” Ensign, Nov. 2006, 30.
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