Hope of the World

Reading:   The Living Christ - The Testimony of the Apostles (Jan 2000)

I think it is awesome that at the beginning of the new millennium, the year 2000, the apostles decided to write a statement about the active status of our Savior.  "None other has had so profound an influence upon all who have lived and will yet live upon the earth."

The entire piece echoes the importance of understanding that Jesus is now, and always will be, the same person he was while he walked the Earth. He remains a perfect example to us all and has given us the grace of repentance through his solemn undertaking of the atonement.

Nothing speaks to the tone of the apostolic statement better than the last paragraph...

THE LIVING CHRIST
   THE TESTIMONY OF THE APOSTLES
        THE CHURCH OF JESUS CHRIST OF LATTER DAY SAINTS

We bear testimony, as His duly ordained Apostles-that Jesus is the Living Christ, the immortal Son of God. He is the great King Immanuel, who stands today on the right hand of His Father. He is the light, the life, and the hope of the world. His way is the path that leads to happiness in this life and eternal life in the world to come. God be thanked for the matchless gift of His divine Son. 

He is indeed "...the hope of the world!"

Here is a link to the actual document (I hope).  It's my first time trying the whole link thing so please let me know if it doesn't work).   THE LIVING CHRIST

~Kipling