The greatest of all miracles is
Christ’s resurrection from the dead. Professed followers of the Risen Lord are
celebrating at Eastertime, in form at last, this great miracle. There are many
people who reject the reality of the resurrection of the Lord. They believe, or
profess to believe, in the teachings of Christ, but do not believe in the
immaculate conception nor in his literal resurrection from the grave; yet, this
latter fact was the very foundation of the early Christian church.
. . .
To me the testimonies of these
men mean but one thing, and that is that Jesus Christ—who was born of the Virgin
Mary; who preached the gospel after his own name; who sought the lost ones; whose
life as we know it, even from the fragmentary accounts thereof, is an inspiration
and has been an inspiration to millions for two thousand years; who was crucified
in ignominy; and who was buried—that this same Jesus Christ arose from the
grave literally, and that the early Christian Church was founded upon that
divine fact. (David O. McKay, “The Miracle of the Resurrection,” in Treasures
of Life, comp. Clare Middlemiss [Salt Lake City: Deseret Book Company, 1962],
32, 35)
Note that McKay affirmed the virginal conception [which he incorrectly
called the immaculate conception] of Jesus and stated Jesus was born of
the virgin Mary—affirming the virginal birth, too. For more, see:
