3. The existence of the inner trial

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LESSON FIVE: THE RESURRECTION AND THE SCALES OF JUSTICE2. Resurrection Among the Tribes of the Past

The existence of the inner trial or court called the Conscience is another reason for the resurrection being primordial.

Just as we have previously said, we all well sense that there is a trial or a court within us which judges what we do. It gives rewards for good deeds. We feel satisfied and our spirit overflows with joy and happiness in such a way that the feeling is incapable of being described. In relation to evil deeds, and, in particular, great sins, they are felt in such a way that life becomes bitter.

It has often been seen that individuals, after committing a great crime, like murder and trying to escape from the scales of justice, voluntarily give themselves up. They surrender to the hangman’s noose and the reason is the torture which the conscience gives.

A human being, on bearing witness to this trial or court, asks himself or herself, “How can I, who am but a small creature, have such a conscience but the great universe and the world of creation not have a trial or court which it is worthy of?”

In this way, we can prove that the belief in the resurrection and life after death is primordial in three ways:

1. Through love of survival.

2. Because of the existence of this belief throughout history.

3.   Through a small example of that in our own selves.

Think and Answer

1. How can one distinguish that which is primordial from that which is not primordial?

2. What is the reason why a human being has a love for survival and what reason can this be for the primordiality of the resurrection?

3. Did the early people believe in the resurrection? Why?

4. How does the condemnation by our conscience encourage or punish us? Give examples of that.

5. What relation is there between the trial by one’s conscience and the great Day of Judgment?

 

 

 

 

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