Even if we die before the return of the Lord, our flesh, raised by the power of Christ, shall be reunited with our souls. For those who know the only true God, and Christ as Lord and Saviour, this is a sure hope and eternal comfort. 

But when the time comes to face the final enemy that is Death, Christians have a marvelous confidence: our life in Christ will never end. At the moment of death, our souls will be taken up to him.

And that’s only the beginning. For the Bible looks beyond death to the full restoration of body and soul. The Apostles’ Creed teaches us to confess, “I believe in the resurrection of the body.” As Christ says in John 5:28-29, “An hour is coming when all who are in their tombs will hear my voice and come out.”

Jesus showed the truth of this during his ministry. 

His friend Lazarus had become sick and died. Jesus was a long time in coming, and when He arrived, already four days had passed.

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