I believe that yes, I will die - but I will live at the resurrection and in that sense I will never die.
read all of John 11, Martha thought Jesus was referring to the resurrection in the last days too, but He said that in response to her statement.. she said this " “I know that he will rise again in the resurrection at the last day.”
IF you are not dead and buried in Christ cruxification and raised again into NEW life with the Holy Spirit leading you then it you have not been born again. To be born again you are transferred from the kingdom of darkness into the kingdom of Light.
A person as a "whole" person dies - that "whole" person will live again at the return of Christ and only then and in the following order:
1 Co. 15:22-24 For as in Adam all die, even so in Christ shall all be made alive. But every man in his own order: Christ the firstfruits; afterward they that are Christ's at his coming. Then cometh the end (telos) when he shall have delivered up the kingdom to God even the Father, when he shall have put down all rule and all authority and power.
1 co 15: 42 So also is the resurrection of the dead. The body is sown in corruption, it is raised in incorruption. 43 It is sown in dishonor, it is raised in glory. It is sown in weakness, it is raised in power. 44 It is sown a natural body, it is raised a spiritual body. There is a natural body, and there is a spiritual body. 45 And so it is written, “The first man Adam became a living being.”[d] The last Adam became a life-giving spirit.
49 And as we have borne the image of the man of dust, we shall also bear[f] the image of the heavenly Man.
it talks about being born again and receiving the HOLY SPIRIT....
Psalm 116:15 Precious in the sight of the LORD is the death of his saints. Precious is the Hebrew word - yakar - and means of great price, costly. It cost God a lot for one of us to die - that is one less that praise Him and testify of Him.
seriously... you have to be joking...
Psalm 116
3 The pains of death surrounded me,
And the pangs of Sheol laid hold of me;
I found trouble and sorrow.
4 Then I called upon the name of the Lord:
“O Lord, I implore You, deliver my soul!”
5 Gracious is the Lord, and righteous;
Yes, our God is merciful.
6 The Lord preserves the simple;
I was brought low, and He saved me.
7 Return to your rest, O my soul,
For the Lord has dealt bountifully with you.
8 For You have delivered my soul from death,
My eyes from tears,
And my feet from falling.
9 I will walk before the Lord
In the land of the living.
10 I believed, therefore I spoke,
“I am greatly afflicted.”
11 I said in my haste,
“All men are liars.”
12 What shall I render to the Lord
For all His benefits toward me?
13 I will take up the cup of salvation,
And call upon the name of the Lord.
14 I will pay my vows to the Lord
Now in the presence of all His people.
now WHERE are God's People?
Hebrews 12
22 But you have come to Mount Zion and to the city of the living God, the heavenly Jerusalem, to an innumerable company of angels, 23 to the general assembly and church of the firstborn who are registered in heaven, to God the Judge of all, to the spirits of just men made perfect, 24 to Jesus the Mediator of the new covenant, and to the blood of sprinkling that speaks better things than that of Abel.
Psalm 30:9 what profit is there in my blood, when I go down to the dirt? shall the dust praise thee? shall it declare thy truth.
interesting you ignore these verses from the same psalm:
3 O Lord, You brought my soul up from the grave;
You have kept me alive, that I should not go down to the pit.[a]
Psalm 88:10 Wilt thou shew wonders to the dead? shall the dead arise and praise thee? Selah. Shall thy loving kindness be declared in the grave?
that was a heartfelt prayer... God's answer is in Psalm 91. ..
Psalm 115:17 The dead praise not the LORD, neither any that go down into silence.
dead referred to here are the spiritually dead idol worshipers. the Faithful say this "18 But we will bless the Lord
From this time forth and forevermore."
from this time forth and forevermore... hmmm does forever still mean forever?
Psalm 143:3 For the enemy hath persecuted my soul; he hath smitten my life down to the ground; he hath made me to dwell in darkness, as those that have been long dead.
yes satan can make people quite depressed.... ever heard of a metaphor? they use the word "as"
John 14 Let not your heart be troubled: ye believe in God, believe also in me. In my Father's house are many mansions: if it were not so, I would have told you. I go to prepare a place for you.And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again; that where I am; there ye may be also.
John 14
19 “A little while longer and the world will see Me no more, but you will see Me. Because I live, you will live also. 20 At that day you will know that I am in My Father, and you in Me, and I in you. 21 He who has My commandments and keeps them, it is he who loves Me. And he who loves Me will be loved by My Father, and I will love him and manifest Myself to him.”
22 Judas (not Iscariot) said to Him, “Lord, how is it that You will manifest Yourself to us, and not to the world?”
23 Jesus answered and said to him, “If anyone loves Me, he will keep My word; and My Father will love him, and We will come to him and make Our home with him. 24 He who does not love Me does not keep My words; and the word which you hear is not Mine but the Father’s who sent Me.
25 “These things I have spoken to you while being present with you. 26 But the Helper, the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in My name, He will teach you all things, and bring to your remembrance all things that I said to you. 27 Peace I leave with you, My peace I give to you; not as the world gives do I give to you. Let not your heart be troubled, neither let it be afraid. 28 You have heard Me say to you, ‘I am going away and coming back to you.’ If you loved Me, you would rejoice because I said,[e] ‘I am going to the Father,’ for My Father is greater than I.
read in context you can see He is talking about sending the HOLY SPIRIT....those who have been born again SEE Christ through His Holy Spirit for Jesus said "I am going away and coming back to you" and that He would not leave them orphans.
why do you think this has to do with Jesus second coming to destroy the world and replace it with a NEW Heaven and NEW Earth? If it was to do with the final Judgement day, then why would there be a need for mansions in Heaven? for Revelations 21 reveals that the saints dwell in the NEW Earth. therefore it makes more sense for Jesus to take those who die in Him to Heaven with Him.
2 Corinthians 15:26 The last enemy that shall be destroyed is death. Which will be at the end (telos) "And death and hell (hades -grave) were cast into the lake of fire. This is the second death." Rev. 20:15
God bless.
the dead in Revelation 20 are referring to those who rejected Jesus as their Savior and were not born again in the Spirit. they did not receive the Morning Star. they did not have Jesus living within them.
2 Peter 1
19 And so we have the prophetic word confirmed,[a]
which you do well to heed as a light that shines in a dark place, until the day dawns and the morning star rises in your hearts; 20 knowing this first, that no prophecy of Scripture is of any private interpretation,
21 for prophecy never came by the will of man, but holy men of God[c] spoke as they were moved by the Holy Spirit.
Revelation 2
25 But hold fast what you have till I come. 26 And he who overcomes, and keeps My works until the end, to him I will give power over the nations—
27 ‘He shall rule them with a rod of iron;
They shall be dashed to pieces like the potter’s vessels’[j]—
as I also have received from My Father; 28 and I will give him the morning star.
Revelation 22:16
“I, Jesus, have sent My angel to testify to you these things in the churches. I am the Root and the Offspring of David, the Bright and Morning Star.”
Revelation 3
18 I counsel you to buy from Me gold refined in the fire, that you may be rich; and white garments, that you may be clothed, that the shame of your nakedness may not be revealed; and anoint your eyes with eye salve, that you may see. 19 As many as I love, I rebuke and chasten. Therefore be zealous and repent. 20 Behold, I stand at the door and knock. If anyone hears My voice and opens the door, I will come in to him and dine with him, and he with Me. 21 To him who overcomes I will grant to sit with Me on My throne, as I also overcame and sat down with My Father on His throne.
nit all...