1ºRevelation 21:4
4 And he will wipe out every tear from their eyes, and death will be no more, neither will mourning nor outcry nor pain be anymore. The former things have passed away.”
Job 14:14
14 If a man dies, can he live again? I will wait all the days of my compulsory service Until my relief comes.
John 6:40
40 For this is the will of my Father, that everyone who recognizes the Son and exercises faith in him should have everlasting life, and I will resurrect him on the last day.”
Romans 6:7
For the one who has died has been acquitted from his sin.
Isaiah 25:8
8 He will swallow up death forever, And the Sovereign Lord Jehovah will wipe away the tears from all faces. The reproach of his people he will take away from all the earth, For Jehovah himself has spoken it.
Is there hope for the dead?
Death is like sleep in that the dead are unconscious and cannot do anything. However, the Creator of life can bring the dead back by means of a resurrection. In proof of that, God empowered Jesus to raise several dead people to life. —Read Ecclesiastes 9:5; John 11:11, 43, 44.
In what sense is death like sleep?
God has promised that the dead who are in his memory will be resurrected to life in a righteous new world. Those who will be resurrected must remain in death until God gives them life again. Almighty God yearns to use his power to restore life to the dead.
What will the resurrection be like?
When God resurrects people, they will be able to recognize themselves, their friends, and their family. Even though a person’s body decomposes, God can resurrect that same person with a new body. —Read 1 Corinthians 15:35, 38.
Relatively few individuals are raised to life in heaven.
Most resurrected ones will return to life in a restored paradise on earth. These will be given a fresh start, with the prospect of living forever.
Revelation 20:6
Happy and holy is anyone having part in the first resurrection; over these the second death has no authority, but they will be priests of God and of the Christ, and they will rule as kings with him for the 1,000 years.
Psalms 37:29
29The righteous will possess the earth, And they will live forever on it.
Acts 24:15
And I have hope toward God, which hope these men also look forward to, that there is going to be a resurrection of both the righteous and the unrighteous.