The wages of sin is death. But God,
who alone is immortal, will grant eternal life to His redeemed. Until that
day death is an unconscious state for all people. When Christ, who is our
life, appears, the resurrected righteous and the living righteous will
be glorified and caught up to meet their Lord. The second resurrection,
the resurrection of the unrighteous, will take place a thousand years later.
(
Romans 6:23;
1 Timothy 6:15, 16;
Ecclesiastes 9:5, 6;
Psalm 146:3, 4;
John 11:11-14;
Colossians 3:4;
1 Corinthians 15:51-54;
1 Thessalonians 4:13-17;
John 5:28, 29;
Revelation 20:1-10.
)