Of the first or temporal death, which came by the first transgression, read: “For dust thou art, and unto dust shalt thou return.” Gen. 3:19; 25:33.
“And as it is appointed unto men once to die, but after this the judgment.” Heb. 9:27.
“For since by man came death, by man came also the resurrection of the dead.” 1 Cor. 15:21.
“For God made not death: neither hath he pleasure in the destruction of the living.” Wisdom 1:13.
“Nevertheless, through envy of the devil came death into the world.” Wis. 2:24; Rom. 5:12.
How at the second coming of Christ the dead shall rise through Christ, read: “For the Lord himself shall descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of the archangel, and with the trump of God: and the dead in Christ shall rise first.” 1 Thess. 4:16.
“Marvel not at this; for the hour is coming, in the which all that are in the graves shall hear his voice, and shall come forth; they that have done good, unto the resurrection of life; and they that have done evil unto the resurrection of damnation.” John 5:28,29.
I know that my Redeemer liveth, and that he shall stand at the latter day upon the earth: and though after my skin worms destroy this body, yet in my flesh shall I see God: whom I shall see for myself, and mine eyes shall behold.” Job 19:25–27.
Read also: Is. 26:19; Dan. 12:13; Matt. 22:31; Luke 20:35; John 6:40; 11:25; 1 Cor. 15 throughout; Ps. 90:3.
How in the resurrection of the dead, men’s vile bodies shall be glorified, read: “In the resurrection they neither marry, nor are given in marriage, but are as the angels of God in heaven.” Matt. 22:30.
“For our conversation is in heaven, from whence also we look for the Savior, the Lord Jesus Christ: who shall change our vile body, that it may be fashioned like unto his glorious body, according to the working whereby he is able even to subdue all things unto himself.” Phil. 3:20,21; 1 Corinthians 15:42,53.