- Jul 13, 2012
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It says right there, those who are asleep, the dead in Christ, it is those in the grave, the Sheol or Hades will come out at the call of Christ like when He said Lazuras come forth. And the saints who are asleep in the grave will rise as promised at the resurrection at the end..
And many of those who sleep in the dust of the earth shall awake,
Some to everlasting life,
Some to shame and everlasting contempt.
Daniel 12:2
What sleeps in the dust is the physical body.
But I do not want you to be ignorant, brethren, concerning those who have fallen asleep, lest you sorrow as others who have no hope. For if we believe that Jesus died and rose again, even so God will bring with Him those who sleep in Jesus.
For this we say to you by the word of the Lord, that we who are alive and remain until the coming of the Lord will by no means precede those who are asleep. For the Lord Himself will descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of an archangel, and with the trumpet of God. And the dead in Christ will rise first.
1 Thessalonians 4:13-16