Here is a Scripture that I feel is in line with the OP. In the absence of ezrider, I'll pick up the thread to keep it active. The Scripture is Ephesians 2:1-6. The verse that I'm interested in is Verse 6. I did not want to take it out of the context, so I included the other verses.
Ephesians 2:6 "and raised us up with him and seated us with him in the heavenly places in Christ Jesus." Here is a statement by John Gill of whom several of us like his comments....
"Hath raised us up together.... Which refers either to a spiritual resurrection, to a resurrection from a death in sin, to a spiritual life; and which is the effect of almighty power, and of rich grace and mercy; and in which Christ is concerned: he is the efficient cause of it, he raises the dead in this sense, and quickens whom he will; and his resurrection is the virtual cause of it; and also the exemplar, between which there is a great likeness; both bear the same name; both are a declaration of sonship; and both the first step to glory in Christ and in his people; and both are instances of the exceeding greatness of God's power: or it may refer to a corporeal resurrection, said to be already, because it is in faith and hope, and because of the certainty of it; and to be together with Christ, because of the conformity of it to his resurrection, and to the influence of which it is owing; and chiefly because that when Christ rose from the dead, all his people rose in him, and with him, as their head and representative, he being the firstfruits of them that slept; so called, in allusion to the firstfruits of the harvest under the law, which represented and sanctified the whole." Copied from e-Sword. (The bold words are my doing. to show emphasis on certain words).
We are one with Christ through the new birth, in that we have been made to drink of the same Spirit.
We are joined to Him spiritually, so that if He is seated in heavenly places we are joined to Him there, and He is joined to us here.
for it is written -
He will never leave us nor forsake us.
However, the resurrection of the dead in Christ is future, whereby we will be "physically" resurrected from the dead, and will have an immortal body that will never die, and will shine like the sun, being just like the angels as sons of God; being sons of the resurrection.
That Day, we are all looking forward to.
The Son of Man will send out His angels, and they will gather out of His kingdom all things that offend, and those who practice lawlessness,
and will cast them into the furnace of fire. There will be wailing and gnashing of teeth. Then
the righteous will shine forth as the sun in the kingdom of their Father. He who has ears to hear, let him hear!
Matthew 13:41-43
and again -
But those who are counted worthy to attain
that age,
and the resurrection from the dead, neither marry nor are given in marriage;
nor can they die anymore, for they are equal to the angels and
are sons of God, being sons of the resurrection.
Luke 20:35-36
and again -
Behold, I tell you a mystery: We shall not all sleep, but we shall all be changed--in a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trumpet. For the trumpet will sound, and the dead will be raised incorruptible, and we shall be changed. For this corruptible must put on incorruption, and
this mortal must put on immortality. So when this corruptible has put on incorruption, and
this mortal has put on immortality, then shall be brought to pass the saying that is written: "Death is swallowed up in victory."
1 Corinthians 15:51-54
JLB
