When you believed in Jesus, you shared in His death and resurrection.
You have already stepped into your eternal life — death and judgment (for sins) are behind you:
““Most certainly I tell you, he who hears my word, and believes him who sent me, has eternal life, and doesn’t come into judgment, but has passed out of death into life.” (John 5:24 WEB)
When a believer’s mortal body expires, he doesn’t die. He falls asleep.
“But we don’t want you to be ignorant, brothers, concerning those who have fallen asleep, so that you don’t grieve like the rest, who have no hope. For if we believe that Jesus died and rose again, even so God will bring with him those who have fallen asleep in Jesus. For this we tell you by the word of the Lord, that we who are alive, who are left to the coming of the Lord, will in no way precede those who have fallen asleep. For the Lord himself will descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of the archangel, and with God’s trumpet. The dead in Christ will rise first, then we who are alive, who are left, will be caught up together with them in the clouds, to meet the Lord in the air. So we will be with the Lord forever.” (1 Thessalonians 4:13-17 WEB)
When Jesus returns for us during the Rapture, that mortal body will be transformed into a new glorified body.
That’s why it’s called falling asleep: it’s temporary. He will wake up again.
There is a “second death” for those who don’t overcome:
“He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the assemblies. He who overcomes won’t be harmed by the second death.” (Revelation 2:11 WEB)
How does one overcome? Simply by believing that Jesus is the Son of God:
“For whatever is born of God overcomes the world. This is the victory that has overcome the world: your faith. Who is he who overcomes the world, but he who believes that Jesus is the Son of God?” (1 John 5:4-5 WEB)
Those who are only born once, will die twice.
People who don’t believe in Jesus will be resurrected back to life during the Great White Throne Judgment, and after receiving their sentence of condemnation, they will be cast alive into the lake of fire, causing them to die again:
“Death and Hades were thrown into the lake of fire. This is the second death, the lake of fire. If anyone was not found written in the book of life, he was cast into the lake of fire.” (Revelation 20:14-15 WEB)
After their mortal bodies perish instantly, their spirits will continue to be tormented in the flames forever.
God didn’t put them there. They used their own free will to choose an eternity of separation from God.
Jesus had paid for their lifetime of sins at the cross, and they made Him suffer needlessly by scorning what He did for them.
Imagine how severe their trespass is for causing God to suffer unthinkable punishment in vain.
“For the law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus made me free from the law of sin and of death.” (Romans 8:2 WEB)
If you’ve been born-again, Death has no power or dominion over you, and that includes sickness, aging, weakness, forgetfulness, etc. — you have been redeemed from Death and all its symptoms!
Moral of the story: Be born twice so that you only die once!
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