The Resurrection of the Saved and the Lost

 

We believe in the bodily resurrection of all mankind, the saved to eternal life, and the unsaved to judgment and everlasting punishment. We believe that the souls of the redeemed are at death absent from the body and present with the Lord, where in conscious bliss they await the first resurrection when spirit, soul and body are reunited to be glorified forever with the Lord. We believe that the souls of unbelievers remain after death in conscious misery until the second resurrection, when with soul and body reunited they shall appear at the Great White Throne Judgment and shall be cast into the Lake of Fire, not to be annihilated but to suffer everlasting, conscious punishment. (Matthew 25:41, 46; Mark 9:43-48; Luke 16:19-26; 23:43; John 5:28, 29;11:25, 26; II Corinthians 5:8; Philippians 1:23; 3:21; II Thessalonians 1:7-9; Jude 6,7; Revelation 20:4-6)