When Christ, who is your life, appears, then you also will appear with Him in glory. — Colossians 3:4

He's not just the one who gives life—he is our life. Take Christ out of a christian and there's nothing left. Because he lives, we will live also. One day the trumpet will sound, the dead in Christ will rise, and we'll be with him forever. We don't yet know what we'll be, but we know that when he appears, we'll be like him. That's the hope that keeps us going.