For this reason Christ died and returned to life, that He might be the Lord of both the dead and the living. — Romans 14:9

Christ died, rose, and lives again—for one purpose: that he might be Lord of both the dead and the living. His lordship covers both sides of the grave. Death couldn't hold him, and it can't separate his people from him either. Whether we live or die, we belong to the Lord, and that changes everything.