Main Points:

1. Until Jesus returns, death is a reality that we will all experience.

2. When Jesus returns, our bodies will be resurrected, reunited with our souls, and glorified.

3. Once Jesus returns, the everlasting life promised to believers will be realized for all eternity.

Application:

1. Allow your Earthly focus to not be on what is temporary, but what is eternal.

2. Allow your Earthly hope to not be shaped by the temporary, but by the eternal.

Closing Exhortations:

1: God's Word is perfect and timeless.

2: God's Word is secure and unchanging.

3: God's Word is authoritative and authentic.

4: God's Word is loving and personal.

Supplemental Text: James 4:13-14 | Hebrews 9:27 | Hebrews 2:14-15 | Romans 8:23-24 | Romans 8:30 | 1 Corinthians 15:51-52 | 1 Corinthians 15:42-44; 49 | Philippians 3:20-21 | Philippians 1:19-23 | Revelation 21:1-4 | Mark 10:29-30 | Revelation 22:4 | John 14:1-3 | Matthew 10:28 | 1 Peter 2:11 | 2 Corinthians 15:1-9 | Isaiah 40:8 | 1 Timothy 6:3-4a | Matthew 24:24