We believe that the following verses explain that all people (not just Christians) will be resurrected in God’s future kingdom.

Job 19:25-27 (NIV)

“I know that my Redeemer lives, and that in the end he will stand upon the earth.

And after my skin has been destroyed, yet in my flesh I will see God;

I myself will see him with my own eyes—I, and not another.

How my heart yearns within me!”

Isaiah 26:19 (NIV)

“But your dead will live; their bodies will rise.

You who dwell in the dust, wake up and shout for joy.

Your dew is like the dew of the morning; the earth will give birth to her dead.”

Daniel 12:2 (NIV)

“Multitudes who sleep in the dust of the earth will awake: some to everlasting life, others to shame and everlasting contempt.”

Matthew 25:31-23 (NIV)

“When the Son of Man comes in his glory, and all the angels with him, he will sit on his throne in heavenly glory. All the nations will be gathered before him, and he will separate the people one from another as a shepherd separates the sheep from the goats. He will put the sheep on his right and the goats on his left.”

John 5:28-29 (NIV)

“Do not be amazed at this, for a time is coming when all who are in their graves will hear his voice and come out—those who have done good will rise to live, and those who have done evil will rise to be condemned.”

Acts 24:15 (NIV)

“…and I have the same hope in God as these men, that there will be a resurrection of both the righteous and the wicked.”

Romans 14:9-10 (NIV)

“For this very reason, Christ died and returned to life so that he might be the Lord of both the dead and the living. You, then, why do you judge your brother? Or why do you look down on your brother? For we will all stand before God’s judgment seat.”

1 Corinthians 15:21-22 (NIV)

“For since death came through a man, the resurrection of the dead comes also through a man. For as in Adam all die, so in Christ all will be made alive.”

Revelation 20: 4-5 & 12-13 (NIV)

“…They came to life and reigned with Christ a thousand years. (The rest of the dead did not come to life until the thousand years were ended.) This is the first resurrection.”

“And I saw the dead, great and small, standing before the throne, and books were opened. Another book was opened, which is the book of life. The dead were judged according to what they had done as recorded in the books. The sea gave up the dead that were in it, and death and Hades gave up the dead that were in them, and each person was judged according to what he had done.”

These verses imply to us that all people, great and small, wicked or righteous, old or young, will be raised and gathered together in the future, according to God’s plans and prophecies. For us, this is a wonderful hope and encouragement.

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