People will continue to exist after they die, and there will be a resurrection someday, but God makes a distinction between the resurrection of the just (those who are in Christ) and the unjust (those who die in their sin): “Multitudes who sleep in the dust of the earth will awake: some to everlasting life, others to shame and everlasting contempt” (Daniel 12:2). The fact of life after death does not mean everyone will go to heaven, however. Just as God raised up Jesus’ body, so will our bodies be resurrected upon Jesus’ return (1 Corinthians 6:14). Christ was only the first of a great harvest of those who will be raised to life again (1 Corinthians 15:23). As Jesus told His disciples, “Because I live, you also will live” (John 14:19). Because Christ was raised from the dead, we have faith that we, too, will be resurrected. The resurrection of Christ, which gives us the sure hope of life after death, is the cornerstone of the Christian faith (1 Corinthians 15:12–19). All of them could bear testimony to the fact that Jesus is alive and that there is indeed life after death. The apostle Paul invited people to question the over 500 eyewitnesses who saw Jesus after His resurrection (1 Corinthians 15:6). The resurrection of the Christ is a well-documented event. Three days after His crucifixion, Jesus proved Himself victorious over death by rising from the grave-He is life personified (John 11:25) and the ultimate proof that there is life after death. Jesus Christ, God incarnate, came to the earth to pay for our sins and give us the gift of eternal life: “He was pierced for our transgressions, he was crushed for our iniquities the punishment that brought us peace was upon him, and by his wounds we are healed” (Isaiah 53:5). “Whoever has the Son has life” (1 John 5:12). In Jesus’ prayer in this passage, He equates “eternal life” with a knowledge of God and of the Son. This eternal life is inextricably linked to the Person of Jesus Christ: “Now this is eternal life: that they know you, the only true God, and Jesus Christ, whom you have sent” (John 17:3). To those who are redeemed and have their sin forgiven, God gives eternal life, an existence so glorious that “no eye has seen, no ear has heard, and no mind has imagined what God has prepared for those who love him” (1 Corinthians 2:9, NLT). At death, the body ceases to function and begins the process of returning to the earth, but the spiritual part of man lives on: “The dust returns to the ground it came from, and the spirit returns to God who gave it” (Ecclesiastes 12:7 cf. This world is not all there is, and mankind was made for something more.
The Bible tells us that, yes, there is life after death.
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