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What hope can we have for the dead?

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Job 14:14-15
can the dead come back to life? - day after day of my service,
I should be waiting for my relief to come.
15 Then you would call, and I should answer,
you would want to see once more what you have made.

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John 5:28-29
Do not be surprised at this, for the hour is coming when the dead
will leave their graves at the sound of his voice:
29 those who did good will come forth to life;
and those who did evil will come forth to judgement.

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John 11:25-26
Jesus said: I am the resurrection. Anyone who believes in me,
even though that person dies, will live,
26 and whoever lives and believes in me will never die. Do you believe this?

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Acts 24:15
and I hold the same hope in God as they do that there will be
a resurrection of the upright and the wicked alike.

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Revelation 20:12-13
I saw the dead, great and small alike, standing in front of his throne
while the books lay open. And another book was opened,
which is the book of life, and the dead were judged
from what was written in the books, as their deeds deserved.
13 The sea gave up all the dead who were in it;

What does your Bible say

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"Living again" as a man "the work of God's hands"

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The resurection is future. we must wait, "the hour is coming"

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The resurection will be for the vast majority of mankind who have died

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The Bible records resurections that all brought people back to life on earth

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Jesus mentions a time in the future where people who exercise faith will not even die

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Like a loving father, God give us hope for our loved ones who have died
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