The angel wearing linen clothes said, "At that time the great angel Michael, who guards your people, will appear. Then there will be a time of troubles, the worst since nations first came into existence. When that time comes, all the people of your nation whose names are written in God's book will be saved.

Then God's people will shine like the sun in their Father's Kingdom. Listen, then, if you have ears!

We, however, are citizens of heaven, and we eagerly wait for our Savior, the Lord Jesus Christ, to come from heaven.

He will change our weak mortal bodies and make them like his own glorious body, using that power by which he is able to bring all things under his rule.

But we die, and that is the end of us; we die, and where are we then?

The LORD has made me weak while I am still young; he has shortened my life.

For even though it was in weakness that he was put to death on the cross, it is by God's power that he lives. In union with him we also are weak; but in our relations with you we shall share God's power in his life.

God raised the Lord from death, and he will also raise us by his power.

Jesus answered them, "How wrong you are! It is because you don't know the Scriptures or God's power.

For when the dead rise to life, they will be like the angels in heaven and will not marry.

Jesus answered them, "How wrong you are! And do you know why? It is because you don't know the Scriptures or God's power.

For when the dead rise to life, they will be like the angels in heaven and will not marry.

(13:13) The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ, the love of God, and the fellowship of the Holy Spirit be with you all.

All I want is to know Christ and to experience the power of his resurrection, to share in his sufferings and become like him in his death,