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1693·The Common Faith
Question 36 of 82
What Man Ought to Believe Concerning God

What benefits do believers receive from Christ at their death?

Answer

The souls of believers are at their death made perfect in holiness (), and immediately pass into glory (; ; ), and their bodies, being still united to Christ (), rest in their graves () till the resurrection ().

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Hebrews 12:23
To the general assembly and church of the firstborn, which are written in heaven, and to God the Judge of all, and to the spirits of just men made perfect,
Philippians 1:23
For I am in a strait betwixt two, having a desire to depart, and to be with Christ; which is far better:
2 Corinthians 5:8
We are confident, [I say], and willing rather to be absent from the body, and to be present with the Lord.
Luke 23:43
And Jesus said unto him, Verily I say unto thee, To day shalt thou be with me in paradise.
1 Thessalonians 4:14
For if we believe that Jesus died and rose again, even so them also which sleep in Jesus will God bring with him.
Isaiah 57:2
He shall enter into peace: they shall rest in their beds, [each one] walking [in] his uprightness.
Job 19:26
And [though] after my skin [worms] destroy this [body], yet in my flesh shall I see God: