Note 6 at 1Co 15:15: Jesus said in Joh 5:28-29, "For the hour is coming, in the which all that are in the graves shall hear his voice, And shall come forth; they that have done good, unto the resurrection of life; and they that have done evil, unto the resurrection of damnation." There is a future time when all people will be resurrected.

What kind of resurrection will this be? Joh 5:28-29 makes it very clear that it will be the part of man that is in the grave; i.e., the physical body. In other words, it will be a bodily resurrection. Notice that it will be the voice of the Son of God that will bring them forth, some to a resurrection of life and others to a resurrection of damnation.

At that time, the immaterial parts of man--the soul (Re 6:9) and the spirit (Jas 2:26)--will be reunited and reassembled with the material part (the body). When people die physically, their bodies go through decomposition and return to their original elements. However, their souls and spirits go into heaven or into the lower parts of the earth (2Co 5:8 and Lu 16:19-31), depending on their acceptance or rejection of salvation. At the moment of resurrection, the material elements (the body) are raised up, reassembled, and reunited with the departed immaterial parts (the soul and spirit), thus having the complete personality of mankind again reconstituted.

Jesus stated that after this happens, a judgment or sentence will be declared (Heb 6:2, 9:27-28; and Ac 24:25). For believers, the sentence has already been declared--they have "passed from death unto life" (Joh 5:24). For unbelievers, they will be judged according to their works (Re 20:12-13).