Note 6 at 1 Cor. 15:15: Jesus said in John 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? John 5:28-29 makes it very clear that it will be the part of us that is in the grave, i.e. our physical bodies. 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 this time the immaterial part of man (soul-Rev. 6:9; and spirit-Jas. 2:26) will be reunited and reassembled with the material part (body). When a person dies physically, his body goes through a decomposition and returns to its original elements. However, the soul and spirit go into Heaven or into the lower parts of the earth (2 Cor. 5:8; Lk. 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 soul and spirit, thus having the complete personality of mankind again reconstituted.

At this time, Jesus stated a judgment or sentence will be declared (Heb. 9:27-28; Heb. 6:2; Acts 24:25). For the believer the sentence has already been declared-he has "passed from death unto life" (Jn. 5:24). For the unbeliever, he will be judged according to his works (Rev. 20:12-13).