The biblical teachings on the resurrection of the dead and eternal judgment are listed as two of the fundamental doctrines of the Church of God leading to perfection and eternal life. When I learned the real Truth about death and the resurrections back in the 1960’s, it was a bolt of new Truth that I have cherished to this day. We believe that the only hope of eternal life for mortal humans lies in the resurrection through the indwelling of the Holy Spirit. We believe that at the return of Jesus Christ a resurrection to spirit life will take place for all who have been God’s faithful servants. We believe that after Jesus Christ has ruled on earth for 1,000 years there will be a resurrection to physical life of the vast majority of all people who have ever lived. We believe that, after these people have had an opportunity to live a physical life if they become converted they, too, will receive eternal life. We also believe that those who reject God’s offer of salvation will reap eternal death. May God help us all to remain deeply repentant as we travel the narrow road to eternal life in God’s Kingdom that will come at the sound of the Seventh Trumpet.

Bill Cagle