Return to dust:

 

Then the Lord God formed a man from the dust of the ground and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life, and the man became a living being. Gen 2.7

 

By the sweat of your brow you will eat your food until you return to the ground, since from it you were taken; for dust you are and to dust you will return." Gen 3.13

 

And no man hath ascended up to heaven, but he that came down from heaven, even the Son of man which is in heaven. John 13.3

 

…the dust returns to the ground it came from, and the spirit (breath of God) returns to God who gave it. Eccl 12.7

 

When you hide your face, they are terrified; when you take away their breath, they die and return to the dust. Ps 104.29

 

All go to the same place; all come from dust, and to dust all return. Eccl 3.20

 

All go unto one place; all are of the dust, and all turn to dust again. Who knoweth the spirit of man that goeth upward, and the spirit of the beast that goeth downward to the earth? Eccl 3.20-21

 

The word of the LORD concerning Israel. The LORD, who stretches out the heavens, who lays the foundation of the earth, and who forms the human spirit within a person, declares: Zechariah 12.1

 

When their spirit departs, they return to the ground; on that very day their plans come to nothing. Ps 146.4

 

When you hide your face, they are terrified; when you take away their breath (spirit), they die and return to the dust. Ps 104.29

 

And why dost thou not pardon my transgression, and take away my iniquity? for now shall I sleep in the dust; and thou shalt seek me in the morning, but I shall not be. Job 7.21

 

So man lieth down, and riseth not: till the heavens be no more, they shall not awake, nor be raised out of their sleep.

Job 14.12

 

…Slept with their fathers: 2 Chron 32.33; 33.20

 

And many of them that sleep in the dust of the earth shall awake, some to everlasting life, and some to shame and everlasting contempt. Dan 12.2

 

Consider and hear me, O Lord my God: lighten mine eyes, lest I sleep the sleep of death; Ps 13.

Resurrection:

When did Yeshua ever teach about dying and going to heaven? Never!

 

John 5:28-29...Do not marvel at this; for the hour is coming in which all who are in the graves will hear His voice and come forth—those who have done good, to the resurrection of life, and those who have done evil, to the resurrection of condemnation.

 

So the shipmaster came to him, and said unto him, What meanest thou, O sleeper? arise, call upon thy God, if so be that God will think upon us, that we perish not. Jonah 1.6...very prophetic of resurrection.

 

For our citizenship is in heaven, from where we also look for the Saviour, the Lord Jesus Christ: Who shall transform our vile body, that it may be fashioned like unto the body of his glory, according to the working by which he is also able to subdue all things unto himself. Philippians 3.20-21

 

How long wilt thou sleep, O sluggard? when wilt thou arise out of thy sleep? Prov 9.6...prophetic

 

…for he knows how we are formed, he remembers that we are dust. Ps 103.14

 

But Christ has indeed been raised from the dead, the first fruits of those who have fallen asleep. 1 Corinthians 15.20

 

And no man hath ascended up to heaven, but he that came down from heaven, even the Son of man which is in heaven. John 13.3

 

For David did not ascend into the heavens, but he himself says, “‘The Lord said to my Lord, “Sit at my right hand

Acts 2.34

 

Listen, I tell you a mystery: We will not all sleep, but we will all be changed…1 Cor 15.51

 

After he had said this, he went on to tell them, “Our friend Lazarus has fallen asleep; but I am going there to wake him up.”  His disciples replied, “Lord, if he sleeps, he will get better.”  John 11.11-12—

 

Not dead but sleeps…Matt 9.24; Mark 5.39; Luke 8.52

 

And he kneeled down, and cried with a loud voice, Lord, lay not this sin to their charge. And when he had said this, he fell asleep. Acts 7.60

 

Then, behold, the veil of the temple was torn in two from top to bottom; and the earth quaked, and the rocks were split, and the graves were opened; and many bodies of the saints who had fallen asleep were raised; and coming out of the graves after His resurrection, they went into the holy city and appeared to many. Matt 27.51-53...could these be the 24 elders in Revelation?

 

…And hath given him authority to execute judgment also, because he is the Son of man. Marvel not at this: for the hour is coming, and 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. John 5.27-29

 

And this is the will of him that sent me, that every one which seeth the Son, and believeth on him, may have everlasting life: and I will raise him up at the last day. John 6.39-40

 

No man can come to me, except the Father which hath sent me draw him: and I will raise him up at the last day. John 6.44

 

Whoso eateth my flesh, and drinketh my blood, hath eternal life; and I will raise him up at the last day. John 6.54

 

The Millennial Kingdom (MK) is the Goal:

 

But the rest of the dead did not live again until the thousand years were finished. This is the first resurrection. Blessed and holy is he who has part in the first resurrection. Over such the second death has no power, but they shall be priests of God and of Christ, and shall reign with Him a thousand years. Revelation 20.5-6...the MK on earth.

 

And he shall send Jesus Christ, which before was preached unto you: Whom the heaven must receive until the times of restitution of all things (MK), which God hath spoken by the mouth of all his holy prophets since the world began. Acts 3.20-21

 

...And no man hath ascended up to heaven, but he that came down from heaven, even the Son of man which is in heaven. John 13.3

 

But I say unto you, I will not drink henceforth of this fruit of the vine, until that day when I drink it new with you in my Father's kingdom. Matt 26.29

 

Heaven is my throne, and earth is my footstool: what house will ye build me? saith the Lord: or what is the place of my rest?…earth is footstool Acts 7.48 - Isaiah 66.1

 

But the righteousness which is of faith speaketh on this wise, Say not in thine heart, Who shall ascend into heaven? (that is, to bring Christ down from above:) Romans 10.6

 

For our conversation is in heaven; from whence also we look for the Saviour, the Lord Jesus Christ: Who shall change our vile body, that it may be fashioned like unto his glorious body, according to the working whereby he is able even to subdue all things unto himself. Phil 3.20-21...so we then enter the MK.

 

For they themselves shew of us what manner of entering in we had unto you, and how ye turned to God from idols to serve the living and true God; And to wait for his Son from heaven, whom he raised from the dead, even Jesus, which delivered us from the wrath to come. 1 Thess 1.9-10

 

For the Lord himself shall descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of the archangel, and with the trump of God: and the dead in Christ shall rise first: 1 Thess 4.16

 

Seeing it is a righteous thing with God to recompense tribulation to them that trouble you; And to you who are troubled rest with us, when the Lord Jesus shall be revealed from heaven with his mighty angels, In flaming fire taking vengeance on them that know not God, and that obey not the gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ: 2 Thess 1.6-8

 

Wherefore we receiving a kingdom which cannot be moved, let us have grace, whereby we may serve God acceptably with reverence and godly fear: Hebrews 12.28...MK

 

Elect according to the foreknowledge of God the Father, through sanctification of the Spirit, unto obedience and sprinkling of the blood of Jesus Christ: Grace unto you, and peace, be multiplied.

 

Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, which according to his abundant mercy hath begotten us again unto a lively hope by the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead, To an inheritance incorruptible, and undefiled, and that fadeth not away, reserved in heaven for you, (the inheritance in the MK is reserved in writing in heaven for you!)

 

Who are kept by the power of God through faith unto salvation ready to be revealed in the last time. Wherein ye greatly rejoice, though now for a season, if need be, ye are in heaviness through manifold temptations: That the trial of your faith, being much more precious than of gold that perisheth, though it be tried with fire, might be found unto praise and honour and glory at the appearing of Jesus Christ: 1 Peter 1.2-7

 

Our hope in resurrection to an inheritance incorruptible…reserved in the official records of heaven, God’s HQ.

 

We sleep in the grave (hades) awaiting the call of His voice, are resurrected into eternal life, rule and reign with Him in the Millennial Kingdom, then after a thousand years, the rest of the dead are resurrected and the White Throne Judgment commences.