The resurrection from death to life is one of the most foundational and vital teachings of the New Testament writers.  The Scriptures teach that because Jesus died and arose from the dead (Matt. 16:21-23; 20:19; 26:61; Mk. 8:31-33; 9:9-13; 14:28; Lk. 9:22; 24:46; Jn. 2:19; 10:17-18; Acts 2:22-32; 10:39-40; 17:1-3; 26:22-23; Rom. 4:25; 1 Cor. 15:3-4, etc.), so we too who believe in Him will rise together from the dead at the inauguration of His Kingdom (Dan. 12:2, 13; Mk. 13:26-27; Rom. 6:3-5; 1 Cor. 15:20-23, 51-53; 2 Cor. 4:14; Phil. 3:20-21; Col. 3:4; 1 Thess. 4:13-18; 2 Thess. 1:10; 2:1; Rev. 19:1--20:6) at which time we will be clothed with imperishability (1 Cor. 15:42) and subsequently clothed with immortality when Christ has subjugated the last enemy, which is death (1 Cor. 15:52-54).

Scripture does not assert that man was created with an immaterial immortal soul, although many well-meaning people fervently believe and teach as if it does.  Therefore, they have mistakenly persuaded many people that life continues immediately after death.  This fallacious and alien unbiblical philosophy essentially insists that man's soul is inherently immortal which survives the death of the body and immediately goes to heaven or to hell without the necessity of the resurrection.

The stubborn notion that man has an immortal soul has become so widespread that if you ask almost any churchgoer where their dead loved ones now are, they will say that they are in heaven with the Lord.  The response is predictable because the erroneous idea gradually became ingrained in the Church from the Second Century A.D. onward so that now it is an unquestionable belief within Christianity that undermines the importance of the necessity of the resurrection.  It has infiltrated its doctrines, personal evangelism, missionary outreach, encouragement, exhortation, hymnology, artistry and creeds.  Its powerful influence also includes how translators rendered several words from both the Hebrew and Greek Scriptures.  Thus, it is easy to understand then why so many churchgoers innocently maintain a loyal and unwavering stance that is contradictory to biblical truth.