Jesus Christ said,

"He who believes in Me will live even though he dies,... (John 11:25).

"I tell you the truth, whoever hears My word and believes Him (God)

who sent Me has eternal life and will NOT be condemned;

he has crossed over from death to life." (John 5:24).

To be absent from the body is to be present with the Lord

(2 Corinthians 5:8),in that "the spirit returns to God who gave it."

(Ecclesiastes 12:7).

Blessed are the dead who die in the Lord....(Revelation 14:13).