Death is swallowed up in victory

1Corinthians 15:54
So when this corruptible shall have put on incorruption, and this mortal shall have put on immortality, then shall be brought to pass the saying that is written, Death is swallowed up in victory.

1Cr 15:55
O death, where [is] thy sting? O grave, where [is] thy victory?

1Cr 15:56
The sting of death [is] sin; and the strength of sin [is] the law.

1Cr 15:57
But thanks [be] to God, which giveth us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ.

1Cr 15:58
Therefore, my beloved brethren, be ye stedfast, unmoveable, always abounding in the work of the Lord, forasmuch as ye know that your labour is not in vain in the Lord.
We have heard so much about death and dying in the news recently. Let us see clearly what God tells us about what happens when one dies.

What did God promise us if we accept His gift?
Rom 6:23
For the wages of sin [is] death; but the gift of God [is] eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.

Satan wants us to be confused about this, He has lied to us since the beginning of creation. What is the first lie recorded in God's Word?
Gen 3:4
And the serpent said unto the woman, Ye shall not surely die:

What "term" does the Bible represent death?
"But I would not have you to be ignorant, brethren, concerning them which are asleep, that ye sorrow not, even as others which have no hope." 1 Thessalonians 4:13. (See also 1 Corinthians 15:18, 20; John 11:11-14.)

"And many of them that sleep in the dust of the earth shall awake," Daniel 12:2. (See also Ecclesiastes 3:20; 9:10.)

Are the righteous dead in heaven praising God?
"For David is not ascended into the heavens:" Acts 2:34. "The dead praise not the LORD, neither any that go down into silence." Psalm 115:17.

How much does one know of God when dead?
"For in death there is no remembrance of thee: in the grave who shall give thee thanks?" Psalm 6:5.

What does one in this condition know about his family?
"His sons come to honour, and he knoweth it not; and they are brought low, but he perceiveth it not of them." Job 14:21.

What becomes of man's thoughts at death?
"His breath goeth forth, he returneth to his earth; in that very day his thoughts perish." Psalms 146:4.

Do the dead know anything?
"For the living know that they shall die: but the dead know not any thing," Ecclesiastes 9:5.

Do they take part in earthly things?
"Also their love, and their hatred, and their envy, is now perished; neither have they any more a portion for ever in any thing that is done under the sun." Ecclesiastes 9:6.

When is the resurrection of the righteous to take place?
"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 Thessalonians 4:16.

What comes to all men as the result of the fall?
"In Adam all die," 1 Corinthians 15:22. (See also Romans 5:12.)

In what condition is man while in death?
"Whatsoever thy hand findeth to do, do it with thy might; for there is no work, nor device, nor knowledge, nor wisdom, in the grave, whither thou goest." Ecclesiastes 9:10.

Whose voice raises the dead?
"Marvel not at this: 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." John 5:28,29

In what words is the ultimate triumph over death and the grave expressed?
"O death, where is thy sting? O grave, where is thy victory?" 1 Corinthians 15:55.

After whose body will the resurrected ones be fashioned?
"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, Philippians 3:20, 21