"For to me, to live is Christ and to die is
gain" (Philippians 1:21). "We are confident, I say, and would
prefer to be away from the body and at home with the Lord" (2
Corinthians 5:8). "The time of my departure has come" (2 Timothy
4:6).
"For the Lord Himself
will come down from heaven, with a loud command, with the voice of
the archangel and with the trumpet call of God, and the dead in
Christ will rise first. After that, we who are still alive and are
left will be caught up together with them in the clouds to meet the
Lord in the air. And so...
"Christ in you, the
hope of glory" (Colossians 1:27). "Keep your lives free from the
love of money and be content with what you have, because God has
said, 'Never will I leave you; never will I forsake you.' So we say
with confidence, 'The Lord is my helper; I will not be afraid. What
can man do to me?'"...