Death without Jesus Christ is the beginning of an eternity lived apart from God. This is a serious matter for it is God who sustains us each and every day with everything that we need to live. And yet life on earth is not heavenly life. It is not the future for Christians. So what we are right now, is not what we will be when we will live with Christ eternally. At that time, all sin having been removed from us, we will enjoy an existence we have never experienced here on earth.