I know the body will be dead, after that, I do not KNOW. While many have beliefs about what happens or may happen after death, I honestly do not believe that anyone KNOWS.
Jesus did, and was resurrected, came back and taught his disciples, above 500 of them. Seeing Him, they totally believed in Him, unto and in spite of physical persecution and death. That was recorded in the four Gospels and the Acts of the Apostles. No effective contrary history has ever been published.
But more so, many people's lives have been incredibly changed through having a new spiritual being born in this old shell. The experience of new birth comes through believing, and no one to which this has happened have ever gone back. The comes through the entering of belief and new life into a person, as something sprouting from the generative seed planted through oral preaching and teaching. Described by the beloved John:
"Whosoever is born of The God doth not commit sin, for His Seed remaineth in him, and he cannot sin, because he is born of The God." (1 John 3:9)
It is helpful to break this down grammatically to remove the ambiguosity of the English as translated:
Whosoever (the person referred to as 'born anew')
is born (perfect tense, passive, the new, spiritual birth has happened, he/she is begotten = Gk gennaoh, once for all time with continuing results so that it never can be repeated, any more than the birth in the flesh can be recapitulated)
of (Gk preposition 'ek' = from, out of)
The (definite article, Gk genitive 'tou' = of The)
God (Gk is articular, but 'The' is left out of the KJV by making 'god' a proper noun, and thus particular, adding 'The' makes it honorific)
not (Gk 'ou', negative)
doth ... commit (Gk poiehoh = does, present tense, persistently commits as a regular customary practice)
sin (Gk noun 'hamarta', anarthrous, does not have the character of sinfulness to practice iniquity as a customary and unrestrained habit)
for (because, Gk 'hoti')
His (the referent here is The God, not the reborn male or female human, I've capitalized it to emphasize that it refers to Him, The God)
seed (generative seed Gk sperma, literally the life-bearing gamete from which a new individual of the flesh springs, but used here in the figurative-literal sense, as representing the life-giving inspired spoken and/or written Word of The God)
remaineth (present tense, persistently, continually resides)
in (Gk preposition 'en', means 'in' or inside as translated here)
him (the referent here is the reborn individual discussed here)
and (and, Gk conjunctive 'kai')
not (again the negative Gk 'ou')
can (present tense, middle deponent - Gk dunamai, to be able, to have the power by virtue of one's ability, resources, determination, favorable circumstances, or external persuasion by tradition, law, or seduction by 'friends' or the Devil; and on a persistent, continuous basis)
sin (sin as a verb, Gk hamartanoh, present tense, active voice, persistently or repeatedly continue sinning as a usual behavior)
because (again Gk 'hoti' = because or since)
he (the referent again is the reborn individual, he/she)
is born (perfect tense, passive, is born/begotten)
of (Gk preposition 'ek', from. out of)
The God (God is again here articular, and hence very particular with respect to The Almighty God)
Thus, a fuller interpretation of this passage gives the practical sense as follows:
A (spiritually) begotten one of The God's substance does not persistently act out of an inward sinful character, because God's "spiritual gamete," His spoken or written Word, and body of saving doctrine, continually resides and abides in the born-again one; and he/she does not possess the power under any circumstances to perniciously ptefer, pursue, perform, and profit from sinful activities, because he/she is spiritually a new creature begotten of/from/out of the substance of The God as embodied in The Words of The God. Sinfulness will not be his/her new nature and character.
If you run into someone who claims to be a "Christian," but who displays a continual adherence to the habits of the old sinful man, do not necessarily condemn him/her (that is The Righteous God's purview), but you must treat him/her in love as though he/she is not regenerated, lest you be found not warning and winning a soul in danger of The God's fiery wrath for refusing His plan of salvation.
Now, stuarter, the above is true, but you can only verify it absolutely if and when you have chosen to place complete, irrevocable trust in the person, passion, and promises of Jesus, The Anointed One of The God, and King of Kings and Lord of Lords, as your Friend and Savior, as He presents Himself in His revelation the Book of Books; and His Presence in you brings dramatic changes to your desire to follow and obey Him. Neh?
What do you think of His offer?