[rjsimmon]

Not their earthly bodies.

Not sure what you are trying to point out. The point is, people die. You will die, I will die. Unless Christ returns in our lifetime, everyone alive today, will die. The apostles died. Peter was crucified upside down, Paul was beheaded, Stephen was stoned to death.

Do you believe in eternal life?

Yes. My (dead) body will be resurrected upon Christs return. But I will be dead prior to that. My spirit will return to Christ and return to my resurrected body when Christ commands it so.

[netmilsmom]

So you don’t live in heaven until then? You lie dormant?

[Petronski]

Not their earthly bodies.

I daresay "she meant they are alive--not their earthly bodies, but their souls" (their earthly bodies are not alive, but they live spiritually).