When Christians die, they depart to be with Christ, Phil. 1:23. Absent from the body is present with the Lord, 2 Cor. 5:8, which is “far better,” Phil. 1:22, 23, because in His presence there is fulness of joy, Psa. 16:11.
When the church is translated, living believers and the resurrected dead in Christ rise together to meet the Lord in the air, 1 Thess. 4:13-18. They will stand before the judgment seat of Christ, Rom. 14:10, not to be punished but to receive rewards for things done in the body, 2 Cor. 5:10. Their works will be tried by fire, but their salvation will not be affected, 1 Cor. 3:13-15.
After the Lord is united with His bride, the church, Rev. 19:7, 8, He returns to the earth, Luke 12:36, with all His saints, 1 Thess. 3:13. He sits on the throne of His glory judging the nations, Matt. 25:31. Christians are with Him, judging the world and angels, 1 Cor. 6:2, 3. At that time their knowledge will be vastly increased, 1 Cor. 13:12.
Eternal life will mean knowing the true God and Jesus Christ, John 17:3. The horizons of believers’ minds will expand forever as they grow in the knowledge of the God who creates no two snow-flakes alike.
They are destined to sit with the Lord on His throne, Rev. 3:21, and to reign with Him forever, Rev. 22:5.
William Evans, The Great Doctrines of the Bible, (Chicago: Bible Institute Colportage Assoc., 1912), WORDsearch CROSS e-book, 285.