By the time of Christ, the Jews largely believed in a future resurrection of the dead.

The denial of the future resurrection of the body involved also the denial of the bodily resurrection of Christ, and even the fact of the incarnation.

They share similar views on monotheism, judgment, heaven, hell, spirits, angels, and a future resurrection.

A fellow student came to him and argued in this wise: If you believe in the future resurrection, this resurrection will either be or will not be.

Now, if you do not believe and there should be a future resurrection, eternal woe will fall upon you.

The altar-piece, representing the future resurrection of people of all races, was painted by Magnus Enckell.

His resurrection is seen as the prototype for the future resurrection of all of humanity.

Gradually, Christians, especially in the West, came to be interested in the interim state between one's death and the future resurrection.

Ad Autolycum 1:13, 2:27 illustrate Theophilus' belief in conditional immortality and judgment at the future resurrection.

That human beings do not go to Heaven or Hell immediately after death, but instead remain unconscious in death awaiting a future resurrection.