In his first letter to the Thessalonians, Paul said that Christians’ greatest assurance for the resurrection of the dead was that

In his first letter to the Thessalonians, Paul said that Christians' greatest assurance for the resurrection of the dead was the fact that Jesus died and rose from the dead. He argued that if Jesus died and rose again, then those who have died in Christ would also rise again. Paul wrote in 1 Thessalonians 4:14, "For since we believe that Jesus died and rose again, even so, through Jesus, God will bring with him those who have fallen asleep." Paul was saying that the resurrection of Jesus is a powerful demonstration of God's power and that it gives Christians hope for their own resurrection. Because Jesus was resurrected, Christians can be confident that they too will be resurrected and will live forever with Christ.