-> if Jesus said on his dying day to the theif on the cross beside him..
-> you will be with me now (not in them words) but in the bible it says
-> when Jesus comes back to get us he will raise the dead first..
->
-> my question is.. if were to be in heaven when we die.. (spirits) then
-> why would he come and raise us from our death?
That is a good question Cheryl.  When we die in the Lord, we are
absented from our bodies, which go back to dust.  see II Cor. 5:1-8
However the promise to us is not to live in heaven as angels but to be
reunited with our bodies at the resurrection, and to have our bodies
fashioned after Christ's glorious body.   So in spirit the thief was
with Christ in paradise that day.  However, there will be a first
resurrection of the saved and a second resurrection of the damned..
Rev. 20.
Don't worry if you don't get it all right away.  I have been in the Lord
for over 35 years and i am still learning about my Lord. 
Will await your comments..
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