ok, first i would like to say that this might easily be applied to after i literally die, but it also can be applied to after i die daily
this might be a bit uncomfortable, but contemplate that Christ has been "raised up" as a concept to us, right, we are still here talking about Christ over 2000 years later, see. The Spirit is alive and well iow.
i certainly also have a hope of salvation and resurrection, don't get me wrong here, but i find it hypocritical that we are encouraged to believe that we can get our egos--the part that is supposed to die, right--into some eternal party in the afterlife. At the same time, after i die daily, i note that i am still here, i have not become a robot, i still have more opportunities to serve than i could possibly get to today, etc. but i have just become "the observer" rather than "the director."
and you can even tell when i take over the reins, i'm scoffing at something i don't understand, maybe, or doing some other ego-feeding thing that keeps me in the drivers seat, proselytizing, what have you, you name it, even service can be counterfeited right