Does God Forget Those Who Sleep In Death?

The sleep of death is not the end of the story. At the tomb of His friend Lazarus, Jesus said to Martha:

“I AM THE RESURRECTION and the life. HE WHO BELIEVES IN ME WILL LIVE, even though he dies.”
—John 11:25.

Those who die in Christ sleep in the grave—but they still have a bright future beyond it. Our infinitely skillful Creator preserves the complete picture, the DNA pattern if you please, of every individual He has made. The One who counts every hair on our heads and holds us in the palm of His hand will not forget.

Job had confidence in God’s unerring memory. He expressed the hope of living again:

“If only you would HIDE ME IN THE GRAVE! . . . If a man dies, will he live again? All the days of my hard service I WILL WAIT FOR MY RENEWAL TO COME. YOU WILL CALL AND I WILL ANSWER YOU; you will long for the creature your hands have made.”
—Job 14:13-15.