All those who are God's friends, all those who were members of the different images of the Kingdom from the beginning till the last day, will rise from the grave to meet Jesus and dwell with him for eternity in the new heavens and new earth. Summary We have seen that God has created us so that we can share what he has. Cut to the bone, he wants us to share an eternal friendship with him. He has created us that we may know self, each other and him. So he created us to form a group, a community, a Kingdom experiencing an eternal friendship.
Friendship implies freedom.
To love someone I must choose to love them. Mankind chose to love self and not to love God. The result of that choice was a messed up world. God, because he is loving, still holds out his hand in friendship to those who want to be part of his community of friends. To get into the Kingdom, all we need do is want to get in the Kingdom.