Answer: The communion in glory with Christ, which the members of the invisible church enjoy immediately after death, is, in that their souls are then made perfect in holiness₁, and received into the highest heavens₂, where they behold the face of God in light and glory₃, waiting for the full redemption of their bodies4, which even in death continue united to Christ₅, and rest in their graves as in their beds₆, till at the last day they be again united to their souls^_.7 Whereas the souls of the wicked are at their death cast into hell, where they remain in torments and utter darkness, and their bodies kept in their graves, as in their prisons, till the resurrection and judgment of the great day.₈

1. Hebrews 12:23
2. 2 Corinthians 5:1; 2 Corinthians 5:6; 2 Corinthians 5:8; Philippians 1:23; cf Acts 3:21; Ephesians 4:10
3. 1 John 3:2; 1 Corinthians 13:12
4. Romans 8:23; Psalm 16:9
5. 1 Thessalonians 4:14
6. Isaiah 57:2
7. Job 19:26-27
8. Luke 16:23-24; Acts 1:25; Jude 1:6-7