Conquering the Enemy Death - How?

EVEN though the disobedience  of our first parents, Adam and Eve, brought sin and death to all humankind, it did not change God's purpose for the human family. Throughout his written Word, the Bible, God repeatedly confirms that his purpose has not changed.

* "The righteous will possess the earth, and live forever on it." - PROVERBS 37:29.

*  "He will swallow up death forever, and the Sovereign Lord Jehovah will wipe away all the tears from all faces." - ISAIAH 25:8.

* "The last enemy, death is to be brought to nothing." - 1 CORINTHIANS 15:26.

* "Death will be no more, neither will mourning nor outcry nor pain be anymore." - REVELATION 21:4.

How  will God "swallow up death." bringing the enemy death "to nothing"?  As noted, the Bible clearly says that "the righteous . .  . will live forever."  But it also says that "there is no righteous man on earth who always does good." (Ecclesiastes 7:20)  To conquer death, will God abandon his own standard?  That is unthinkable!  He will never do so, because "God . . . cannot lie." (Titus 1:2) What, then, will God do to fulfill his loving purpose in creating humans? 

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