there we go, i get it. you speak it well. and to me no less radical than all the other theology floating around! rather than specific texts to prove a thought, an understanding, i prefer to consider the whole of the god-story and see if a thinking aligns with that. (although your reference to elijah-john the baptist did help me see your point)

so are you describing an essence, a soul, that god recreates in multiple bodies until the new heaven and new earth? or do you not see a specific time this new heaven/new earth occurs? are you talking an endless regeneration, verses a finite now and eternal later? how do you think your views are influenced by reincarnation?

that the grave is merely sleep

is this a hebrew concept? i think i have heard it before.