The Resurrection Before Jesus Christ Returns From Heaven

Please read:

Daniel 12:1-2

1 AND at that time shall Michael stand up, the great prince which standeth for the children of thy people: and there shall be a time of trouble, such as never was since there was a nation [even] to that same time: and at that time thy people shall be delivered, every one that shall be found written in the book.
2 And many of them that sleep in the dust of the earth shall awake, some to everlasting life, and some to shame [and] everlasting contempt.

There are other scriptures that also make this point clear. Please read the following:

1 Thessalonians 4:16

For the Lord himself shall descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of the archangel, and with the trump of God: and the dead in Christ shall rise first:

D&C 29:26

But, behold, verily I say unto you, before the earth shall pass away, Michael, mine archangel, shall sound his trump, and then shall all the dead awake, for their graves shall be opened, and they shall come forth--yea, even all.

Where the resurrected go is very important to understand as we each contemplate this future event. Once again, we find that our attention is supposed to be directed upward.

1 Thessalonians 4:17

Then we which are alive [and] remain shall be caught up together with them (those resurrected) in the clouds, to meet the Lord in the air: and so shall we ever be with the Lord.

D&C 45:45

But before the arm of the Lord shall fall, an angel shall sound his trump, and the saints that have slept shall come forth to meet me in the cloud.

D&C 88:97

And they who have slept in their graves shall come forth, for their graves shall be opened; and they also shall be caught up to meet him in the midst of the pillar of heaven-