In the final couplet, the poet indicates that Death itself is also destined to die. From a Christian perspective, what message is the poet trying to communicate to the reader?

Donne was an Anglican priest, and "Death Be Not Proud" is one of his holy sonnets. It is a defiant challenge to death that ends with this couplet:


One short sleep past, we wake eternally
And death shall be no more; Death, thou shalt die.


From a Christian perspective, the speaker is telling death, who is personified, of the resurrection of the souls of the faithful in the Final Judgment. This will occur when Jesus comes back to earth to raise his followers from death to eternal life. At that point, God's faithful will be alive forever ("wake eternally"). Death will die because there will be no more death. This couplet alludes to the biblical book of Revelation, in which it is foretold that God will join heaven and earth in the New Jerusalem, come to live among this people, and wipe all tears away. Jesus and his resurrection guarantee the human triumph over death.