The answer
The General Resurrection, or the Resurrection of the Dead, is the restoration and union of the spirits to the bodies by the command of God the Creator, and His exalted power. Both the spirit and the body rise gently as one person in expectation of the Judgement and recompense.
We believe that our spirits are immortal, and that, by death, they are separated from the bodies. The dust will return to the earth, as it was, whereas the spirit will return to God, who gave it (Eccles. 12:7). The spirit will rest in Paradise, or Hell, until the day of the Great Judgement.
On the great day of the Lord’s coming: The dead in Christ shall rise (1 Thess. 4:16), and the bodies of the living will be transformed (1 Cor. 15:51; 1 Thess. 4:17), so that the awesome Judgement may take place (Matt. 25:46).
His Holiness Pope Tawadros II
Pope Tawadros II, My Faith: A Series of Dialogues on the Creed (Coptic Orthodox Patriarchate, 2014), 146.
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