In Christ, a grand victory is sure to follow an intense battle.

For this perishable body must put on the imperishable,
and this mortal body must put on immortality. 
When the perishable puts on the imperishable, and the mortal puts on immortality,
then shall come to pass the saying that is written:
“Death is swallowed up in victory.
O death, where is your victory?
    O death, where is your sting?”
1 Corinthians 15:53-55, ESV