When the Spirit enters your body your flesh comes to life. At the time of your death, the Spirit leaves your body. But if you are born again in the Spirit, your spirit remains alive with God.
The event depicted in 1 Thess 4:13-17 will change in a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, the creature body drawing life from the blood which carries the life, to drawing life directlty from the same means Jesus is utilizing today in Heaven.