are literally

Aka by the letter aka by ones consent LETTING the suggested words of another define.

Let implies "depart from", hence not God but each being departed from God, hence a division of partials within whole.

if death is

The root of IS aka ES implies essence (being)...the process of dying was before each life comes into being within.

centered around

Being implies center (perception) within (perceivable). A jew utilizes suggestion to tempt gentile consent to surround itself within circular logic, which goes back to "literally" aka by the letter of the suggested logos (word).

rejoining Christ

Aka suicide...Christ (anointed one) implies the separation of each one coming into being through the birth-channel.

A jew suggests religion/religio (to bind) to tempt each anointed ones free will of choice into bondage by consent aka by joining the suggested -isms.

Hence abrahamism (father of multitude) or mosaicism (joining together the pieces of a mosaic)...

all previous souls

a) All implies soul/sole aka "all for one and one for all".

b) Previous/praevius aka prae (before) + via (way) implies way (inception towards death) forwarding being (life).

in heaven

Hence heaving oneself up within all or hell/kel (conceal) ones efforts to rise (living) during fall (dying).