"He's holding us up"

For some reason, the conversation turned to the topic of death (we had been talking about hair color, then eye color, then cancer, then death--in case you were wondering):
Child 1 : Yeah, well everyone dies. . .except for that one dude. Jesus asked him what he wished for and he wanted to [stay alive forever].

Child 2: Yeah, he's holding us up.

Parent: Holding us up? What do you mean?

Child 2: He's holding us up. We can't get assigned to kingdoms until we all die and resurrect. He's holding us up!