Values-Reorienting Promises

So He said, “I am God, the God of your father; do not fear to go down to Egypt, for I will make of you a great nation there. I will go down with you to Egypt, and I will also surely bring you up again; and Joseph will put his hand on your eyes.”
Genesis 46:3–4

v4 is very interesting, in that the bit about Joseph closing his eyes makes it plain that the promise to "bring you up again" is still personal and particular to Jacob himself. However, Jacob would only return as a corpse, as he will remain until the resurrection. The Lord is faithful, so He surely kept His promise. But, is it such a promise-keeping as we would find faithful and true? For it only to happen to us after our death? If not, then the problem is that we are so worldly and short-sighted as to "insist upon our good things in this life" (cf. Luk 16:25). But God's promises are not just for better, fuller, more enduring things. They are also for teaching us to prioritize and value those better, fuller, more enduring things.