The notion of soul
sleep has become popular in some pockets of religion. This idea builds on the biblical use of the
term sleep as a euphemism for death. It
teaches that at death the departed souls of the saints remain in a kind of
suspended animation, unconscious and unaware of the passing of time until the
great resurrection….However, the New testament knows nothing of soul
sleep. As we have clearly seen. Paul described the intermediate state as
better than this life inasmuch as we move to the immediate presence of
Christ. It is difficult to imagine how
that state could be better than that which we enjoy now if remained unconscious
in the presence of Christ.
R. C. Sproul
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