Where was Samuel ?

[seekerman]

Originally Posted by shag

I believe, help my unbelief

Do u believe David in acts 2, was "soul sleeping", and if so, when did that type of "after-death" transition to something different? (At the New birth experience?)

And what's your take on preaching to the spirits in prison?

No, I do not believe that David in Acts 2 was 'soul sleeping'. Acts 2 reveals what all of us must face, death of the body but it also reveals what all of us in Christ must face also, the defeat of death by the resurrection of Jesus. This is why Jesus plainly said that those in Him would never die. We can point to the hole in the ground where we saw a loved one placed and believe that death is still reigning, but according to Jesus this isn't the case. The confusion is with those who equate the dead of the temporal flesh with dead of the soul.

My take on the preaching of Jesus while 'dead' was simply that Jesus was preaching while He was 'dead'. He wasn't in a soul sleep state, He was very active in the manner in which He existed while His dead body was in the tomb.

Do you believe Moses and Elijah were soul sleeping when they appeared to Jesus at the mount of transfiguration?