A Few Thoughts To Ponder

[Carl]

Originally Posted by Sean

Death is compared to sleep, even by Jesus concerning Lazarus His friend.

Before we receive our resurrected bodies, we are probably in a "sleep dream" state, while the wicked are in a "sleep nightmare" state. I have not studied this out in depth, but the Bible clearly says that all the dead are in some type of sleep. However, they are very aware of their surroundings.

This is why I don't like to use the term "soul sleep". Because for some it is similar to the immortal soul belief with a limited consciousness in death. If sleep is a metaphor for death that would not mean awareness. Where does the bible say the dead are aware of their surroundings? There are scriptures which say the dead not nothing.