Are the Dead...?

[BlessedByTheBest]

1) Conscious

2) Sleeping

3) Otherwise ?

please use Biblical proof for the reason of your opinions and beliefs.

i will share my own upon reading others'.

[MorningGlory]

To be absent from the body is to be present with the Lord, for believers......I believe the bodies are in limbo but the spirit awaits the day of Judgement in one place or the other.

[Atonement]

Greetings to you in the love of Jesus

1 Samuel 28 -

Is the story of Saul using a witch to bring Samuel up from the dead in order to get guidance from him (verse 15). Samuel being dead, remembered what he told Saul when he was alive and as well told Saul that the next day he (Saul) and his sons would join him (Samuel) in death. We can see in this story of the Bible, the dead coming back and having remembrance, thus having a conscious (able to communicate with the living).

God Bless

[Guest man]

1) Conscious

2) Sleeping

3) Otherwise ?

please use Biblical proof for the reason of your opinions and beliefs.

i will share my own upon reading others'.

Daniel 12

1 “At that time Michael shall stand up,

The great prince who stands watch over the sons of your people;

And there shall be a time of trouble,

Such as never was since there was a nation,

Even to that time.

And at that time your people shall be delivered,

Every one who is found written in the book.

² And many of those who sleep in the dust of the earth shall awake,

Some to everlasting life,

Some to shame and everlasting contempt.

³ Those who are wise shall shine

Like the brightness of the firmament,

And those who turn many to righteousness

Like the stars forever and ever.

[Atonement]

1) Conscious

2) Sleeping

3) Otherwise ?

please use Biblical proof for the reason of your opinions and beliefs.

i will share my own upon reading others'.

Daniel 12

1 “At that time Michael shall stand up,

The great prince who stands watch over the sons of your people;

And there shall be a time of trouble,

Such as never was since there was a nation,

Even to that time.

And at that time your people shall be delivered,

Every one who is found written in the book.

² And many of those who sleep in the dust of the earth shall awake,

Some to everlasting life,

Some to shame and everlasting contempt.

³ Those who are wise shall shine

Like the brightness of the firmament,

And those who turn many to righteousness

Like the stars forever and ever.

Greetings to you in the love of Jesus

The word "sleep" cited in this passage is found in Strong's #3624 (fig. to die).

Edited May 27, 2013 by Atonement

[missmuffet]

The believers are in heaven right now.The unbelivers are in shoel/hades Luke 16:22-23 waiting their final judgment and then they will be banished to hell which is their final place of punishment/torment.

[Guest man]

1 Corinthians 15

⁵¹ Behold, I tell you a mystery: We shall not all sleep, but we shall all be changed—

⁵² in a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trumpet. For the trumpet will sound, and the dead will be raised incorruptible, and we shall be changed.

[missmuffet]

1) Conscious

2) Sleeping

3) Otherwise ?

please use Biblical proof for the reason of your opinions and beliefs.

i will share my own upon reading others'.

Daniel 12

1 “At that time Michael shall stand up,

The great prince who stands watch over the sons of your people;

And there shall be a time of trouble,

Such as never was since there was a nation,

Even to that time.

And at that time your people shall be delivered,

Every one who is found written in the book.

² And many of those who sleep in the dust of the earth shall awake,

Some to everlasting life,

Some to shame and everlasting contempt.

³ Those who are wise shall shine

Like the brightness of the firmament,

And those who turn many to righteousness

Like the stars forever and ever.

Question: "What does the Bible say about soul sleep?"

Answer: “Soul sleep” is a belief that after a person dies, his/her soul “sleeps” until the resurrection and final judgment. The concept of “soul sleep” is not biblical. When the Bible describes a person “sleeping” in relation to death (Luke 8:52; 1 Corinthians 15:6), it does not mean literal sleep. Sleeping is just a way to describe death because a dead body appears to be asleep. The moment we die, we face the judgment of God (Hebrews 9:27). For believers, to be absent from the body is to be present with the Lord (2 Corinthians 5:6-8; Philippians 1:23). For unbelievers, death means everlasting punishment in hell (Luke 16:22-23).

Until the final resurrection, though, there is a temporary heaven—paradise (Luke 23:43; 2 Corinthians 12:4) and a temporary hell—Hades (Revelation 1:18; 20:13-14). As can be clearly seen in Luke 16:19-31, neither in paradise nor in Hades are people sleeping. It could be said, though, that a person’s body is “sleeping” while his soul is in paradise or Hades. At the resurrection, this body is “awakened” and transformed into the everlasting body a person will possess for eternity, whether in heaven or hell. Those who were in paradise will be sent to the new heavens and new earth (Revelation 21:1). Those who were in Hades will be thrown into the lake of fire (Revelation 20:11-15). These are the final, eternal destinations of all people—based entirely on whether or not a person trusted in Jesus Christ for salvation.

Read more: http://www.gotquestions.org/soul-sleep.html#ixzz2UVkaNSWu

[Guest man]

The word "sleep" cited in this passage is found in Strong's #3624 (fig. to die).

Are the Dead...?

1) Conscious

2) Sleeping

3) Otherwise ?

[Atonement]

The word "sleep" cited in this passage is found in Strong's #3624 (fig. to die).

Are the Dead...?

1) Conscious

2) Sleeping

3) Otherwise ?

I see the confusion; sleep is just another way of saying dead or have died. The dead are fully conscience unless you have Scripture that tells us something different?