what is my opinion? i think soul sleep is false because of the examples i gave above there is no way all the disciples were just hallucinating elijah and moses i think they were really there!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
However the souls and spirits of the saints now go directly to Heaven [whereas before Christ's resurrection they went to Sheol/Hades to remain separated from the unsaved (also in Sheol/Hades)]. Now, the unsaved still go th Hades to await their final judgment. But they are in conscious torment.
The concept of Purgatory is a mere fiction, and should be ignored.