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Sleep is a form of rest. When we sleep we are still able to perceive things in dreams and in a realm that we typically do not talk about but the Bible does mention. Many prophets in the Bible talk about having visions and messages from God during sleep or during dreams.
Therefore even sleep is not a soul death that people like to describe. There is more to the realm of sleep then many will be willing to discuss.
However if you agree that sleep is a form of rest then you will see that these verses talk about what happens to the soul after death:
Revelation 6
9 When He opened the fifth seal, I saw under the altar the souls of those who had been slain for the word of God and for the testimony which they held. 10 And they cried with a loud voice, saying, “How long, O Lord, holy and true, until You judge and avenge our blood on those who dwell on the earth?” 11 Then a white robe was given to each of them; and it was said to them that they should rest a little while longer, until both the number of their fellow servants and their brethren, who would be killed as they were, was completed.
Revelation 14:13
Then I heard a voice from heaven saying to me, “Write: ‘Blessed are the dead who die in the Lord from now on.’” “Yes,” says the Spirit, “that they may rest from their labors, and their works follow them.”
Therefore even sleep is not a soul death that people like to describe. There is more to the realm of sleep then many will be willing to discuss.
However if you agree that sleep is a form of rest then you will see that these verses talk about what happens to the soul after death:
Revelation 6
9 When He opened the fifth seal, I saw under the altar the souls of those who had been slain for the word of God and for the testimony which they held. 10 And they cried with a loud voice, saying, “How long, O Lord, holy and true, until You judge and avenge our blood on those who dwell on the earth?” 11 Then a white robe was given to each of them; and it was said to them that they should rest a little while longer, until both the number of their fellow servants and their brethren, who would be killed as they were, was completed.
Revelation 14:13
Then I heard a voice from heaven saying to me, “Write: ‘Blessed are the dead who die in the Lord from now on.’” “Yes,” says the Spirit, “that they may rest from their labors, and their works follow them.”
To all fighting for the truth, keep fighting the good fight.
God bless.
Tom