Soul Sleep

It is not the dead who praise the LORD, nor any who descend into silence.

And many who sleep in the dust of the earth will awake, some to everlasting life, but others to shame and everlasting contempt.

Do not be amazed at this, for the hour is coming when all who are in their graves will hear His voice

…and come out—those who have done good to the resurrection of life, and those who have done evil to the resurrection of judgment.

When his spirit departs, he returns to the ground; on that very day his plans perish.

No one has ascended into heaven except the One who descended from heaven—the Son of Man.

…before the dust returns to the ground from which it came and the spirit returns to God who gave it.

For there is no mention of You in death; who can praise You from Sheol?

The tombs broke open, and the bodies of many saints who had fallen asleep were raised.