These are all the passages where the word SLEEP is found in connection with death.The word SLEPT is used in MT.27: 1 COR.15:20 of death,and the phrase SLEPT WITH HIS FATHERS is used 36 times of death in the O.T.NOT ONE time is it stated that the SOUL SLEEPS.THE SOUL IS IMMORTAL (1PET3:4).The term SLEEP IN JESUS simply refers to those who were in CHRIST at their death.(1THESS4:14,16)

25.PROOFS OF IMMORTALITY OF THE SOUL.1.The hidden man of the heart IS NOT CORRUPTIBLE{is IMMORTAL 1PET.3:4} 2.Hell from beneath is moved to MEET THEE at thy coming{ISA.14:9-11} 3.They HAVE ETERNAL LIFE {JN.3:15,16; 6:54,58;17:2-3} 4.They are PASSED from death unto life{JN.5:24; 6:40,47} 5.He shall LIVE FOREVER{JN.6:51} 6.They shall NEVER PERISH {JN.10:28} 7.They shall NEVER DIE{JN.11:25,26}...Cont...

8.Man is NOT ABLE to kill the soul.{MT.10:28; LK.12:5} 9.There appeared Moses TALKING with HIM{MT.17:3. cp.Dt.34:6} 10.Their WORM DIETH NOT{MK.9:43-49} 11.In hell he LIFT UP his eyes,being in torments {LK.16:19-31}(read my topic about WHAT IS AN PARABLE.) 12.ALL LIVE unto HIM{LK.20:37,38} 13.Though our outward man perich,yet the inward man is RENEWED day by day...The things which are not seen(the SOUL and SPIRIT)ARE ETERNAL{2COR.4:16-18}...Cont...

14.To be absent from the body is to be PRESENT WITH the LORD{2COR.5:8} (after dieing u go strayed to the LORD)15.To depart(die,the inner man leaving the BODDY, JAS.2:26)is to BE WITH CHRIST{PHIL.1:21-24}16.Whether we wake(live)or sleep(die),we shall LIVE WITH HIM{1TH.5:10}17.You are come unto the spirit of just men and MADE PERFECT{HEB.12:22,23} 18.The SOULS of the dead LIVE ACCORDING TO GOD in the spirit{1PET.4:6}...Cont...

19.He that doeth the will of GOD ABIDETH FOREVER{1 JN.2:17} 20.We know we have passed from death UNTO LIFE because we love{1JN.3:14,15} 21.GOD has given us ETERNAL LIFE,and this life is in HIS SON{1JN.5:11} 22.He that hath the SON HATH LIFE{1 JN.5:12; 2:24,25} 23.Your heart shall LIVE FOREVER{PS.22:26} ..Cont..

24.The path of the just shineth more and more UNTO THE PERFECT DAY{ PR.4:18} 25.I SAW under the altar the SOULS...they CRIED,saying{REV.6:9-11}

GEN.2:7 explain:1.FORMED:HEB.yatsar-To mold or squeeze into shape as a potter does{GEN.2:7,19; 2KI.19:25; PS.94:9; 95:5; ISA.45:18}.The BODY was FORMED but the SOUL and SPIRIT(the inner man)were created(GEN.1:26,27; 5:1,2) 2.DUST OF THE GROUND:HEB.aphar-mud,rubbish.Trans.EARTH{GEN.26:15};dust{2:7; 3:19};ASHES {NUM.19:17; 2 KI.23:4}; GROUND{JOB 14:8};MORTER{LEV.14:42,45};POWDER {2KI.23:6,15}and RUBBISH{NEH.4:2,10}...Cont..

BREATHED into his nostrils:HEB.naphach-to breathe out,puff,inflate,blow hard{2:7; EZ.37:9} 4.BREATH :HEB.Neshamah-breath-the air inhaled and exhaled,respiration{2:7; 7:22; JOB33:4;37:10; ISA.2:22; 30:33; 42:5}.BREATH is NOT SOUL or SPIRIT of man,for SPIRIT and BREATH are distinguished in JOB 34:14. 5.LIFE:chayim-lives.BREATH OF LIVES, because it made the BODY,SOUL,and SPIRIT live and function together. 6.SOUL:HEB.nephesh-1THESS.5:23 ...and i pray GOD your whole SPIRIT and SOUL and BODY...; here the 3 is separate of each other.ONLY GOD can put the SOUL in as.JOB14:22 But his flesh{body} upon him shall have pain,and his soul within him shall mourn.This 2 is separate.BODY and SOUL! ..Cont...