only the body sleeps


rich man and Lazarus and Abraham

all wide awake and aware of the situation in Hades


rich man on the "torment" side of Hades
- where the unrighteous dead go

Lazarus on the Paradise / Abraham's Bosom side of Hades
- where the righteous dead went

send Lazarus with some water to cool my tongue...

a great gulf fixed between the two sides

send Lazarus to my brothers so they will not come to this awful place


Paradise / Abraham's bosom was emptied

when He led captivity free
and took all the righteous dead from Paradise into the heavens

only the "Torment" side of Hades continues to be populated with unrighteous dead

every righteous dead from the resurrection and ascension onward
absent from the body
present with the Lord

the trib. saints call out from under the altar
how long until you avenge our blood?

no one is "unconscious" until the resurrection of the body

everyone who has exited this life
is wide awake and aware of where they are