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That only refers to Lazarus being physically dead/asleep. His soul was conscious. Scripture does not teach soul sleep. John portrayed the souls of physically dead martyrs as being conscious.Good post! Just to add....
Jesus taught this so plainly...
John 11:11 These things He said, and after that He said to them, “Our friend Lazarus sleeps, but I go that I may wake him up.”
12 Then His disciples said, “Lord, if he sleeps he will get well.” 13 However, Jesus spoke of his death, but they thought that He was speaking about taking rest in sleep.
14 Then Jesus said to them plainly, “Lazarus is dead. 15 And I am glad for your sakes that I was not there, that you may believe. Nevertheless let us go to him.”
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.
Jesus portrayed physically dead people as being conscious in Luke 16:19-31.
Jesus talked to the physically dead Moses and Elijah at His transfiguration.
Jesus said that God is the God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob and that He is not the God of the dead, but of the living. If Abraham, Isaac and Jacob are not alive in any sense, as you believe, then God would not be their God since He is not the God of the dead.
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