3 Things the Dead do NOT Have

"Q: What is the state of the deceased according to the word of God?

A: The deceased do not possess any of the three attributes that define existence: mind, emotions, and will.

In the deceased, there are no cognitive processes: “When his breath departs, he returns to the earth; on that very day his plans perish.” Psalm 146:4 ESV.
Therefore, “the dead know nothing.” Ecclesiastes 9:5 ESV.

The deceased have no emotions: “Their love and their hate and their envy have already perished, and forever they have no more share in all that is done under the sun.” Ecclesiastes 9:6 ESV.

The deceased have no will because after death: “in Sheol, where you are going, there is no work or planning or knowledge or wisdom.” Ecclesiastes 9:10 BSB.

This state of nonexistence is euphemistically referred to as “sleep” in the Bible.
Furthermore, the meaning of the word Sheol is “grave” or “burial place” in the sense of the state of death, not a place for the spirits or souls of deceased people.

Death as the “sleep in the dust of the earth” is a direct consequence of the Biblical understanding of the mortality of the soul (nefesh), which is a psychophysical unity of a person."

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