Is “the Sleep of Death” (Psalm 13:3) a Conscious State? Author’s Response in Early 2016 to His Own Teaching in June 2010: “The Departure from the Body” on Sunday Night Bible Study June 27, 2010 at the Christian Missionary Alliance in Aurora, In. It was not wrong to state that “Scripture refers to death as sleep.” Introduction This statement is supported in the teaching by dozens of biblical passages: Scripture refers to death as ____________ (1 Kings 1:21; 2:10; 11:21; 11:43; 14:20,31; 15:8,24; 16:6,28; 22:40,50; 2 Kings 8:24; 9:28; 10:35; 12:21; 13:9,13; 14:16,20,22,29; 15:7,22,38; 16:20; 20:21; 21:18; 24;6; 2 Chronicles 9:31; 12:16; 14:1; 16:13; 21:1; 25:28; 26:2,23; 27:9; 28:27; 32:33; 33:20; Acts 7:60; 13:36; 1 Corinthians 15:6; 2 Samuel 7:12; Deuteronomy 31:16). On earth, Jesus awakened some from the dead (Matthew 9:24; 27:52; John 11:11-14). Except for the believers who are alive (1 Thessalonians 4:17; 1 Corinthians 15:51-52), Christ’s coming (1 Corinthians 15:18-20,23) o...