Life, Death and Destiny by Warren Prestidge

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Soul Sleep | Conditional Immortality

One particular verse seems to refute soul sleep. In Luke 23:43, Jesus told the thief on the cross that he would be with Him that day in paradise. Jesus was not going to sleep, and neither was the man on the cross. On the contrary, Jesus preached to the spirits in prison and led the captive to freedom, where the Old Testament believers rose from their tombs and went into Jerusalem, only be to taken up when Christ ascended forty days later. (1st Peter 3:19,Ephesians 4:8, Matthew 27:51-53)

from
http://thetruth-blog.blogspot.com/2010/12/what-is-soul-sleep.html

"Seems" to refute! A good choice of words because there are other interpretations:
The Penitent Thief | The Thief on the cross

The Spirits in Prison

A new article on the Afterlife | Conditional Immortality, Soul Sleep and Annihilationism website is Sheol the Old Testament Consensus, which deals with the soul in the Old Testament.

Depart and be with Christ | 2 Corinthians 5:8 Does it disprove Conditional Immortality?

from
http://www.invitationtochrist.org/soul_sleep.htm

In the Old Testament the saints were not in an unconscious state while in the "paradise" section of the underworld. In Luke 16:22-31 Abraham was fully alert. Paul said, "For I am in a strait betwixt two, having a desire to depart, and to be with Christ; which is far better."   In   II Corinthians 5:8 Paul said, "We are confident, I say, and willing rather to be absent from the body, and to be present with the Lord."   Then in Revelation 6:10 the souls of some martyrs cry out and ask God, "...How long, O Lord, holy and true, dost thou not judge and avenge our blood on them that dwell on the earth?"

2 Corinthians 5:8 is one of the key passages that is used to prove that conditional immortality or soul sleep is incorrect.

Can I commend the following articles on the Afterlife | Conditional Immortality, Soul Sleep and Annihilationism website to show that there is more than one view to this passage:
To depart and be with Christ : is Death Better by Far?
Absent from the body
Do the Saints Go to Heaven When They Die?: The Question Scripturally Consideredby Elder C. M. Keach
Comments On Philippians 1:20-25 by Dr. John H. Roller

You might also like to look at the following on the importance of Conditional Immortality ( PDF download)
The importance of Conditional Immortality