There are many theories as to the condition of the soul after death. The Bible teaching is very clear and simple. There need be no confusion of mind at all if we are willing to accept what the Scriptures teach.
In the case of the first man who sinned, what was it that sinned; and what suffered the penalty for disobedience? The account of the creation of man mentions three things--body, soul, and spirit. The body was formed of the dust of the ground. God breathed into its nostrils "the breath (spirit) of life, and man became a living soul." Man did not receive a soul, but he became a soul. The union of the life or energizing principle, the breath with the body, produced the living intelligent being--the soul.
What was it that sinned? Surely it was not the dust or the body. Neither was it the "breath of life" that disobeyed. It was the soul - the living being - Adam, that sinned against the Lord. Then what died? Hear what the Scriptures declare--"The soul that sins, it shall die." (Ezekiel 18:4) It is, therefore, according to the highest authority in all the Universe, that the soul sinks into unconsciousness at death. The soul will be awakened on the resurrection morning.
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