Term
Intermediate State
The condition of a person between death and the return of Christ when believers receive new resurrection bodies.
Filed underEschatology
Definition
The condition or mode of being of a person between the time of one's death and the time that Christ returns to give believers new resurrection bodies.
Connections
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- Related to
- deathTerm
- resurrectionTerm
- Broader than
- soul sleepTerm
Sources
- 1.Wayne A. Grudem Systematic Theology: An Introduction to Biblical Doctrine. 2nd ed.. (Grand Rapids, MI: Zondervan Academic, 2020). 41COriginal citation: Grudem, Wayne A. Systematic Theology: An Introduction to Biblical Doctrine. 2nd ed. Grand Rapids, MI: Zondervan Academic, 2020, 41C.
Last revised August 14, 2026