By Grace I believe in soul sleep. Soul sleep is not false. Believers will be resurrected at the first resurrection and nonbelievers at the great white throne.
I kinda figured that from the way you were posting. I am not here to tell you that you are wrong, HOWEVER, I can tell you in complete honesty that that idea is foreign to both the OT and NT.
Please read this, from the article I quoted elsewhere in this thread:
The notion of a soul-sleep is just as foreign to the NT as to Judaism; the image of the sleep is introduced (Mk. 5:39 and par.; 1 Th. 5:10; Jn. 11:11–12 etc. → -κοιμάω) simply as an euphemistic description of death.
The soul is certainly separated from the body in death, but it experiences temporary retribution in the time between death and the resurrection. When the NT refers to Hades, the reference is to the abode of souls loosed from their bodies (cf.
Ac. 2:26 f., 31). b. The NT is also in agreement that Hades lies at the heart of the earth. In contrast to heaven as the highest height it signifies the deepest depth (
Mt. 11:23;
Lk. 10:15); it is the heart of the earth (
Mt. 12:40); one goes down into it (
Mt. 11:23;
Lk. 10:15; cf. R. 10:7); it is called φυλακή as the underground (cf.
Rev. 20:7 and
20:2 f.) prison of the souls of the ungodly (
1 Pt. 3:19). The image of the πύλαι ᾅδου (
Mt. 16:18; cf.
Is. 38:10;
Ps. Sol. 16:2;
Wis. 16:13;
3 Macc. 5:51; and cf. also the “keys of Hades” in
Rev. 1:18 → κλείς) is to be understood in terms of the ancient oriental and biblical cosmology according to which the underworld, located in the hollow earth, is enclosed by sacred cliffs. circa c. Finally, the NT agrees that the stay in Hades is limited, as may be seen from the sharp distinction between ᾅδης and γέεννα. Throughout the NT Hades serves only an interim purpose. It receives souls after death,14 and delivers them up again at the resurrection (
Rev. 20:13). The resurrection constitutes its end (20:14), and it is replaced by γέεννα (19:20; 20:10, 14 f.: λίμνη τοῦ πυρός) as the final place of punishment.
Kittel, G., Bromiley, G. W., & Friedrich, G. (Eds.). (1964–). Theological dictionary of the New Testament. Grand Rapids, MI: Eerdmans.
But I can say that Ellen got it wrong.