difference in the NT is the assumption that people will not stay in Sheol or asleep forever, because the coming of Jesus has made a difference. Now, people either will be raised to a new, transformed life or will be punished for their wrongdoing. But in the meantime, Sheol is still the place where the dead rest until resurrection day. That is all right because Jesus has been there and is there keeping an eye on us as we sleep until that day when we are all raised and judged together at the End (e.g.,