Of course the Bible teaches this. Where did Stephen go after he was killed? And what does it mean "to be absent from the body is to be present with the Lord"? If you cannot give us a straight answer to that, then you know that you are the one holding on to false doctrines of Soul Sleep and Annihilationism. Before the resurrection of Christ all souls and spirits went to Sheol/Hades. But after His resurrection all the saints to to be with Him in Heaven, and all the unsaved go to Hades.
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