Take a look at 1Thess 1:10. The Greek verb tense is has delivered us ... from the wrath to come.
In a manuscript I’m working on the scene with Lazarus stands out to me as an example of what will happen to those ‘in Christ’ yet in the grave. Lazarus was brought from Sheol to struggle out of the tomb. But The Lord had cleansed his body else the soul would not have been put back in the body! And that cleansing happened in a twinkling of an eye at the Loud command of Jesus to come forth.
Yes, I like that. Notice also, because of the Power in the Voice of Jesus, He had to specify the name of Lazarus when He said “Lazarus come forth” otherwise all the graves would have opened.
When Jesus descended into the depths of the Earth, He victoriously entered Paradise with the keys, therby released those that had died with the hope of the One to come, and took captivity captive when He Ascended.
What many fail to understand is that from that point forward, Paradise has been empty. Now when one dies as a Believer, that person goes to be with the Lord. Hence, Paul stated, “to be absent from the body is to be present with the Lord.”
One day soon, those bodies will rise and be reunited with their spirit and soul.