[[One more point, and I’ll get off the soap box. I always wonder what it was like for Lazarus to return from eternity after 3 days in our time (no one can fathom how long that was for him)... ]]
He may not have returned from eternity-
in one of my posts, (my longwinded posts which most people will ignore lol)- I wondered if there is the possibility that at ‘death’ whether it could be that the spirit moves beyond the body, but the soul might remain for a time in certain cases for God’s own purposes (like with Lazarus- his resurrection was for a very definite purpose- perhaps God didn’t allow the soul to depart-)
I’m just guessing- and probably way off-
More people believe that than you may think. Perhaps because of Lazarus and Jesus being in the tomb until the third day, wakes at home were held for three days with a 24/7 candlelight vigil. It was believed that the soul remained, whether to say goodbye, see its past, I don’t know-it stemmed from the old country. Interesting...