[Jonty30]

No. I’m not of the Church of God.
Are the Jews, who also believe that man does not live on after death also cultists?
If being asleep means being busy does going to Heaven actually mean going to hell and going to hell actually means going to Heaven?

Does damnation actually mean salvation and salvation actually means damnation?

Does the Bible not mean what it says?

[MHGinTN]

The means what it says, you just lack comprehension due perhaps to training from someone not rightly dividing the Word.

The body is limited in time whereas the soul/spirit is not. when Paul died he went in spirit to Heaven, to await the great departure coming soon. Do a bit of searching and you will find that Paul wrote that if there is a physical body there is a spirit body.