Soul Sleep?

Jesus said that although a believer were dead, yet shall he live:

"Jesus said unto her, I am the resurrection, and the life: he that believeth in me, though he were dead, yet shall he live:" (John 11:25).

Though the believer were physically dead, yet his inner person shall live.

When shall he live - at some future time? or shall he (the inner man) always live.

Jesus said he shall never die. He won't at any time be dead. This can't speak of the outer man (the body), for the body dies.

"...yet shall he live" - this can't speak of the outer man, for He already said, "...though he were dead..." It speaks of the inner man. And it (the inner man of a believer) never dies.

There is no interim between the life here spoken of and the believer's death:

"And whosoever liveth and believeth in me shall never die. Believest thou this? (John 11:26)".

Never die. Not even temporarily. This speaks of the inner man. Never die.