When someone dies, why do we say "Rest in peace"? What is meant by it? Is it bibical?
It has always seemed to me to suggest that a person's soul is "sleeping" in death. In fact, as a child that's what I thought happened to people when they died.
If "rest" refers to heavenly rest, then why would we need to include the bit about peace?
It has always seemed to me to suggest that a person's soul is "sleeping" in death. In fact, as a child that's what I thought happened to people when they died.
If "rest" refers to heavenly rest, then why would we need to include the bit about peace?