The "thorn in the flesh" in is interpreted as individuals sent by Satan to disrupt the apostle Paul's ministry, not an illness as it is commonly interpreted. Also, the dead do not immediately go to heaven to be in the presence of the Lord, or unbelievers to hell, but rather that death is a continuing state which will end only when Jesus Christ returns for his saints (; ) and with his saints. In this way they believe that souls are not immortal, thus remaining dead until the final resurrection, which is known by some as soul sleep. Wierwille also wrote that the "unsaved" simply "die a second and final death". Way followers reject water baptism, holding that it wasn't intended as a continuing practice after Pentecost, and that it applied only to Israel. With the coming of the greater (baptized in holy spirit) the lesser (baptized in water) is done away with.