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1 | Continuing search why 3 days in earth? | Matthew | gracefull | 93716 | ||
Hi Chusarcik I am a literalist. I take scripture for what is says in the context it is stated in. In light of that, my answer would have to be, 'No'. Without the above set of rules for study, we can use scripture to create or confirm any doctrine we choose. 1 Peter 3:18-20 states emphatically that Jesus preached....in Hell. Look at the Amplified... 18For Christ [the Messiah Himself] died for sins once for all, the Righteous for the unrighteous (the Just for the unjust, the Innocent for the guilty), that He might bring us to God. IN HIS HUMAN BODY HE WAS PUT TO DEATH, BUT HE WAS MADE ALIVE IN THE SPIRIT, 19 IN WHICH (in what? His Spirit) He went and preached to the spirits in prison, 20[The souls of those] who long before in the days of Noah had been disobedient, when God's patience waited during the building of the ark in which a few [people], actually eight in number, were saved through water. Jesus literaly preached to the souls that died before Noah. Now the only reason Jesus, or us for that matter) would preach to ANYONE is to relay the message of the gospel in order that the hearer becomes accountable for what they KNOW. From Genesis to Revelation, God expounded His Word to convey His will for us to have a choice of obedience or rejection. Now scripture tells us that Noah preached the coming flood day by day as the Ark was being built. They had a choice then and rejected. Either Christ was demonstrating the choice they rejected or giving them another choice, I do not know. Those raised at the time of Jesus rexurrecton were called 'saints'. Either these were the righteous dead or they were repentant forgiven unrighteous souls. All here is speculation. Only the Holy Spirit can give us a clear answer somewhere in scripture. But as a literalist, Jesus died physically, his Spirit ascended to Hell and preached to the souls that were disobedient in the days of Noah. God bless |
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2 | Continuing search why 3 days in earth? | Matthew | Tony M | 93930 | ||
Please excuse me for jumping in here, I'm usually just a reader. But, I too, am a literalist. I don't believe we should base our beliefs on one or two verses. The Bible says in many places that Hell/Hades was made for the unbelievers. I just can't believe that Jesus died and went to Hell. Tony | ||||||
3 | Continuing search why 3 days in earth? | Matthew | Emmaus | 93936 | ||
Tony, Hades or Sheol was the abode of the dead before Christ reedemed us on the Cross, though the believers and unbelievers occupied different compartments so to speak. For just one example see Jesus's story of Lazarus and the rich man (Luke 16:20). It is the translation as the English word Hell that throws modern people off. Hades to the Greek or Sheol to the Hebrew of the ancient world included all the dead. Emmaus |
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