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1 | where do the dead really go??? | 2 Cor 5:8 | talmid | 174394 | ||
Well, if one perishes due to lack of knowing this, then he shall know it! Then he won't perish, would he? Isn't that a cute paradox? :-) |
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2 | What is the Spirit prison? | 2 Cor 5:8 | historian | 174395 | ||
This is an interesting thought on this subject, I was reading 1 Peter 3: 19 and 4:6 What do you guys think? | ||||||
3 | What is the Spirit prison? | 2 Cor 5:8 | BradK | 174396 | ||
Dear historian, Though I have done a bit of study on this passage, I certainly don't pretend to fully understand it's meaning. Hard Sayings of the Bible summarizes it like this: "It is unclear what Peter means when he says that Christ preached to the spirits in prison. Could it be that Christ is giving a second chance to people who have died? What does it mean that these beings are in prison? Could there be some type of purgatory after death where people are given a second chance?" There are basically 3 views: 1. Christ went to a place where evil spirits are imprisoned; 2. That Christ went to Hades and preached to OT saints or all OT people; 3. That Christ preached through Noah to those who were alive before the thime of the flood. Regardless of the questions asked, there is no consensus among established othodoxy on this passage. Martin Luther is said to have commented, "I don't know what Peter means here." I think that an honest view. Necessary to any understanding of this passage is how we handle the "Tough Texts". We need to establish what to do with difficult passages such as this. I would offer these 4 points: 1. Recognize that we are in good company when we find some texts or truths hard to handle. Even the disciples failed to grasp the meaning of our Lord's words (Mark 9:32; Luke 18:34); 2. Don't feel compelled to have a satisfactory explanation for every text in the Bible or a solution to every biblical problem. (see 1 Cor. 13:9-12); 3. Problem passages should not be the basis for new and novel doctrines or interpretations. Never accept a doctrine based soley on a problem text; 4. Be suspect of interpretations of difficult texts which do not have broad acceptance throughout the history of the church (2 Pet. 1:20-21). There are views by both John Gill and more recently by Fred Zaspel entitled, "Christ's Message to the Spirits in Prison An analysis of 1 Peter 3:18-19" that are worth reading. R.A Torrey also has some noteable remarks in his "Difficulties in the Bible". Speaking the Truth in Love, BradK |
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