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1 | crucifixion - resurrection | Bible general Archive 1 | ANNALEE | 45346 | ||
Where was Jesus during the 3 days between the crucifixion and the resurrection? | ||||||
2 | crucifixion - resurrection | Bible general Archive 1 | JohnK | 45347 | ||
The three days that passed were very important. Not because of "where" Jesus was, but the length of time that passed from the ressurection and the crucifixion. First, on the cross, Jesus told the thief next to him, "TODAY, you will be WITH ME in paradise." Clearly, Jesus was in His Kingdom during those three days. But the most important part, is the time that passed. Those three days were given as a sign. Remember when the Pharicees asked for a sing, but Jesus said, Matt 16:4 "...and there shall no sign be given unto it, but the sign of the prophet Jonas." As you may recall, Jonas was in the belly of a whale for three days. Jesus also said that as Jonas, so tha son of man will be in the belly of the earth for three days". But it is important to note that Jesus said "TODAY, you will be with me in paradise", a contradiction? Hardly. Christ was showing them that for three days he would be "burried", just as Jonas was. The three days also have more significant meaning, of which I will only briefly expand on: The book of Daniel mentions (Daniel 9:27) -"And he shall confirm the covenant with many for one week: and in the midst of the week he shall cause the sacrifice and the oblation to cease." Christ's sacrifice happened during the middle of the week, and as you know, the result of the crucifixion was that animal sacrifices have ceased to be of meaning to God, the ultimate sacrifice had been offered. So, in order for the "week" to be completed, Jesus' body was inthe tomb for 3 days and 3 nights. The next day after the third night would have been day 7. As a sign of completeness and as a sign of fullfillment of prophecy, the timing was essential. |
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3 | the three days and 1Peter 3:19-22 | Bible general Archive 1 | ANNALEE | 45354 | ||
During those three dayshow was it Christ "went and preached unto the spiritsin prison 1Peter 3:19 ,22 | ||||||
4 | the three days and 1Peter 3:19-22 | Bible general Archive 1 | JohnK | 45363 | ||
My appologies. Yes indeed, Christ did preach to those in prison. Where that prison is, I can't answer. But why there was a prison, I can. There were those before Christ's time that beleived in God, but yet have never heard about Christ. Those people that beleived God's Word and followed his commandments died without a meaningful sacrifice being offered for them. Remember, Jesus said, "Abraham saw my day and rejoiced". So Abraham knew the importance of the sacrifice of Christ. He had faith in the fact that the sacrifice would mean salvation. But there were those that died without hope, without knowledge of Christ's sacrifice, yet they trusted God, and lived according to the word they were given. These people were waiting for the day of the Messiah, yet they died without seeing it. God was just by fullfilling the promise that Messiah would come. The promise applied to ALL who beleived. So, the ones who died without seeing the Messiah, would be visited by the Messiah as a fullfillment of the promise. Today, we have His Word as a testimony, but they didn't have that, they only had a promise that the Messiah would come. |
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5 | other accounts? | Bible general Archive 1 | ANNALEE | 45366 | ||
Do you know of other accounts where Jesus may have gone during that time? the three days? | ||||||
6 | other accounts? | Bible general Archive 1 | JohnK | 45373 | ||
It may be incorrect to say that it was those that had already physically died, were preached to. After all God did say that it is appointed unto man once to die, and then the judgement. Here is something else in the Bible that mentions captivity and prison. Luke 4:18 The Spirit of the Lord is upon me, because he hath anointed me to preach the gospel to the poor; he hath sent me to heal the brokenhearted, to preach deliverance to the captives, and recovering of sight to the blind, to set at liberty them that are bruised, Luke 4:19 To preach the acceptable year of the Lord. Jesus in Luke was quoting this passage in Isaiah: Isa 61:1 The spirit of the Lord GOD is upon me; because the LORD hath anointed me to preach good tidings unto the meek; he hath sent me to bind up the brokenhearted, to proclaim liberty to the captives, and the OPENING OF THE PRISON to them that are bound; It may be that the "prison" was merely talking about the captivity of sin, and not that there was a purgatory of some sort. It does not necessrily mean that Christ preached during those three days. I may learn something from this myself. I guess this is a good example of first understanding the Word of God before trying to explain. Just be sure that wherever you get an answer from, check it's validity by using the Bible itself. There is a long-standing debate on this issue, and many books were written on that passage. Bottomline is, don't forget that Christ did say he would be in paradise "today". So, he definitely was not in hell, or anyplace of suffering. |
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7 | other accounts? | Bible general Archive 1 | ANNALEE | 45460 | ||
Thank you JohnK. | ||||||