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1 | can a women preach and teach men | 1 Tim 2:12 | JDHallKY | 85795 | ||
I agree that Joyce Meyer, Kenneth Copeland, Benny Hinn, et al., are quite incorrect when they teach that Christ went to hell to finish the atonement for sin, but I also have a problem with the idea he went to hell at all. I do not believe Ephesians 4:8-9 or 1 Peter 3:18 indicate Jesus literally went to hell. When Paul, in Ephesians, speaks of Christ "descend[ing] into the lower parts of the earth", he is speaking of Christ entering the GRAVE (Greek, Hades; Hebrew, Sheol). Hades includes both intermediate states, hell and paradise. Thus, Jesus says to the criminal hanging next to him on Calvary, "today you shall be with Me in Paradise"(Luke 23:43). My understanding of 1 Peter 3:18-20 is that Christ has spoken to and drawn all men throughout history through the person of the Holy Spirit, the same Spirit by which he was made alive in the Resurrection. This same spirit spoke to all those now in hell when they were alive, such as in the time of Noah. |
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