Bible Question: Did Jesus spend 3 days and 3 nights in physical hell or mental hell? |
Bible Answer: The word that is translated hell means the holding place for those that died before Christ. Jesus painted a picture of this in the story of the rich man and Lazarus in Luke 16:19-31. One side of it is Abraham’s bosom or Paradise where the righteous that died dwelt and on the other a hot dry place where the unrighteous that died dwelt. Jesus upon his death went to Abraham’s bosom or Paradise and preached the Good News, He then lead captivity captive and took them to His father in Heaven. Jesus at this time took His blood and presented it before the Altar in the Tabernacle of the Lord which is in heaven as seen in Hebrews 9. When we die we no longer go to Abraham’s bosom but rather directly to heaven as Paul told us to be absent from the body is present with the Lord. 2 Cor. 5:8 The unrighteous souls in the hot dry place remain there until the Great White Thorn of Judgement at which point they will be thrown into the Lake of Fire. No Jesus did not spend 3 days in hell, his body spent three days in the grave only to arise again on the third day. This fantasy that Jesus went to hell and wrestled with the devil is nonsense. First of all the Satan isn’t in hell, he is on the earth roaming like a lion seeking those to destroy. Jesus didn’t go down to hell to be tormented by the Satan since hell isn’t a place where Satan or his demons torment people, besides they want nothing to do with hell anymore than we do. |