Legend:
- Jesus actually went to Hell
- Jesus did not go to Hell
Discussion:
- Jesus told the thief on the cross that he would be Him today in paradise. (Luke 23:43)
- For the thief it would have felt like "today", because he would sleep until his resurrections.
- Plus Jesus is eternal so today with Him could have been any day
- Yes, but he was speaking to a man in his terms. Today would have meant today. Or he would have said something like I for now always be with you.
- Yes, but he was speaking to a man in his terms. Today would have meant today. Or he would have said something like I for now always be with you.
- For the thief it would have felt like "today", because he would sleep until his resurrections.
- Absent from the Body is to be present with The Lord. 2 Cor 5
- Does it actually say this?
- Does it actually say this?
- John 16:28 "I cam forth from the Father and have come into the world. Again, I leave the world and go to the Father" Jesus went to the Father
- There is a reference in proverbs of God delivering Jesus form hell. (Prov 23:14)
- This is a principle of child-rearing. It is not a reference to Jesus. This is about preventing someone from going to Hell, not someone already in hell.
- This is a principle of child-rearing. It is not a reference to Jesus. This is about preventing someone from going to Hell, not someone already in hell.
- Acts 2:27-31 says Jesus went to Hell
- This is a quote of Ps16:10. Hell in the old Testament (sheol), could have just meant the grave.
- This is a quote of Ps16:10. Hell in the old Testament (sheol), could have just meant the grave.
- Ephesians 4:9 says he descended into the lower parts of the earth.
- This is a reference to being in the grave between death and resurrection
- This is a reference to being in the grave between death and resurrection
- Jesus went and preached to the spirits in Hell after his death. "by whom also He went and preached to the spirits in prison" (1 Peter 3:19)
- When read in context you see Jesus did not go back in time, but went in spirit to the time of Noah while the ark was being constructed. Here he preached through Noah, before the flood.
- But it says the spirits NOW in prison
- Those who heard the preaching were later, at the time Peter was writing, sprits in prison. They were in Hell waiting for resurrection and final judgement
- Those who heard the preaching were later, at the time Peter was writing, sprits in prison. They were in Hell waiting for resurrection and final judgement
- But it says the spirits NOW in prison
- When read in context you see Jesus did not go back in time, but went in spirit to the time of Noah while the ark was being constructed. Here he preached through Noah, before the flood.
- Apostles creed says he "Descended into Hell" This shows the early Church fathers believed it
- This could also be reference to the grave
- Remember creeds are not the final word on theology. The Bible is.
- This could also be reference to the grave
- On the cross Jesus said "It is finished"
- Jesus said "Father into thine hand my spirit". Jesus went to the Father
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