OnACruise (Craig) said:
Thanks for all your comments; the issue of Christ's "journey to hell" deserves further comment, which I hope to add tomorrow.
Here are the Scriptures that I know of which talk about Christ's so-called "journey into Hell":
Acts 2:25-31 (King James Version): For David speaketh concerning him, I foresaw the Lord always before my face, for he is on my right hand, that I should not be moved: Therefore did my heart rejoice, and my tongue was glad; moreover also my flesh shall rest in hope: Because thou wilt not leave my soul in hell, neither wilt thou suffer thine Holy One to see corruption. Thou hast made known to me the ways of life; thou shalt make me full of joy with thy countenance. Men and brethren, let me freely speak unto you of the patriarch David, that he is both dead and buried, and his sepulcher is with us unto this day. Therefore being a prophet, and knowing that God had sworn with an oath to him, that of the fruit of his loins, according to the flesh, he would raise up Christ to sit on his throne; He seeing this before spake of the resurrection of Christ, that his soul was not left in hell, neither his flesh did see corruption.
The Greek word used for "Hell" in those Verses is "Hades".
Strong's Bible Dictionary Definition of "Hades":
properly unseen, that is, “Hades” or the place (state) of departed souls: - grave, hell.
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Thayer's Greek Bible Dictionary Definition of "Hades":
1) name Hades or Pluto, the god of the lower regions
2) Orcus, the nether world, the realm of the dead
3) later use of this word: the grave, death, hell
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In Acts 2:25-31, the word Greek word "Hades" is used to quote the Hebrew word "Sheol".
Strong's Bible Dictionary Definition of "Sheol":
hades or the world of the dead (as if a subterranian retreat), including its accessories and inmates: - grave, hell, pit.
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Brown-Driver-Briggs' Hebrew Bible Dictionary Definition of "Sheol":
1) sheol, underworld, grave, hell, pit
1a) the underworld
1b) Sheol - the OT designation for the abode of the dead
1b1) place of no return
1b2) without praise of God
1b3) wicked sent there for punishment
1b4) righteous not abandoned to it
1b5) of the place of exile (figuratively)
1b6) of extreme degradation in sin
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Since Jesus said that He was going to "Paradise" when He died, I am 100% sure that Jesus never went to any place of torment after death.
A lot of people have questions about 1 Peter 3:19, and so do I (I really am not sure what 1 Peter 3:19 is saying):
1 Peter 3:18: For Christ also suffered once to atone for sins, the Just for the unjust, that He might bring you to God, being put to death in the Flesh, but made alive by the Spirit,
1 Peter 3:19: by whom also He went and preached to the spirits in prison,
1 Peter 3:20: who formerly disobeyed, when the longsuffering of God was waiting in the days of Noah, when the ark was being prepared, in which a few, that is, eight souls, were saved through water;
Any comments on 1 Peter 3:19?
