What was the point of Jesus going to Hell and preaching to the denizens during the 3 days he was dead?

Question

Since no one in Hell ever gets out, and we know that for a fact -- what ever would be the point of Jesus going down there and preaching to them?

Who ever came up with that lame idea? Quote me chapter and verse.

Answer 1

omg, christians dont know that he went to hell?

now im really believing that atheists know more of the bible than a generic christian.

Answer 2

These Gen.6:2,4;
Angels that did sin before the flood and spoken of at Jude 6; 1Pet.3:18-20; and 2Pet.2:4; are in tartarus hell prison until the judgement day. 1Cor.6:2,3; The saints are the Judges. Heb.9:27; Man will be judged and angels wil be judged.
So Jesus went to visit them during the 40 days he was here after his resurrection from John 19:38-42; A cave, a tomb, a sepulchre, grave or burial place, hell at Acts 2:27-31; David is still there to wait his resurrection ar the last day,
John 11:24; Martha knew ALL 1Cor.15:22,28,51-53; ALL the heavenly for the new heavens, and ALL the earthly for the new earth [ after 1000 years ], are
resurrected.
Rev.20:1-6,12,13 [ these are resurrected from same hell Jesus is, David will be, for the 1000 year last day [ is 6000 to 1000 las day ], judgement.

The angels that saw earth prepared and do not die, Luke 20:34-36; even the ones that did sin before the flood and have been confined all this time after Jesus was in the Roman Empire #6 in world, they were over age 1656 at the flood, and were there over 2400 years when Jesus spoke to them. How bad can it be if Jesus went there to visit them?

Since the flood Rev.12:1-12; 1/3 of the angels have joined forces with Satan,
at a point and time as to prophecy [ that no one believes in ], they are cast out of heaven for the raised up or caught up to be with Jesus during the short time Satan has from Rev.12:1-12 to Rev.20:1-6,12,13 [ No Satan ];

Answer 3

It wasn't really hell but a place where the dead go before the day of judgment. While there, they still have a chance to learn about Jesus--think of all the people who have ever lived without ever hearing about Jesus. Would it be fair to condemn them all to hell? I don't think so. So, people have another chance, after this life, to accept Jesus before they go to the final judgment day.

What a wonderful plan.

1 Peter 4:6 KJV

6 For for this cause was the gospel preached also to them that are dead, that they might be judged according to men in the flesh, but live according to God in the spirit.

Answer 4

First of all, you need some truthful information about what the Scriptures really say about hell.
There is no fire and brimstone, pit of eternal agony, screaming as we fry like bacon, etc etc..... There will only be one hell and that is after the 1000 yr period of teaching after Christ returns. The thousand years go by, then all who don't make it will go to the Lake of Fire, which will be a "turning to ashes from within"; easy, fast, simple, gone. Thats it.
Right now if you die, no matter how rotten a person you are, you are not sitting in a pit of fire. You are in Heaven, but across the gulph, awaiting the teaching period to come along with Christ. It is a horrible awakening, that even though you are dead and yet still "alive", you know that your soul is liable to perish, and that my friend, will be hell.

Okay about Jesus going to "hell" -
Do you think that God would just forget all those who died before salvation was available? Of course not. That would mean all the apostles, the Lev. Priestline, Moses,
Aaron, Paul, Mary His own mother, Noah,
all those would not have salvation and be lost. He went to them and told them of the event (the crucifiction) - that it was accomplished, and of course they accepted
eternal life and followed Him.
You can read of this in 1Peter 3:19 -

Answer 5

Answer: 1 Peter 3:18-19 states, "For Christ also suffered once for sins, the just for the unjust, that He might bring us to God, being put to death in the flesh but made alive by the Spirit, by whom also He went and preached to the spirits in prison."

The phrase, "by the Spirit," in verse 18 is exactly the same construction as the phrase, "in the flesh." So it seems best to relate the word "spirit" to the same realm as the word "flesh." The flesh and spirit are Christ's flesh and spirit. The words "made alive by (in) the spirit," point to the fact that Christ's sin-bearing and death brought about the separation of His human spirit from the Father (Matthew 27:46). The contrast is between flesh and spirit, as in Matthew 27:46 and Romans 1:3-4, and not between Christ's flesh and the Holy Spirit. When Christ's atonement for sin was completed, His spirit resumed the fellowship which had been broken.

First Peter 3:18-22 describes a necessary link between Christ's suffering (verse 18) and His glorification (verse 22). Only Peter gives specific information about what happened between these two events. The word "preached" in verse 19 is not the usual word in the New Testament to describe the preaching of the gospel. It literally means to herald a message. Jesus suffered and died on the Cross, His body being put to death, and His spirit died when He was made sin. But His spirit was made alive and He yielded it to the Father. According to Peter, sometime between His death and His resurrection Jesus made a special proclamation to "the spirits in prison."

To begin with, Peter referred to people as "souls" and not "spirits" (3:20). In the New Testament, the word "spirits" is used to describe angels or demons, not human beings; and verse 22 seems to bear out this meaning. Also, nowhere in the Bible are we told that Jesus visited hell. Acts 2:31 says that He went to "Hades" (New American Standard Bible), but "Hades" is not hell. The word "Hades" refers to the realm of the dead, a temporary place where they await the resurrection. Revelation 20:11-15 in the NASB or the New International Version give a clear distinction between the two. Hell is the permanent and final place of judgment for the lost. Hades is a temporary place.

Our Lord yielded His spirit to the Father, died, and at some time between death and resurrection, visited the realm of the dead where He delivered a message to spirit beings (probably fallen angels; see Jude 6) who were somehow related to the period before the flood in Noah's time. Verse 20 makes this clear. Peter did not tell us what He proclaimed to these imprisoned spirits, but it could not be a message of redemption since angels cannot be saved (Hebrews 2:16). It was probably a declaration of victory over Satan and his hosts (1 Peter 3:22; Colossians 2:15). Ephesians 4:8-10 also seems to indicate that Christ went to “paradise” (Luke 16:20; 23:43) and took to heaven all those who had believed in Him prior to His death. The passage doesn’t give a great amount of detail about what occurred, but most Bible scholars agree that this is what is meant by “led captivity captive.”

So, all that to say, the Bible isn’t entirely clear what exactly Christ did for the three days between His death and resurrection. It does seem, though, that He was preaching victory over the fallen angels and/or unbelievers. What we can know for sure is that Jesus was not giving people a second chance for salvation. The Bible tells us that we face judgment after death (Hebrews 9:27), not a second chance. There isn't really any definitively clear answer for what Jesus was doing for the time between His death and resurrection. Perhaps this is one of the mysteries we will understand once we reach glory.

Answer 6

"For Christ died for sins once for all, the righteous for the unrighteous, to bring you to God. He was put to death in the body but made alive by the Spirit, through whom also he went and preached to the spirits in prison who disobeyed long ago when God waited patiently in the days of Noah while the ark was being built." (1 Peter 3:18-20)
Matthew 12:40 (English-NIV)
For as Jonah was three days and three nights in the belly of a huge fish, so the Son of Man will be three days and three nights in the heart of the earth.

Revelation 1:18 (English-NIV)
17 When I saw him, I fell at his feet as though dead. Then he placed his right hand on me and said: "Do not be afraid. I am the First and the Last.
18 I am the Living One; I was dead, and behold I am alive for ever and ever! And I hold the keys of death and Hades.

Answer 7

The sons of God mentioned at Genesis 6:2, therefore, must have been angels, spirit “sons of God.” This expression is applied to angels at Job 1:6; 38:7. This view is supported by Peter, who speaks of “the spirits in prison, who had once been disobedient when the patience of God was waiting in Noah’s days.” (1Pe 3:19, 20) Also Jude writes of “the angels that did not keep their original position but forsook their own proper dwelling place.” (Jude 6) Angels had the power to materialize in human form, and some angels did so to bring messages from God. (Ge 18:1, 2, 8, 20-22; 19:1-11; Jos 5:13-15) But heaven is the proper abode of spirit persons, and the angels there have positions of service under Jehovah. (Da 7:9, 10) To leave this abode to dwell on earth and to forsake their assigned service to have fleshly relations would be rebellion against God’s laws, and perversion.

The Bible states that the disobedient angels are now “spirits in prison,” having been ‘thrown into Tartarus’ and “reserved with eternal bonds under dense darkness for the judgment of the great day.” This seems to indicate that they are greatly restricted, unable again to materialize as they did prior to the Flood.—1Pe 3:19; 2Pe 2:4; Jude 6.
And the verse where Jesus preached to them?
1 Peter 3:18 Why, even Christ died once for all time concerning sins, a righteous [person] for unrighteous ones, that he might lead YOU to God, he being put to death in the flesh, but being made alive in the spirit. 19 In this [state] also he went his way and preached to the spirits in prison, 20 who had once been disobedient when the patience of God was waiting in Noah’s days, while the ark was being constructed, in which a few people, that is, eight souls, were carried safely through the water.

That is what the Bible says regarding Jesus preaching in 'hell'(tartatrus).

Answer 8

Eccl 9:5 " The living are consious that they will die; but as for the dead, they are conscious of nothing at all".

When Jesus died he was infact dead (conscious of nothing at all) until his spirit was resurrected by God. No where in the bible does it state that he went to hell!

Infact no where in the bible does it state that hell is an actual place. The Hebrew word "sheohl" and its Greek equivalent "haides" refer not to an individual burial place, but to the common grave of dead mankind.

Roman: 6:7 " He who has died has been acquitted from his sin" Therfore there is no reason to further punish anyone for their sins by sending them to hell. Romans 6:23 "The wages sin pays is death".

Answer 9

Paul wrote in Ephesians 4

8 Wherefore he saith, When he ascended up on high, he led captivity captive, and gave gifts unto men.
9 (Now that he ascended, what is it but that he also descended first into the lower parts of the earth?
10 He that descended is the same also that ascended up far above all heavens, that he might fill all things.)

Answer 10

It was a great plot point used by religious authors to further scare the hell out of believers (no pun intended) and keep them in line.

Answer 11

Sorry, I find no reference to preaching there...

Revelation 1:18
"and the living One; and I was dead, and behold, I am alive forevermore, and I have the keys of death and of Hades"

Ephesians 4:8-10 "Therefore it says,

"WHEN HE ASCENDED ON HIGH,
HE LED CAPTIVE A HOST OF CAPTIVES,
AND HE GAVE GIFTS TO MEN."

(Now this expression, "He ascended," what does it mean except that He also had descended into the lower parts of the earth? He who descended is Himself also He who ascended far above all the heavens, so that He might fill all things.) "


The idea of a fiery hell comes from this story Jesus told:

'The Rich Man and Lazarus' Luke 16:19-31

"Now there was a rich man, and he habitually dressed in purple and fine linen, joyously living in splendor every day. And a poor man named Lazarus was laid at his gate, covered with sores,and longing to be fed with the crumbs which were falling from the rich man's table; besides, even the dogs were coming and licking his sores. Now the poor man died and was carried away by the angels to Abraham's bosom; and the rich man also died and was buried. In Hades he lifted up his eyes, being in torment, and saw Abraham far away and Lazarus in his bosom. And he cried out and said, 'Father Abraham, have mercy on me, and send Lazarus so that he may dip the tip of his finger in water and cool off my tongue, for I am in agony in this flame.' But Abraham said, 'Child, remember that during your life you received your good things, and likewise Lazarus bad things; but now he is being comforted here, and you are in agony. And besides all this, between us and you there is a great chasm fixed, so that those who wish to come over from here to you will not be able, and that none may cross over from there to us.' And he said, 'Then I beg you, father, that you send him to my father's house-- for I have five brothers--in order that he may warn them, so that they will not also come to this place of torment.' But Abraham said, 'They have Moses and the Prophets; let them hear them.' But he said, 'No, father Abraham, but if someone goes to them from the dead, they will repent!' But he said to him, 'If they do not listen to Moses and the Prophets, they will not be persuaded even if someone rises from the dead.'"