Where in the Bible.....?

Question

So heres the deal, i have a friend who just started reading the bible (Praise the Lord for that :]) And she asked me where in teh Bible it talks about how Jesus went somewhere ,after He died, to tell the righteouss that He died for their sins. Do you know where this is?

Answer 1

Ephesians 4:8-10
I Peter 3:18-20
I Peter 4:5,6

Actually, when you examine the passages in I Peter more thoroughly, the first appears to relate to those who are lost and still in hades, but the second refers to those who were waiting in "Abraham's bosom" for Messiah to appear.
(refer also to Luke 16:19-31 for a picture of Hades, or Sheol, the place of the dead before Christ descended to rescue the righteous.
See also Isaiah 49:24,25 for what I believe to be an Old Testament prophecy of this)

Answer 2

Luke 23:43 Paradise - that is where hell (holding place - grave) was. Two sides, the good side being called Paradise or Abrahams Bossom, the bad called Hades. Hell has three different translations from original text.

The false idea that Jesus actually suffered in Hell would nullify His proclamation from the cross "it is finished".

The natural question that arises from this is "what was Jesus doing for those three days in the tomb?" I believe that we can answer that question from the parable of Lazarus and the rich man in Luke 16:19-31. It should also answer the question of how the Old Testament saints were saved.

In the parable, the setting is Sheol, defined as the abiding place of the dead. In the parable, we see two sections: Paradise, which Jesus promised the thief on the cross would be a meeting place for them, and Torments, or Hades, as it is more commonly referred.

In paradise, we see Abraham and Lazarus. The implication is that many more righteous are there as well. In Torments, we see the rich man, obviously of the unsaved.

Paradise is the dwelling place of the Old Testament saints. They could not go into the presence of God because their sins had not yet been atoned for; they had only been covered by the animal sacrifices (see Hebrews 10:1-17).

When Jesus died, He went to Sheol, and proclaimed His victory over death and over Satan. He then took Paradise to God the Father. Those in Paradise were then worthy to stand in the presence of God because their sins were now forgiven. They stand, not because of their merit or animal sacrifice, but only because of the atoning power of Jesus. When Christians die now, they are ushered directly into the presence of God because their sins are forgiven and forgotten.

Torments still exists, probably with the residents being now more mentally tormented because they have seen the resurrection power of Jesus and missed out. Those people will appear at the Great White Throne Judgment, where they will be among the goats assigned to Hell for eternity.

Answer 3

Yes! This was the topic of last night's Bible study at my church. Jesus descended into Hades. He had to release the captives who had been believers but were in the "holding sace" called Paradise. (Refer to Luke 16:19-28) and he also preached.to the unbelievers who had already gone. He also had to snatch the keys of death from Satan that had been handed over by Adam and Eve. Ofcourse this was a temporaty pit stop before he joined the Father in Heaven.
1 Peter 3:18-20
Revelation 1:18
Ephesians 4: 7-10
Hebrews 2:14
Because of this believers no longer must be in fear of death. I am not sure if this is a Catholic belief, I wouldn't know. I just know what the Word of God says. Remeber that before Jesus, we had no direct access to the father. We are too unclean to step into the kingdom of Heaven without Jesus. So Jesus had to go get those that were before him and were held in Paradise and he had to take back that which the Devil had stolen by manipulating Adam adn Eve.

Answer 4

There's a scripture that says he preached to the spirits, but it seems ambiguous because they are called pneuma, rather than daimon.

1 Peter 3:19
In that state he went and made proclamation to the imprisoned spirits.

If this is an accurate interpretation, then the following scripture might also apply:
2 Peter 2:4: "God did not hold back from punishing the angels that sinned, but, by throwing them into Tartarus, delivered them into pits of dense darkness to be reserved for judgement."

Answer 5

Maybe this one - Peter 3: 18-20

18 For Christ also hath once suffered for sins, the just for the unjust, that he might bring us to God, being put to death in the flesh, but quickened by the Spirit:
19 By which also he went and preached unto the spirits in prison;
20 Which sometime were disobedient, when once the longsuffering of God waited in the days of Noah, while the ark was a preparing, wherein few, that is, eight souls were saved by water.

-of course this doesn't sound like the super-righteous, but it's sounds like they were ready to hear His message, I'll be watching to see what other verses people come up with.

Thanks

Answer 6

Actually, He did better than that. He lead them to heaven. This is the one scripture that I know for about. There are others.

Eph 4:8-10 NKJV
Therefore He says: "When He ascended on high,
He led captivity captive, And gave gifts to men."(Now this, "He ascended" — what does it mean but that He also first descended into the lower parts of the earth? He who descended is also the One who ascended far above all the heavens, that He might fill all things.)

Those that were in "captivity captive" were the people who died before Christ came and were waiting at "Abraham's bosom" in the "lower parts of the earth" until the Messiah came and paid the ransom for their sins.)

Answer 7

__Retro-Harvest Post Crucifixion__

The ones that lived before Christ, how are they harvested? The same manner many will be harvested. First, sow the Word of God.

I Pet.3:18-19 For Christ also hath once suffered for sins, the Just for the unjust, that He might bring us to God, being put to death in the flesh, but quickened by the Spirit: 19 By which also He went and preached unto the spirits in prison;

I Pet.4:6 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.

Good news the gospel preached to them also, the spirits in prison, those in bondage to sin.

Answer 8

Well let's see, Jesus is God, and God sits on the throne in heaven, therefore Jesus went to heaven when He died...simple logic.

Edit: If you are a catholic then you will believe that He went to hades...I disagree with this theory because Jesus had no reason to go to Hades, all the people who didn't believe in God went to hades, those who did went to heaven.

Answer 9

The heart of the Earth:

Matthew 12:40 For as Jonas was three days and three nights in the whale's belly; so shall the Son of man be three days and three nights in the heart of the earth.

Answer 10

I think in 2 Peter, maybe 1.