the book of mormon says that jesus?

Question

died an went to hell for 3 days and preached to the spirits about redemption.my question is where in the king james bible does it say that?and why would he preach to spirits that are all ready dead.what is your belief?

Answer 1

Here are the references:

John 5:25-29
1 Peter 3:19
1 Peter 4:6

The Book of Mormon does not say that Jesus went to Hell for three days, but to spirit prison, which is not the same at all. He preached the gospel to those who had died without having the chance to hear the gospel and accept Him, right back to those who were killed in Noah's flood.

The reason he needed to do that was because He is "the way, the truth and the life, and no man cometh to the Father but by me". Which means those who had died without the chance to repent and trust in him would be destined to hell through no fault of their own. We Mormons believe that everyone will have the chance to hear and accept the gospel, either in this life or the next. The work of preaching to the "spirits in prison" is ongoing.

Jesus also said "Except a man be born of water and of the spirit he cannot enter into the Kingdom of God", so we also perform vicarious baptisms for our ancestors so that should they accept the gospel of Jesus Christ, the essential ordinance of baptism has been performed on their behalf.

It's not only fair, it is glorious, and wonderful, and true.

Answer 2

This is the main passage in the bible that refers to Christ preaching to the Spirits in Prison.
The belief that we have is all about god being just and merciful. How can he be considered a loving merciful God if billions who have never heard his word are condemned for eternity.

Christ's preaching gave those who had been waiting from the days of Noah that chance top accept or reject the gospel that they never got a chance to hear in life.

1 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.

Answer 3

I 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

Thus, Peter taught that Jesus preached to the dead spirits from the days of Noah. We later learn that Jesus did not himself go to the spirits but organized other righteous spirits to go and teach the gospel to those that were in spirit prison. It is contrary to the order of heaven for Christ to go to the prison himself when those that inhabit the prison, by their own agency made themselves unworthy of His presence. Thus, Christ sent missionaries to those spirits so that they could be judged according to the flesh but live according to the spirit. Thus we also see that God is merciful and will provide a way for all His children to receive the gospel and be redeemed.

Answer 4

1 Peter 3:18-20 says, "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."

Jesus' victorious resurrection took place in the Spirit. It was through this same Spirit that the proclamation was made to those who lived in the days of Noah. Does this mean that Christ went to make this proclamation after His resurrection or while He was in Hell? No. It simply means that the same Spirit that accounted for the resurrection also accounted for the preaching to these people in the days of Noah.

Christ was made alive by the Spirit. It was this same Spirit who also spoke through Noah to the people of the world before the Flood. Those people who rejected the Spirit's preaching through Noah and who died in the Flood are "now in prison." The implication is that, if we will accept the Spirit's preaching through Jesus and His apostles, then we can be saved as Noah and his family were saved. Otherwise we will find ourselves in prison, too.

Answer 5

i are not getting why greater of the gospel is a bad situation? Why is it so unfavourable to have lots of issues approximately Christ?? between the considerable issues interior the e book of Mormon, that's no longer pronounced interior the Bible, is whilst Christ is composed of the american continent to His "different sheep" to evangelise His gospel. The e book of Mormon is merely what it claims to be: yet another testomony of Jesus Christ. "yet another" meaning a 2d, no longer "a distinctive than the bible".... Why no longer have greater of His words? human beings get so caught up thinking "Nope, I already have a bible and that's ALL there may be." How stupid to cut back God!! Anyhoo... the e book of Mormon additionally clearifies some subjects that are no longer completely sparkling interior the Bible and expounds on some others besides.

Answer 6

For clarification, The Book of Mormon is silent on the activities of Jesus Christ during the period that His body laid in the tomb (It was a total of less than 36 hours, that spanned over three days)

The Doctrine and Covenants contains a revelation received by Joseph F. Smith (Joseph Smith's nephew) that gave the account of Jesus teaching the righteous spirits and organizing them to teach others. (Link provided below)

As for the verses in the Bible that acknowledge or support this view, I think SunnieAnnie has given you a good list.

Answer 7

"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: By which also he went and preached unto the spirits in prison; 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." (1 Peter 3:18-20)

"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." (1 Peter 4:6)


He didn't go to hell, but to the spirit world.

Answer 8

The bible does mention that Jesus went into the bowels of the earth, seems like there was something about 3 days, but I can't remember. I know He went to set captivity free, which are the old teatament people. They must have been in a lower rhelm because Saul went to the witch of endor? He had her call Samuel up from the grave and he spoke to Saul, He then repremanded Saul for disturbing him was told he couldn't help him. Or something like that, can't remember exactly. But the bible does say that it was difinantly Samuel.

Answer 9

Not hell, the spirit world - BIG difference. He went there to organize it. He, Himself did not preach to those who did not believe. He organized those who had followed the true Gospel in life, people like the OT prophets, among others. He then sent them to go and preach the Gospel to those who had not heard it.
I'm Mormon.

Answer 10

This is the reference that many use.

1 Pet. 3:18-20,

"For Christ also died for sins once for all, the just for the unjust, in order that He might bring us to God, having been put to death in the flesh, but made alive in the spirit; in which also He went and made proclamation to the spirits now in prison, who once were disobedient, when the patience of God kept waiting in the days of Noah, during the construction of the ark, in which a few, that is, eight persons, were brought safely through the water."