www.gotquestions.org/where-was-Jesus.htmlprovides a good summary of the question. We know that he brought the saints who had died in faith to Heaven, and we know he proclaimed his victory to the fallen angels who were kept in chains. Beyond that, the Bible does not have much to say about where Jesus was or what He was doing between the crucifixion and the resurrection, and where the Bible is vague we would be unwise to offer conjecture that is specific.
Eddie’s been watching Rod Parsley videos again________________
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So, do you believe that Jesus died, spent 3 days in hell preaching before he rose? Question…..if someone is in hell listening to way to escape, who wouldn’t listen? Another question….will Jesus do that again? And one more question….if Jesus spent 3 days in hell, what did He mean by “this day, you’ll be with me in paradise?â€
He went to Abraham’s bosom.Technically hell, but not the section of torment.He preached to those who believed the Promise.He escorted these to the New Jerusalem.Cause nobody goes to heaven except through Jesus Christ________________Charles A. HutchinsSenior Pastor SPWCCongregational Church of Godwww.spwc.church
Some thoughts…
We know that Jesus went to hell:(Acts 2:31KJV) He seeing this before spake of the resurrection of Christ, that his soul was
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Luke 16:19There was a certain rich man who was clothed in purple and fine linen and fared sumptuously every day.20 But there was a certain beggar named Lazarus, full of sores, who was laid at his gate,21 desiring to be fed with the crumbs which fell from the rich man’s table. Moreover the dogs came and licked his sores.22 So it was that the beggar died, and was carried by the angels to Abraham’s bosom. The rich man also died and was buried.23 And being in torments in Hades, he lifted up his eyes and saw Abraham afar off, and Lazarus in his bosom.24 Then he cried and said, ‘Father Abraham, have mercy on me, and send Lazarus that he may dip the tip of his finger in water and cool my tongue; for I am tormented in this flame.’25 But Abraham said, ‘Son, remember that in your lifetime you received your good things, and likewise Lazarus evil things; but now he is comforted and you are tormented.26 ‘And besides all this, between us and you there is a great gulf fixed, so that those who want to pass from here to you cannot, nor can those from there pass to us.’27 Then he said, ‘I beg you therefore, father, that you would send him to my father’s house,28 ‘for I have five brothers, that he may testify to them, lest they also come to this place of torment.’29 Abraham said to him, ‘They have Moses and the prophets; let them hear them.’30 And he said, ‘No, father Abraham; but if one goes to them from the dead, they will repent.’31 But he said to him, ‘If they do not hear Moses and the prophets, neither will they be persuaded though one rise from the dead.’You have never heard this preached ER________________Charles A. HutchinsSenior Pastor SPWCCongregational Church of Godwww.spwc.church
If paradise and heaven are the same place then He did not see the thief in paradise that day.(* see below) He remained on Earth 40 days after His resurrection before He ascended to Heaven.And does this fact matter at all? Jesus was resurrected. The thief was not.Even more fundamental than believing that Jesus is your savior, everything, including that, hinges on one thing: His return.As Paul said, If our HOPE in Christ is not beyond this life, then we have everything wrong. If Christ be not risen we are still in our sins, AND we have no hope of being resurrected………………………………………(*) There is no punctuation in the Greek text. If we were to place a comma after the word today rather than before it, the meaning changes totally.Young’s Literal Translationand Jesus said to him, ‘Verily I say to thee, To-day with me thou shalt be in the paradise.’a translation nobody wants to consider:and Jesus said to him, ‘Verily I say to thee To-day, with me thou shalt be in the paradise.’Southern version of the latter:
Where did souls go before the resurrection – including the thief?That’s the question.Where do souls go after the resurrection?Or do they go to soul sleep________________
Here is Barnes’ commentary on this verse. It may not answer all your questions but it makes very good sense to me.2 Corinthians 5:8We are confident – 2Co 5:6. We are cheerful, and courageous, and ready to bear our trial. Tyndale renders it: “we are of good comfort.â€And willing rather to be absent from the body – We would prefer to die. The same idea occurs in Phi 1:23. “Having a desire to depart and to be with Christ; which is far better.†The sense is, that Paul would have preferred to die, and to go to heaven; rather than to remain in a world of sin and trial.To be present with the Lord – The Lord Jesus; see the note on Act 1:24; compare Phi 1:23. The idea of Paul is, that the Lord Jesus would constitute the main glory of heaven, and that to be with him was equivalent to being in a place of perfect bliss. He had no idea of any heaven where the Lord Jesus was not; and to be with him was to be in heaven. That world where the Redeemer is, is heaven. This also proves that the spirits of the saints, when they depart, are with the Redeemer; that is, are at once taken to heaven. It demonstrates:(1)That they are not annihilated.(2)That they do not sleep, and remain in an unconscious state, as Dr. Priestley supposes.(3)That they are not in some intermediate state, either in a state of purgatory, as the Papists suppose, or a state where all the souls of the just and the unjust are assembled in a common abode, as many Protestants have supposed; but,That they dwell with Christ; they are with the Lord (Ï€Ïὸς τὸν ΚυÏιÌον pros ton Kurion). They abide in his presence; they partake of his joy and his glory; they are permitted to sit with him in his throne; Rev 3:21.
Where is paradise – to believer’s BEFORE the resurrection?Christ’s statement is true if they both went to the same place.In fact, until Christ is resurrected – I suspect they both followed the same path – to the same place.Christ said God wouldn’t leave his soul in SHEOL.The only description of that place I know of in the old testament is the one regarding poor Lazarus – where everyone went – some were tormented – some were comforted – and a gulf was between the two groups.I suspect Lazarus group was in the area known as paradise…and Jesus and the thief were some of the last folks that went there.After Christ’s resurrection – I don’t believe believers went to that place – but then again..________________