There is a traditional belief within the Christian faith that Jesus descended into hell during the three days between his death upon the cross and his resurrection. Todd takes us to several key biblical texts to measure this claim against the scriptural witness.
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I believe Jesus bore hell or more generally the wrath of God on the cross. Not after the cross.
I agree.
I also agree.
That’s not what the Apostles Creed (or any Catholic, Orthodox, or Anglican) is saying though. In fact, believing Jesus went to hell to suffer is heretical according to the church fathers.
Jesus went to Hades, not hell.
Hades, or sheol in hebrew, is the realm of the dead.
Hell is not the Lake of Fire. Jesus went to “prison” 1Peter, or the “belly of the Earth” Matthew 12. You could infer Jesus went to hell to preach to the imprisoned souls. He wasn’t cast into the lake of fire. The word hell is used very loosely and hades is a Greek word I believe, so I’m open to hearing some word studies on hell if anyone has any input.
It is my understanding that “hell” is a translation of the word “hades” which is a translation of “Sheol”…Sheol has two sections, reference Luke 16, the rich man and Lazarus…the rich man is in the torment section of hell, hades, Sheol and Lazarus is in the section of Paradise or “Abrahams bosom” where I suspect all Old Testament saints resided until the resurrection of Christ. So when Jesus told the thief that he would see him in Paradise that adds up, he would see him Paradise which is Abraham’s bosom. I hold to the belief that is where Christ descended, to minister to the Old Testament saints and to bring them with him to the father at the resurrection. I didn’t realize there was some debate on this…Am I missing something on this? This video didn’t mention the verses I had seen where these links are made. Example Matthew 12 when Jesus refers to being in the belly of the fish and how Jonah describes his experience in the belly of the fish as being in Sheol…
I am reluctant to contradict the words of The creeds.
Everyone is dead until Jesus returns. There’s no going somewhere in between until that time.
Abraham’s bosom is just that, Abraham’s bosom. If you hold someone in your bosom, it means you’re holding them close to your chest. All of the Old Testament saints are spiritually in heaven. The scripture is saying that Lazurus ascended to heaven to be with Abraham.
@@MikeCheckBiloxi wrong. They are awaiting the second resurrection as well.
@@cc3775 thank you for your comment, can you give us some references on why you believe this? I’ve always leaned on the verse from Paul’s letter to the church in Corinth, 2 Cor 6-8.
Just to make things a bit clearer, lets first decide what do we mean by “Hell”.
Do we mean, the Eternal-Lake of Fire, the last destination of every lost soul, Satan and his angels? That place is probably still empty at this point or maybe not even created.
Or do we mean, the temporary waiting place for judgment aka Sheol (The Parable of the Rich Man and Lazarus – Luke 16) for unbelievers.
Both can be referred as “Hell”.
Obviously Jesus did not go into the lake of fire… But did he descend into Sheol? Well. Even if He did, Does it make any difference to Him being Lord and God? No.
We are going to get all of the answers when we get to our new home at Heaven. We will have plenty of time asking these questions.
For now, why do we even “need” to know this? It doesn’t effect anything regarding our faith.
I agree and tend to think it is also referring to Sheol.
It’s actually not clear in the Bible if there is some spiritual duplex in which souls await judgment. I think Pastor Robert Jeffress had a good sermon on this on Pathway to Victory in his series ‘A Place Called Heaven’.
I hear what saying as Gehenna/ Valley of Shinom, Hades/ Sheol and Tartarus/ Lake of Fire get lumped together as ” Hell.” Dig a little deeper of the real meanings of “eternal/forever ” from Strong’s 165 and 166 of the Hebrew and Greek meanings in Context.
Exactly. I hold the view that Jesus went to “paradise” or Abrams bosom for the OT saints and brought them to heaven. I lean toward that as being an actual account and not just a parable. All saints in church age go into either punishment or paradise upon death.
@@gandalf2128 , When the Bible uses an actual name, I was taught it’s based on a true fact.
Lazarus the beggar (not the other Lazarus), must gave been a real person then.
Another wonderul video as always, Mr. Friel! Keep up the good work!
It would be helpful to make a distinction between Hell and Sheol. In the OT Sheol was the place of the dead. It had two compartments. Hades, where nonbelievers were, and paradise where Abraham’s bosom was. So when Jesus says “today you will be with me in paradise” to the thief he was referring to Paradise in Sheol. When Jesus dies he did go into Hades not to continue his atoning work but to proclaim victory over the Spirits as in Noah’s Day(Not human Spirits) but the demonic. When Jesus is resurrected he has defeated Sin, Death and Satan. He ascends to the Father where he is given a Kingdom by the Father and all those who trust in Him will be with Him in Paradise(Heaven). Hell refers to the Lake of Fire not Hades. Remember Hades is thrown into the lake of fire in Revelation.
This is my take aswell
Todd is looking at this issue from a modern context and he doesnt understand what the terms even mean. People think the apostles creed teaches jesus went to hell and was burning. This is patently ridiculous and the reason early christians confessed christ descended to hades is because it is an important part of the historical context
@@pamphilus3652
You should always capitalize Jesus and Christ.
Well said.
For those who don’t know where in the Bible Doug Dozier found the description of Sheol as
having two compartments (Hades (hell) and Abraham’s bosom (paradise)) just go to Luke 16 : 19 – 31.
Jesus describes Sheol as two areas divided by a great chasm so no one can cross over from one side to the other.
Jesus descended to Hades. You may remember in Luke 16 that Hades was split into two parts: Sheol (torment) and Abraham’s bosom (paradise). Up until that point though, no one had entered the true heaven, where God’s throne is. Jesus went to Hades, took the Old Testament saints to Heaven, and while he did it, proclaimed his victory over death to all in Sheol, including the demons in gloomy chains (1 Peter 3:19, 2 Peter 2:4). Old Testament saint could not enter the true Heaven until Jesus died because up until that point, their sins were only covered by animal sacrifice, not truly paid for by Christ yet.
Excellent explanation. Kudos
That is the way I was taught.
The problem with this statement is that in Luke 16, Jesus was talking in parables. He wasn’t being literal. He used know concepts like Sheol because he was speaking to Jews. But the central point of the the rich and Lazarus is to establish the realness of hell and how salvation is personal and not by works.
That parable is NOT actual account of how heaven and hell were structure.
God Bless you.
It’s almost like it could be true that there was a place between Heaven and Hell. Sounds almost..Catholic! Hmmm!
@@glowlikejesus Jesus never gave people names in parables
Many thanks for uploading this video.
We have to differentiate between the three compartments of Sheol (the land of the dead). Was it Abraham’s bosom (paradise for the Old Covenant righteous), or was it Hades (Hell)? The other compartment was Tartarus which is a prison for the demons. All three compartments were there and I believe Jesus visited Abraham’s Bosom
You got it right!!
Consider these verses with regard to the location of Hell (hades) and Paradise then and now.
In Matthew 12:40 Jesus said he would spend three days AND three nights in the heart of the earth.
In Luke 16:19-31 Jesus identifies a place called “Abraham’s bosom” within eyesight of a place of torment called “hell” separated by a “great gulf.”
In Luke 23:43 Jesus tells the thief that got saved that today he would join him in “paradise,” not Heaven.
In I Peter 3:19 Peter says that Jesus preached to the “spirits in prison.”
In Ephesians 4:8-10 Paul says that Jesus descended into the lower parts of the earth after his crucifixion and led “captivity captive” i.e. “a band of captives” when he ascended.
In John 20:17 Jesus tells Mary not to touch him because he has not yet ascended to “my Father.”
In Matthew 27:52-54 we see that after the resurrection of Jesus, “many” of the resurrected saints wandered into Jerusalem and appeared to many.
So, let’s compile the incidents on this issue based upon these passages. Jesus said in Matthew 12:40 that he would be in the “heart of the earth” for three days and three nights. He told the dying man next to him on the cross that he would join him there “this day.” Jesus identified such a place (paradise) in Luke 16:19-31 within eyesight of hades. Peter tells us in I Peter 3:19 that Jesus preached to these captives (“spirits in prison”). When Jesus appeared to Mary in John 20, Jesus notified her in verse 17 that he had resurrected, but not yet ascended to Heaven. Paul said that Jesus led a band of captives when he descended (to receive them) and ascended in Ephesians 4:8-10. While leading this “band of captives” from “paradise” to Heaven, Jesus visited with Mary on earth prior to delivering these saints to their final destination. Some of these captives apparently had already taken an excursion into Jerusalem while Jesus was talking to Mary, according to Matthew 27:52-54.
If all of this seems to fit to you, then consider the following:
Paradise in the center of the earth has been evacuated.
Only the place of torments (Hell, hades) remains there. Hell will be cast into the lake of fire in Revelation 20:14.
Those saints who died prior to the resurrection are now in Heaven, not paradise.
The rapture of I Thessalonians 4:15-18 and I Corinthians 15:51-53 will include only those in Christ since the resurrection.
Why was it necessary for the Old Testament saints to be held in “paradise” prior to the resurrection of Jesus?
The answer is found in Hebrews 11:39-40:
Hebrews 11:39 And these all, having obtained a good report through faith, received not the promise:
Hebrews 11:40 God having provided some better thing for us, that they without us should not be made perfect.
Notice the condition of the Believer since the sacrifice of the cross:
I Corinthians 2:6, “Howbeit we speak wisdom among them that are perfect:”
Philippians 3:15 Let us therefore, as many as be perfect, be thus minded: and if in any thing ye be otherwise minded, God shall reveal even this unto you.
II Tim. 3:17 That the man of God may be perfect, throughly furnished unto all good works.
In other words, our faith makes us “perfect” (Greek: telios – complete) in Christ Jesus, but that was not possible until the atoning sacrifice had been made on the cross. The Old Testament saints were made “perfect,” but not until after the sacrifice that makes Believers today “perfect” also. Perfect here is used in the context of righteousness. Believers are made “righteous” or “perfect” in Christ as a result of his sacrificial death. That is why Hebrews 11:40 says that they (Old Testament saints) could not be made perfect “without us” or apart from us. At the point of the resurrection, all Believers (Old and New Testament) were perfected (regarded as righteous before God) through the sacrificial death of Jesus on the cross. In other words, our spiritual relationship with God is perfect
This was everything I wanted to write and more and I appreciate it. I think Mr Friel would also benefit from reading your comment at length as I think some of his points would disagree but I agree with your summation.
@@g.j.dutoit4447 excellent scripture references!
@@g.j.dutoit4447 thank you for the bible study. I knew this but didn’t have all the SCRIPTURES .the Lord preached on hell 28 times Amen
@@SpiritLife Amen!
I’m so glad you talked about this! At the back of my study bible theres a bunch of creeds and confessions and I was REALLY bothered by the “he descended into hell” line and have been struggling to justify it or figure it out for ages
I think that’s the Apostle’s Creed and, yeah, it’s always bothered me, too.
What is “the lower parts of the earth” that He descended into, according to scripture? He did not answer that.
Jesus did not take people out of Hell where the rich man was just the part where Abrahams part, where Lazarus was, this was what was known as paradise. everything fits unlike he went to hell to surfer or went to be with the father both of which Denys scripture for the sake of mans doctrine, let scripture flow with scripture
@@seanthompson5077 Jesus went to go preach to the souls in prison in SHEOL, in the Old Testament the righteous and the wicked both went to SHEOL, until Jesus paid the full penalty of our sins.
I mean you read a Catholic book lol
I appreciate your teaching and your interpretation of scripture. However, I am not 100 % with you on this issue. I will need to do my own deep dive into this because most of what you said would be contrary to my current understanding. Thanks so muck for challenging me to know the Whole Scripture.
I learned about it like this, I wanna know what your opinion is. So, Jesus suffered hell on earth. He paid for our sins through experiencing God’s wrath, which was meant for us. On the cross, He said, “My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?” So, is it okay to think Separation from God is hell? Complete disconnection from God should be hell. As Jesus is an infinite being, he could experience an eternity of hell in 1 second if needed so I don’t think the issue of the time he has suffered on earth is relevant.
To be clear, Jesus experienced hell? Yes. Did Jesus go to hell after death? No. That’s all that I know as of now
@kermitiscool can you help me countering the reasons I have given?
@kermitiscool I’ve read psalm 22, what you’ve said made sense, that Jesus was telling everyone that the prophecies have been fulfilled.
@kermitiscool facts
The story Jesus tells about Lazarus and the rich man clearly shows paradise and heaven are not the same place.
When he said, “It is finished”. Atonement for sin was paid.
Amen.
New Covenant Whole Gospel:
Let us now share the Old Testament Gospel found below with the whole world. On the road to Emmaus He said the Old Testament is about Him.
He is the very Word of God in John 1:1, 14. Awaken Church to this truth.
Jer 31:31 Behold, the days come, saith the LORD, that I will make a new covenant with the house of Israel, and with the house of Judah:
Jer 31:32 Not according to the covenant that I made with their fathers in the day that I took them by
husband unto them, saith the LORD:
Jer 31:33 But this shall be the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel; After those days, saith the LORD, I will put my law in their inward parts, and write it in their hearts; and will be their God, and they shall be my people.
Jer 31:34 And they shall teach no more every man his neighbour, and every man his brother, saying, Know the LORD: for they shall all know me, from the least of them unto the greatest of them, saith the LORD: for I will forgive their iniquity, and I will remember their sin no more.
Is the most important genealogy in the Bible found in Matthew 1:1 (Gal. 3:16)? Is God’s Son the ultimate fulfillment of Israel (John 1:49)? Why has the modern Church done a pitiful job of sharing the Gospel with modern Orthodox Jews? Why would someone tell them they are God’s chosen people and then fail to share the Gospel with them? Who is the seed of the woman promised in Genesis 3:15? Who is the “son” in Psalm 2? Who is the “suffering servant” of Isaiah 53? Who would fulfill the New Covenant promised in Jeremiah 31:31-34? Who would fulfill the timeline of Daniel chapter 9 before the second temple was destroyed? Why have we not heard this simple Old Testament Gospel preached on Christian television in the United States on a regular basis?
Once a person comes to understand the New Covenant promised to Israel and Judah in Jeremiah 31:31-34, which is found fulfilled by Christ during the first century in Hebrews 8:6-13, and Hebrews 10:16-18, and specifically applied to the Church in 2 Corinthians 3:6-8, and Hebrews 12:22-24, man-made Bible doctrines fall apart.
Let us now learn to preach the whole Gospel until He comes back. The King of Israel is risen from the dead! (John 1:49, Acts 2:36)
We are not come to Mount Sinai in Hebrews 12:18. We are come instead to the New Covenant church of Mount Zion and the blood in Hebrews 12:22-24.
Watch the YouTube videos “The New Covenant” by David Wilkerson, or Bob George, and David H.J. Gay.
It was my understanding that Jesus went into Abraham’s bosom to bring up the saints from Old Testament to paradise. Not exactly him descending to “hell” as in the place of torment, but he’s rescuing the captives in the sense of saved souls waiting on Christ’s atonement
This makes far more sense
That’s what I’ve always been taught.
Well the bosom was a place of shelter in hell. So he technically went to hell and preached to the soul’s because heaven wasn’t prepared yet
In the original language there were three words for what we call hell. I can remember how to spell them but you can look it up. One was a place of torment, one a place of punishment, and one paradise aka Abraham’s bosom. Remember when the rich man and Lazarus. The rich man asked Abraham to send Lazarus with a drop of water for his tongue. But there’s a great divide that neither can cross. Lazarus was in the air conditioned side of hell called Abraham’s bosom or paradise. Jesus Christ was in paradise and brought the people there out and they are now in heaven. Nobody went to heaven before Jesus death and resurrection. They were in either the bad side or good side of hell. Animals were sacrificed before Jesus but Jesus Christ is the final sacrifice. Think of it like this, if your carpet has a stain, or sin, the animal sacrifice would be like throwing a rug over it to cover it but Jesus sacrifice washes the rug cleaner than new. The YouTube channel The Door explains where hell is pretty well cause it is inside the earth. Hope this helps. I’ll try and spell the 3 words for hell but I’ll have to sound it out lol. 2 bad are Haitis & Geina, Sheol which was the good one.
@@ualreadyknoitsyaboiremember the story of lazarus though
I totally love watching you man, your style is out of this world, keep doing it please and thank you Jesus for you ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️
Thank you for this video, I got the clarity I needed! Keep up the good work ! I thank the Lord for you!
From the cross Jesus said, “Father, into your hands I commend my spirit.” Not into Hell.
YOU HAVE A VALID RESPONSE HERE. JESUS COULD NEVER HAVE COMMITTED HIMSELF TO THE FATHER AND THEN NOT SHOW UP.
I was literally just talking to my wife about this very subject, then I opened YouTube and this video was at the top of my recommendations. Providence can be downright spooky sometimes.
This was so informative. Never seen it like this
Thank-you for this righteous teaching!!! Absolutely awesome!!!
“I tell you, this day you will be with me in paradise”
That kinda says it all.