Help!

[_sunshinegirl]

Can someone please tell me the scriptures that pertain to jesus going to the center of the earth [whilst his 'three days "dead"], spreading the word to those who came before his time?
I would very much appreciate it!

 

[mythbuster]

Well there are more than one.

The first is in Matthew 12:40 and repeated in Matthew 16. The sign of Jonah is the Son of Man in the "heart of the earth," for three days and three nights.

Then in Acts 2:27, and 31. The Lord shall not be abandoned to Hades.

This is where the Lord went in His death, and from where He was resurrected to the Father as the Firstborn from among the dead.

 

[StevenL]

1 Peter 3
18For 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, 19through whom also he went and preached to the spirits in prison 20who disobeyed long ago when God waited patiently in the days of Noah while the ark was being built. In it only a few people, eight in all, were saved through water,

This is at least partially where that idea came from. I'm not sure this means He went down there while He was dead though. Maybe someone else has some additional Scriptures in mind.

 

[_sunshinegirl]

reply thank you both
this is for my mother who recently encountered a man who believes that those in war will get a second chance to chose god or not, if they die while in battle
mother does not believe this, but just wanted to reference the scriptures for herself.

 

[jbarcher]

Getting a "second chance" has nothing to do with the period between Jesus' crucifixion and resurrection. It sounds like that man either isn't a Christian or does not believe in the Bible (he may take what parts he likes and toss out the rest). But I will not meander on that point.

The "preaching to the spirits" is probably the closest you'll get to Jesus talking to people before His infamous mission. However, I think it would be a tremendous stretch to take that and say that people who die in such-and-such a condition get a second chance.

 

[Serapha]

reply thank you both
this is for my mother who recently encountered a man who believes that those in war will get a second chance to chose god or not, if they die while in battle
mother does not believe this, but just wanted to reference the scriptures for herself.

Hi there!



I have debated "second chance" a few times, and there are no scriptures to support the ideology that anyone has a second chance at salvation after death. If you want information on discussions on second chance, please send me a PM.


As for Christ being in hell/hades, that is debatable also. The scriptures do not state that Christ went to hell during the three days before the resurrection. The Bible simply states that he descended.


~serapha~


~serapha~