The Apostles Creed
The words of the
Apostles Creed, “He descended into Hell,” are incessantly questioned. The ancient Church has long held that after
Jesus crucifixion, He went to the realm of the dead and spoiled it, “trampling
down death by death.” Even though there
are several passages of Scripture that support this, it is always exciting to find
new ones. Here are two verses that I don’t
believe I have ever noticed before in this light.
1 Peter 3:18-20 — “For
Christ has also once suffered for sins, the just for the unjust, that He might
bring us to God, being put to death in the flesh, but made alive by the Spirit:
by which also he went and preached unto the spirits in prison;
which were sometimes disobedient, when once the patience of God waited in the
days of Noah, while the ark was being prepared, wherein few, that is, eight
souls were saved by water.”
1 Peter 4: 6 — “Because
of this the gospel was preached also to those who are dead,
so that they might be judged according to men in the flesh, but live according
to God in the spirit.”
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