Hell

OUR FATHER, HELL AND HEAVEN : M. M. NINAN
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Peter may be also referring to this in the following passage:
1 Peter 3:18-20 For Christ also suffered once for sins, the just for the unjust, that He might bring us to
God, being put to death in the flesh but made alive in the spirit, in which also He went and preached to
the spirits in prison, who formerly were disobedient, when once the divine longsuffering waited in the
days of Noah,...
Was this liberation from slavery only for those who were waiting since Noah, making it their year of
Jubilee? Did Jesus liberate all those disobedient people who were at the time of Noah? Since he led
them out they were liberated from that slavery.
The phrase, “…led captivity captive…” is also mentioned in two other places in the bible. Once in
Psalm 68:18 which says,“ Thou hast ascended on high, thou hast led captivity captive: thou hast
received gifts for men; yea, for the rebellious also, that the LORD God might dwell among them.”
And again in Judges 5:12, which says,“ Awake, awake, Deborah: awake, awake, utter a song: arise,
Barak, and lead thy captivity captive, thou son of Abinoam.”
Actually, what Paul said is that Jesus descended into hades (the Bible hell, the realm of death, the
state of not being alive — the condemnation inherited from Adam — Romans 5:17-19; 1 Corinthians
15:21,22) in order to pay the price to release all who are there.
“As in Adam all are dying, even so in Christ shall all be made alive.” (1 Corinthians 15:21,22).
“Christ died for our sins.” — 1 Corinthians 15:3.
The essence of his preaching was the opening of the prison doors and setting at liberty the captives of
sin and death. He repeatedly told that he had come into the world to seek and save that which was lost
to give his life a ransom for the prisoners. (Matthew 20:28; Mark 10:45; Luke 19:10). This was the
declaration of the year of Jubilee.The gifts that were given, mentioned in the passage, were those
conferred upon the church at Pentecost, the gifts of the holy spirit - the gift of salvation..
Some people seem to be worried that there was no judgment before releasing them. The basic law of
the redemption at the time of Jubilee of all slaves does not involve a judgment because the slavery
itself is considered as the punishment.
The Year of Jubilee
8 “‘Count off seven sabbath years—seven times seven years—so that the seven sabbath years
amount to a period of forty-nine years. 9 Then have the trumpet sounded everywhere on the tenth day
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