Apostle's Creed Really?

[mfj]

I attended an Episciple Church where this was repeated. I still have a problem with the Jesus going to hell line.

The way I heard this explained is like unto some of the other posts.

Jesus died a physical death, like all will. His soul was separated from his body. He descended to such a place as

Abraham's Bosom from the teaching of Lazareth and the rich man. There he freed those who had "died" before

and were awaiting their Savior.

The frequent New Testament affirmations that Jesus was raised from the "dead" presupposes that He was in the realm

of the dead prior to His resurrection. Scripture calls the abode of the dead "hell"-Sheol in Hebrew- Hades in Greek because

those who are there are deprived of the vision of God.

1Peter 4:6 The Gospel was preached even to the dead

That this was the last phase of Jesus' Messianic Mission pretty significant for the redemptive work to be for all men in

all times. Christ went down to the depths of death so that "the dead will hear the voice of the Son of God, and those

who hear will live" John 5:25 I know that's spewing verses but ...

"In His human soul united to His divine person, the dead Christ went to the realm of the dead. He opened heaven's

gates for the just who had gone before him. " CCC:637

[Ottawan61350]

I attended an Episciple Church where this was repeated. I still have a problem with the Jesus going to hell line.

(Teacher) THE APOSTLES' CREED ABOUT GOD THE FATHER:

(Students) "We believe in God the Father almighty"

"Maker of heaven and earth"

(Teacher) THE APOSTLES' CREED ABOUT JESUS CHRIST, THE SON OF GOD:

(Students) "And Jesus Christ His only Son our Lord"

"Who was conceived by the Holy Spirit"

"Born of the virgin Mary"

"Suffered under Pontius Pilate"

"Was crucified, dead and buried"

"He descended into hell"

"The third day he rose from the dead"

"He ascended into heaven"

"And sits at the right hand of God the Father"

"From where he will come to judge the living and the dead"

(Teacher) THE APOSTLES' CREED ABOUT GOD'S SPIRIT, THE HOLY SPIRIT:

(Students) "We believe in the Holy Spirit"

"The holy catholic Church (Church of Jesus Christ)"

"The communion of the saints"

"The forgiveness of sins"

"The resurrection of the body"

"And the Life Everlasting"

Someone care to explain because I don't get it. I refuse to sing or repeat this line because I don't believe Jesus actually went to Hell. I have heard about a holding place where he met Saints. I'm not even sure about that. What gives?

Dan

He went to the hades, the state of being dead. Hades and Sheol mean the same thing. The state of the dead. Untill being raised we all go there. Read John 3:13. There is only one man in heaven.

[Fez]

The Bible tells us that Jesus died physically for our sins. In order to have been resurrected from the dead, He had to first have been dead. However, His spirit did not die. ("Father, into thy hands I commit My spirit"). Now, we may say "I believe this or that... " but if the Bible does not confirm what we believe, then it is not the Bible that is wrong.

Amen to that!

[OneLight]

The way I heard this explained is like unto some of the other posts.

Jesus died a physical death, like all will. His soul was separated from his body. He descended to such a place as

Abraham's Bosom from the teaching of Lazareth and the rich man. There he freed those who had "died" before

and were awaiting their Savior.

The frequent New Testament affirmations that Jesus was raised from the "dead" presupposes that He was in the realm

of the dead prior to His resurrection. Scripture calls the abode of the dead "hell"-Sheol in Hebrew- Hades in Greek because

those who are there are deprived of the vision of God.

1Peter 4:6 The Gospel was preached even to the dead

That this was the last phase of Jesus' Messianic Mission pretty significant for the redemptive work to be for all men in

all times. Christ went down to the depths of death so that "the dead will hear the voice of the Son of God, and those

who hear will live" John 5:25 I know that's spewing verses but ...

"In His human soul united to His divine person, the dead Christ went to the realm of the dead. He opened heaven's

gates for the just who had gone before him. " CCC:637

Like Christ, another thread is resurrected! This thread has been dead for 4 1/2 years ... but I will reply anyway.

The problem with 1 Peter 4:6 is that the word dead can be either physically or metaphorically. Dead can be either those who breathed their last breath, or spiritually dead. If you take Ephesians 4:8-10 and 1 Peter 3:18-20, you have a better picture of what Christ did for those three days. Let's add these verses ...

Ephesians 4:8-10 (New American Standard Bible)

8 Therefore it says,

"WHEN HE ASCENDED ON HIGH,

HE LED CAPTIVE A HOST OF CAPTIVES,

AND HE GAVE GIFTS TO MEN."

9 (Now this expression, "He ascended," what does it mean except that He also had descended into the lower parts of the earth?

10 He who descended is Himself also He who ascended far above all the heavens, so that He might fill all things.)

1 Peter 3:18-20 (New American Standard Bible)

18 For Christ also died for sins once for all, the just for the unjust, so that He might bring us to God, having been put to death in the flesh, but made alive in the spirit;

19 in which also He went and made proclamation to the spirits now in prison,

20 who once were disobedient, when the patience of God kept waiting in the days of Noah, during the construction of the ark, in which a few, that is, eight persons, were brought safely through the water.

Hope this helps.