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unto the captives of hope of the Abrahamic Covenant and unto the antediluvian spirits in prison. He revealed Himself as the Messiah which was promised. Some would argue that the thieves at the cross were also crucified and suffered physically for their sins, concluding that the punishment in the flesh was not enough to atone, but they did not die for the sin of mankind as the unblemished lamb of God. An angel would not be able to be taken captive to Hell and allow the devil to enslave and torment him and nor let the devil be a co-redeemer through chastising on that angelic spirit our sins until he could avenge sufficiently God s righteousness because sin was committed in the flesh and had to be atoned for in the flesh.POINTS IN FAVOR OF HIS SUFFERING IN THE WHOLE BEING WHILE STILL IN THE FLESH AT THE CROSS AND NOT BECAUSE OF A SUPPOSED DEATH AND CHASTISEMENT OF HIS SPIRIT IN THE DUNGEON OF HELL1)Mark 14:32-36 So they came to a place called Gethsemane. There He said to His disciples, "Sit down here till I have prayed." Then He took with Him Peter and James and John, and began to be full of terror and distress, and He said to them, "My heart is oppressed with anguish to the very point of death: wait here and keep awake." Going forward a short distance He threw Himself upon His face and prayed repeatedly that, if it was possible, He might be spared that time of agony; and He said, "Abba! my Father! all things are possible for Thee: take this cup of suffering away from me: and yet not what I desire, but what Thou desirest." After His prophetic act of the first Supper of giving His life as a ransom for the sins of mankind, Jesus body, soul and spirit were in anguish of death, in anticipation of the coming suffering, nevertheless body, soul and spirit did not sin, nor give in to Satan and to sin at any moment, till He turned His spirit to the Father. When He was at the cross, and the full judgment of God came upon Him, He did not die spiritually, He only bore on Himself the spiritual death of mankind and allowed death to take over His body, for He gave Himself freely, knowing He had authority to lay down His life and to take it back at any moment, as He willed. His spirit and soul were not invaded by the kingdom of darkness, only resisted and fought against it as it assailed Him. They were never controlled by the devil at the cross or in Hell, nor were invaded by the kingdom of darkness, they only fought against it.2)Luke 22:43-44 And there appeared an angel unto him from heaven, strengthening him. And being in an agony he prayed more earnestly: and his sweat was as it were great drops of blood falling down to the ground.As He prayed in Gethsemane (press of oil) , Jesus was strengthened by the Holy Spirit
and through Him offered Himself as an unblemished sacrifice, suffering in atonement unto God. God could not take His burden but could enable Him with power to do it as a spiritually filled man, as Jesus was pouring out the spirit unto those He was saving. Jesus was stripped of the Father s glory, but not of His character and ability. Jesus emptied Himself of all but of love. The Holy Spirit never left Jesus (He flowed of Jesus), not at the cross, nor in Hades, but operated all things, such as obedience and love and fought in unity with Him. By the eternal Spirit Jesus also did all works of reaching awaiting souls in Hades and at the third day rose from the dead, when the legal battle had been won and the angels could help Him raise physically from the dead and legally us with Him.3) John 6:51ff I am the living bread which came down from heaven: if any man eat of this bread, he shall live for ever: and the bread that I will give is my flesh, which I will give for the life of the world... Then Jesus said unto them, Verily, verily, I say unto you, Except ye eat the flesh of the Son of man, and drink his blood, ye have no life in you. Whoso eateth my flesh, and drinketh my blood, hath eternal life; and I will raise him up at the last day.Jesus gave his body and blood (life) in love in substitution for mankind s salvation. Jesus was speaking of the covenant supper (Lord s table) where we are to remember His sacrifice in flesh and not any supposed torments in Hell. 4) 2 Corinthians 5:21 For he hath made Him to be sin for us, who knew no sin; that we might be made the righteousness of God in Him.He became sin there at the cross, that is, He drank a cup of sorrow, He was immerged, baptized in the darkness of our sins. He bore on Himself the penalty and shame of our sin. Nevertheless, He did not sin, nor agreed with sin, nor favored sin, nor acquired the nature of sin, nor was controlled at any moment by sin and the devil. God condemned in His flesh, in the likeness of our sinful flesh, mankind s sin (Rm 8:3). His soul and spirit, which were light, suffered while in flesh, for the devil could only oppress with darkness His spirit and soul through His flesh which had become sin. When His body was taken up by the spirit of death, His spirit had to legally leave and depart from that body. He could not come back till all legal demands were met concerning redemption of our soul.5) John 10:17-18 Therefore doth my Father love me, because I lay down my life, that I might take it again. No man taketh it from me, but I lay it down of myself. I have power to lay it down, and I have power to take it again. This commandment
have I received of my Father.Jesus had in Himself the authority to take back His physical life, by rising from the dead. The devil could not kill Him. In His spirit, even being dead physically, He was the eternal resurrection and life. He died on our behalf physically and bore our spiritual death eternally at the cross because He loved us. I believe that though He had paid the price and the veil was rent, He had to remain dead physically three days because the law required the testimony of two or three days to confirm legally that the substitution was effected. He was always in control, He was not mastered or controlled by the devil. Though spiritual death was over Him at the cross it never entered His spirit, nor ever will, nor would ever be His master.6) Mark 15:33-34 there was darkness over the whole land until the ninth hour. And at the ninth hour Jesus cried with a loud voice, saying, Eloi, Eloi, lama sabachthani? which is, being interpreted, My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me?God could not see sin, nor have fellowship with darkness. There hung Jesus, covered (but not invaded) by the darkness of all sins of all mankind and oppressed (but not controlled) by all demons of Hell which were loosed upon Him. Nevertheless God had not abandoned nor forsaken His Son, He was hearing His cry (Ps 18, Ps 22). He had given His Son and His Son had agreed to suffer separation from God s glory for a while. Jesus cited the Psalm quoted above to fulfill the scriptures. Jesus did not leave allegiance to God. He feared and hallowed Him at the cross (Ps 22). He was stripped from fellowship with the father as one who strips himself of his glory and clothes himself with shame, the shame of mankind, with whom He was identifying Himself. He identified with sinners and their suffering and not with sin or the devil. The cry at His death was our cry, He was identifying with the anguish of our separation from God, which He had not ever experienced before.7) John 19:28,30 After this, Jesus knowing that all things were now accomplished, that the scripture might be fulfilled, saith, I thirst...When Jesus therefore had received the vinegar, he said, It is finished: and he bowed his head, and gave up the ghost.With Jesus substitutionary death at the cross, the work of Redemption was potentially consummated. Jesus made then His last prophecy in flesh, and passed out after that. It s finished in the New Testament Greek is TETELESTAI which in the market language means it is paid in full (as a receipt of the price that was paid). Jesus had paid the price for our redemption with His spiritual suffering in flesh, with His eternal love represented by the symbol of His stricken body and His poured out blood (Jn 6:55). When He rose from the dead and us spiritually with Him, and ascended and seated in His throne in Heaven and us spiritually with
Him, Redemption was completed.8) Matthew 27:50-53 Jesus, when he had cried again with a loud voice, yielded up the ghost. And, behold, the veil of the temple was rent in twain from the top to the bottom; and the earth did quake, and the rocks rent; And the graves were opened; and many bodies of the saints which slept arose, And came out of the graves after his resurrection, and went into the holy city, and appeared unto many. Psalm 18:6-19 The sorrows of hell compassed me about: the snares of death prevented me. In my distress I called upon the LORD, and cried unto my God: he heard my voice out of his temple, and my cry came before him, even into his ears. Then the earth shook and trembled; the foundations also of the hills moved and were shaken... He bowed the heavens also, and came down: and darkness was under his feet. And he rode upon a cherub, and did fly: yea, he did fly upon the wings of the wind. He made darkness his secret place...Yea, he sent out his arrows, and scattered them; and he shot out lightnings, and discomfited them. Then the channels of waters were seen, and the foundations of the world were discovered at thy rebuke, O LORD, at the blast of the breath of thy nostrils. He sent from above, he took me, he drew me out of many waters. He delivered me from my strong enemy, and from them which hated me: for they were too strong for me. They prevented me in the day of my calamity: but the LORD was my stay. He brought me forth also into a large place; he delivered me, because he delighted in me. The rent veil meant that now the access to the presence of God was opened unto all mankind through the crushed body of Christ because He had died for all. Some saints of the Old Testament which slept were taken from Abraham s bosom and were raised from the dead because the price for their full redemption was already paid by Jesus physical death. The earthquake shows that God the Father had heard Jesus prayer at the cross and had come in His succor, and that God s angels were at His side when He surrendered the spirit unto God and they brought Him into a large place in Abraham s Bosom. 9) Luke 23:39-43 And one of the malefactors which were hanged railed on him, saying, If thou be Christ, save thyself and us. But the other answering rebuked him, saying, Dost not thou fear God, seeing thou art in the same condemnation? And we indeed justly; for we receive the due reward of our deeds: but this man hath done nothing amiss. And he said unto Jesus, Lord, remember me when thou comest into thy kingdom. And Jesus said unto him, Verily I say unto thee, To day shalt thou be with me in paradise.Jesus did not answer the thief Be patient, today I need to go to Hell
in order to suffer, one day I will come back in my kingdom to take you from Hell and resurrect you. He would be rather saying, You ve made the best choice, I am the king, even today you will be with me in Paradise. Since He was the righteous king while His body was lying in death, He went to visit to the sector of Hades called Paradise or Abraham s bosom to preach Good-News unto the prisoners of hope: Behold I am the Messiah, the King you were awaiting. Get ready to come out of here unto heaven when my body will rise and be justified on the behalf of those who believe in me. Also we who are living today were resurrected spiritually with Christ on resurrection s day and will be raptured and transformed at His second coming.10) Luke 16:23 And in hell he lift up his eyes, being in torments, and seeth Abraham afar off, and Lazarus in his bosom. 1 Peter 2:18-20 For Christ also hath once suffered for sins, the just for the unjust, that he might bring us to God, being put to death in the flesh, but quickened by the Spirit: By which also he went and preached unto the spirits in prison; Which sometime were disobedient, when once the longsuffering of God waited in the days of Noah, while the ark was a preparing, wherein few, that is, eight souls were saved by water.Hades had two compartments: Hell properly and Abraham s bosom. Jesus did not go to be tormented in Hell, but He went to preach in the compartment of those who died in the hope of the coming of the Messiah, He went also to witness to the spirits in prison who had rebelled during the flood. He did this because being dead in the flesh he had access by the Spirit to eternity. I believe that it is also by the eternal Spirit that He took our sins and diseases upon himself 2000 years ago and imparts unto us now His life, healing, forgiveness, righteousness, health and power.11) Luke 23:44-46 And it was about the sixth hour, and there was a darkness over all the earth until the ninth hour. And the sun was darkened, and the veil of the temple was rent in the midst. And when Jesus had cried with a loud voice, he said, Father, into thy hands I commend my spirit: and having said thus, he gave up the ghost.Jesus did not surrender His spirit to the Devil to be tormented by him, but unto the Father. In truth, the spirit of Jesus was always one with the Eternal Holy Spirit, even carrying our sins, sicknesses and death. He was obedient in spirit. He was not experiencing His fellowship and presence. He was feeling abandoned by Him because of His suffering for our separation from God, but He was acting not by feelings but in the Spirit. Darkness during the crucifixion was due to the materialization of mankind s sins and of the demons of
Hell around Him at the cross 12) Matthew 27:57-60 And when Joseph had taken the body, he wrapped it in a clean linen cloth, And laid it in his own new tomb, which he had hewn out in the rock: and he rolled a great stone to the door of the sepulchre, and departed. Isaiah 53:9 And he made his grave with the wicked, and with the rich in his death; because he had done no violence, neither was any deceit in his mouth.Even the body of Jesus after the crucifixion was treated with respect and zeal and was not considered as the body of a sinner or of an outcast from God. Why would His spirit have to be chastised and punished in Hell?13) Acts 2:26-27 Therefore did my heart rejoice, and my tongue was glad; moreover also my flesh shall rest in hope: Because thou wilt not leave my soul in hell, neither wilt thou suffer thine Holy One to see corruption. Acts 2:31 He seeing this before spake of the resurrection of Christ, that his soul was not left in hell (hades), neither his flesh did see corruption. Psalms 16:10 For thou wilt not leave my soul in hell (sheol); neither wilt thou suffer thine Holy One to see corruption.Jesus did not remain for long in the world of the dead, called Sheol or Hades. Very early in the first day of the week He rose and from this day on, God could take Him to heaven along with those who were in Abraham s bosom, taking captivity captive and empting paradise on under the earth and bringing it to heaven. His body did not see corruption, so God was not punishing His body at the cross, that is what the devil and mankind did to Him. Sin was chastised on His integral being WHILE ON FLESH. There was no punishment for His flesh after the legal penalty was paid in flesh. Even though He was not suffering in Hades during those 3 days, He needed to come back to heaven to be clothed with His former glory. 14) John 20:17 "Do not cling to me," said Jesus, "for I have not yet ascended to the Father. But take this message to my brethren: I am ascending to my Father and your Father, to my God and your God." Hebrews 9:12 Neither by the blood of goats and calves, but by his own blood he entered in once into the holy place, having obtained eternal redemption for us.Jesus had not yet ascended to the Father to be received in Glory (now as a man and on our behalf) and be glorified. He was in a rush and did not want to be detained from this purpose, that is why He wanted to return as soon as possible to the Father, from where he had come 33 years before. His blood was poured out on Calvary Hill in Jerusalem, now He was only flesh and bones, as High priest He had offered His blood on the altar of the cross,
which was accepted (rent curtain/dead resurrected) because He rose and His people had risen with Him on resurrection day. Entering the Holy of Holies by His blood is a metaphor of a reality, of His spiritual sacrifice, of His restored fellowship and of our restored fellowship with the Father. By (dia) His blood instead of with His blood is the correct translation of the Greek.15) 1 Peter 3:18-20 For Christ also hath once suffered for sins, the just for the unjust, that he might bring us to God, being put to death in the flesh, but quickened by the Spirit: By which also he went and preached unto the spirits in prison; 1 Peter 4:6 For for this cause was the gospel preached also to them that are dead, that they might be judged according to men in the flesh, but live according to God in the spirit. 1 Peter 4:1 Forasmuch then as Christ hath suffered for us in the flesh, arm yourselves likewise with the same mind: for he that hath suffered in the flesh hath ceased from sin;He was put to death in the flesh and was vivified by the Spirit, by which He went and preached to the dead while He was dead. He would not be able to do it if He would be still guilty and being chastised in terrible torment by the devil, till He would pay enough (what would be enough? And for how long?) for the sins of all mankind and in all times. In truth He overcame death, sickness and sin, and the devil, in simple way, He annihilated the power of the devil, killing death and death dealing power and fear of death, by dying to sin in flesh and being without sin. Legally after three days He regained His body from the death spirit by expelling him from it and reentering His body; He was also making the Spirit available for our resurrection. 16) 1 Timothy 3:16 And without controversy great is the mystery of godliness: God was manifest in the flesh, justified in the Spirit, seen of angels, preached unto the Gentiles, believed on in the world, received up into glory.Jesus redeemed us by His death in the flesh. He was justified in His body in the resurrection by the power and life of the Holy Spirit, which joined His spirit in it. His spirit (and soul) was just and did not need to be born again as we need, but it was carrying us who needed justification, so He was justified by the Spirit on our behalf. He had to be transformed in His body as it was recreated as the first fruits of resurrection and glorified in ascension. 17) Romans 8:3 For what the law could not do, in that it was weak through the flesh, God sending his own Son in the likeness of sinful flesh, and for sin, condemned sin in the flesh: Sin was condemned in Jesus flesh, though His spirit was suffering there in flesh with the weight of man s spiritual death.18)
Hebreus 9:14 How much more shall the blood of Christ, who through the eternal Spirit offered himself without spot to God, purge your conscience from dead works to serve the living God? 2 Corinthians 5:21 For He hath made Him to be sin for us, who knew no sin; that we might be made the righteousness of God in Him.He never sinned, nor was united to sin or to Satan, though He had become sin. This is a metaphor concerning the fact that all sins of mankind and their consequent curse and suffering were laid upon Him. He cleanses us through His love and sinless life poured out on our behalf. The poured blood is a symbol of this love ministered by means of the Eternal Spirit, which operated even in Hades.19) Colossians 1:22 yet now hath He reconciled in the body of His flesh through death, to present you holy and unblameable and unreproveable in his sight.Paul does not speak nothing of Jesus having to die spiritually and be launched in the dungeon of Hell where He would be tormented for our justification. He reconciled us with Himself in His body which died for us. There at the cross His integral being was tormented while in flesh on our behalf by hell s hosts. That happened till the Death Spirit took hold of His body.20) Ephesians 2:15 Having abolished in his flesh the enmity, even the law of commandments contained in ordinances; for to make in himself of twain one new man, so making peace;He fulfilled the Law of the Old Covenant by His death. Therefore He abolished the ceremonial law in His flesh. We were made a New Creation under a New Law Love.21) John 20:22 And when he had said this, he breathed on them, and saith unto them, Receive ye the Holy Ghost:The New Covenant became legally effective only with His Resurrection. The disciples were then able to be Born Again and receive the indwelling of Holy Spirit. On Pentecost they received the Holy Spirit power to minister.22) Hebrews 2:17 Wherefore in all things it behoved him to be made like unto his brethren, that he might be a merciful and faithful high priest in things pertaining to God, to make reconciliation for the sins of the people. Hebrews 4:15 For we have not an high priest which cannot be touched with the feeling of our infirmities; but was in all points tempted like as we are, yet without sin. Hebrews 9:11-12 But Christ being come an high priest of good things to come, by a greater and more perfect tabernacle, not made with hands, that is to say, not of this building; Neither by the blood of goats and calves, but by his own blood he entered in once into the holy place, having obtained eternal redemption for us.While alive He was tempted in all things, without sinning. When He died He could no longer be tempted. By the sacrifice of His blood which was poured out (His love and life being given for us in substitution)