Did Jesus go to hell and preach?

Answer 1

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 by the Spirit, by whom 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, while the ark was being prepared, in which a few, that is, eight souls, were saved through water. 1 Peter 4:6: For this reason the gospel was preached also to those who are dead, that they might be judged according to men in the flesh, but live according to God in the spirit.

Answer 2

Answer:

The preaching Jesus did was to "spirits in prison"... not "hell"... according to Peter:

"...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." (I Peter 3:18-20)

The "prison" was more of a "condition of restraint" or "restriction" more than a "prison cell" that we might imagine.

Most of modern professing Christianity believes that Peter is saying that Jesus did this preaching during the time He was "dead in the tomb" following His crucifixion. This belief among man's religions stems from the popular doctrine of the "immortality of the soul" started by Satan in the garden of Eden (Gen.3:4). It basically teaches, like Satan told Eve, that God is a liar, and we don't really die, eternal life is not God's gift to us through Jesus Christ... but that we live on, having eternal life already within us.

And because of this erroneous belief and these words of Peter, many professing Christians think that Jesus "wasn't really dead" at all... but, alive and preaching to spirits in prison (or hell) all the while.

But the Bible says that death is total unconscious sleep. "...there is no work, nor device, nor knowledge, nor wisdom, in the grave, whither thou goest." (Eccle.9:10)

Therefore, this is a great doctrinal contradiction of God's Word... or Peter was saying no such thing as men casually assume.

The "spirits" Jesus preached to were "disobedient" ones, according to Peter. The Bible talks about disobedient spirits, or one-third of God's angels, that followed Satan in his original rebellion against the throne of God in heaven in the beginning.

"For if God spared not the angels that sinned, but cast them down to hell, and delivered them into chains of darkness, to be reserved unto judgment..." (II Peter 2:4).

Peter's inspired word translated "hell" in this passage is "tartaroo" or "tartarus," which, again, is more of a condition of restraint rather than a place... and it's the only place in the Bible the word is used.

Interestingly, Peter's next words also mention Noah again, as the first passage about "spirits in prison." The connection is not coincidental, as a simple grammatical analogy of Peter's statement in I Peter 3:18-20 reveals that Jesus "preached to these disobedient spirits" in their "tartaroo prison" DURING THE DAYS WHILE NOAH WAS BUILDING THE ARK!

"...when once the longsuffering (patience) of God waited in the days of Noah..." (verse20).

That's WHEN Jesus preached to the rebellious angels... not while He was supposed to be dead in the tomb.

Peter says that Jesus was "quickened by the Spirit." It was as this Spirit... in the form of this Spirit... during the days of Noah, that He did the preaching.

In the days of Noah, Jesus Christ was the Eternal Creator God of the Old Testament... and HE WAS SPIRIT, then. Jesus gave up that entity to become flesh and blood for us. But, when His Father raised Him from the dead three days and three nights later... He raised Him (quickened Him) BY HIS SPIRIT.

"...if the Spirit of Him that raised up Jesus from the dead dwell in you, He that raised Jesus from the dead shall also quicken your mortal bodies by His Spirit that dwelleth in you." (Rom.8:11)

Jesus wasn't "Spirit" in the grave... He was a dead mortal body. He was changed back into Spirit on the third day, when His mortal body was resurrected and changed, like ours shall be one day (I Cor.15:51-53).

But, in the days of Noah, He was Spirit... He was "I AM." And He went, while Noah was building the ark, to preach to the demons who, following their unsuccessful rebellion, had been cast back down to earth in defeat... and restrained here... unable to leave earth's confines and awaiting Judgment Day.

Having said all that, then... After Jesus preached in "hell"... there was a flood.

Jesus preached in prison after He died. Period. He was not a "nothing for 3 days." How could he be dormant for 3 days when he told the thief on the cross at His right hand: "tonight, thou shalt be with me in paradise." In defense of the gospel have I come. The previous answer is muddy dirt.

Answer 3

Jesus descended down to paradise in the earth; which was called Abraham's Boxum,

where the old testament saints went after their deaths; he went down to them to preach the gospel; the NT and to reveal to them his being the Messiah they were looking for foretold in many places in the OT; they had the spirit of Christ in them, in their time, that is what made them righteous, then after preaching to them; he ascended with them to heaven and appeared back on the earth the third day of his ressurrection in a blink of an eye. I believe Abraham's boxom is where the false doctrine of the Catholic Church [purgatory, holding place] is from; no such place; when you die, it is heaven or hell at your last breath; if you know Christ as savior and lord; you have nothing to worry about.

Answer:

The Bible says that Jesus, when He was yet the Creator God of the Old Testament in "Spirit" form: "...preached unto the spirits in prison; which sometimes were disobedient, when once the longsuffering of God waited IN THE DAYS OF NOAH, while the ark was a preparing..." (I Peter 3:19-20).

The demons who followed Satan in his rebellion against God's government in the beginning are revealed to have been cast down to earth and "restrained" in "spiritual chains" ("tartaroo," translated "hell" in the KJV) that prevents them from exercising the full range of the destructive abilities that these powerful perverted angels otherwise possess as spirit beings.

"...for if God spared not the angels that sinned, but cast them down to hell (tartaroo), and delivered them into chains of darkness, to be revealed unto Judgment; and spared not the old world, but save Noah..." (II Peter 2:4-5).

"...the angels which kept not their first estate, but left their own habitation, He hath reserved in everlasting chains under darkness unto the Judgment of the Great Day." (Jude 1:6)

It was the angels in Satan's charge who followed him in his rebellion in the beginning to whom Jesus preached in the days of Noah, while Noah was building the ark.

They were already on the earth... cast down here before man was created.

"...there was war in heaven: Michael and his angels fought against the Dragon; and the Dragon fought and his angels, and prevailed not... and the great Dragon was cast out... into the earth, and his angels were cast out with him." (Rev.12:7-9)

As quickly as Adam and Eve would later accept the Serpent's twisted thought processes, and their worship of him began, and they forsook God... their children became subject to the future demonic influences and possessions which they have suffered down through their generations to this very day.

Perhaps that's what Jesus preached to them about in the days of Noah. Perhaps He spoke to them, among other things, about how their destructive influence over mankind would one day... on Judgment Day... come full circle:

"...Know ye not that WE SHALL JUDGE ANGELS?" (I Cor.6:3)

Answer 4

Biblically, it is unclear exactly where Jesus went for the three days of his death. There are a few verses that allude to what was going on, but it never outright just states it.

In the book of Acts, it states that he went into Hades (realm of the dead in some translations). Some people feel that this means he went into hell, where as others say that Hades and Hell are not the same place.

1 Peter 3:18 and 19 does make mention of him speaking to spirits, although it does not directly say he was in hell.

"He was put to death in the body but made alive in the Spirit. After being made alive, he went and made proclamation to the imprisoned spirits."

There is another mention in 1 Peter 4:6

"For this is the reason the gospel was preached even to those who are now dead, so that they might be judged according to human standards in regard to the body, but live according to God in regard to the spirit."

Answer 5

No. There was no reason for Jesus to go down to hell and preach because everyone in hell missed their chance to come to God while they were alive. After a person has died and gone to the temporary place of hell he/she is lost forever.

However Jesus while His body was in the grave after the crucifixion went to the abyss in His living Spirit where the demons hang out and preached to the demons there telling them that it was basically over and that He had won. They and their leader Satan was defeated when Jesus died on the cross. See Colossians 2:15; I Peter 3:19-20.

Answer 6

No. There is no biblical support for this argument.

Answer 7

Don’t know