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| Peperpat Registered user Username: Peperpat Post Number: 22 Registered: 7-2006 |
I'm glad someone brought this up here because I need clarification. My sda son told me even Jesus rested on the sabbath after His death. I had been taught that after Jesus' death He went to Hades and preached and took the keys from Satan. Of course, at the time I could not find any bible verses to support this and felt foolish. He told me another Christian friend of his said the same thing as I did but also could not find bible proof. I now have 1Peter 3:19 and 4:6 but does anyone else have thoughts on this? | ||
| Agapetos Registered user Username: Agapetos Post Number: 241 Registered: 10-2002  |
I don't know all the meaning of "what Christ did" while He was dead, but the significance of "resting on the Sabbath" was that by dying before sundown, He showed that the work of atonement & redemption was finished.  Since that day, as Hebrews 4:7 says, we enter His rest "Today", because "Today is the day of salvation" (2 Cor. 6:2, I think). Adventism misses this point in the wake of focusing on the Sabbath day instead of the Man who rose from it and brought us into peace and completeness in Himself. In Him Eden is restored! | ||
| Pheeki Registered user Username: Pheeki Post Number: 811 Registered: 1-2003 |
Christ Himself said that He would give only one sign...the sign of Jonah, which ties into being in the belly of the Earth...Hades. The bible clearly says He wasn't asleep! | ||
| Jeremy Registered user Username: Jeremy Post Number: 1434 Registered: 10-2004  |
Yes, here's the passage where Jesus prophesied that:
The heart, or center, of the earth has to refer to Hades, not the tomb. Jesus' body was not in the heart of the earth. Here are some more passages which talk about where Jesus went when He died:
That word "abyss" is the same word that is used in Luke 8:31 and throughout the book of Revelation. It refers to Hades, or a section of Hades.
Again, "the lower parts of the earth" is a reference to Hades.
(For Jesus Christ's own explanation of what Hades is, see Luke 16:19-31.) I hope these passages are helpful. Jeremy | ||
| Grace_alone Registered user Username: Grace_alone Post Number: 100 Registered: 6-2006  |
Jeremy, thanks. That was cool! | ||
| Peperpat Registered user Username: Peperpat Post Number: 23 Registered: 7-2006 |
Thank you Jeremy that helps so much! You guys are all so great! - Patti | ||
| Melissa Registered user Username: Melissa Post Number: 1442 Registered: 7-2003 |
Find the passage the says "Jesus rested on the sabbath in the grave"...... | ||
| Grace_alone Registered user Username: Grace_alone Post Number: 101 Registered: 6-2006 |
Judging from the passages that Jeremy listed above, Jesus wasn't resting at all. He was not only conscious, he was busy doing his job... | ||
| Jeremiah Registered user Username: Jeremiah Post Number: 130 Registered: 1-2004  |
I do remember that one of the hymns sung in the Orthodox church during the Pascha (Easter) services mentioned that Jesus rested on that Sabbath. These hymns are very old, some as much as perhaps 1800 years old... Like for instance the hymn "Phos Hilaron"... but if you take the Orthodox teaching as a whole, it lines up exactly with the texts Jeremy has posted. The point of all this is that there can be some truth to Jesus having rested on that final Sabbath day, and yet, this does nothing towards saying we should still refrain from work on Sabbath. Jeremiah |
