HELL AND PARADISE
QUESTIONS TO BE ANSWERED IN THIS TOPIC
1.IS PARADISE PART OF HELL?
2.WHAT HAPPENED TO OLD TESTAMENT SAINTS AFTER DEATH?
3.WHO WERE THE CAPTIVES MENTIONED IN EPHESIANS 4:8-10?
4.WHERE ARE WE THE BELIEVERS IN CHRIST AFTER OUR DEATH?
5.WHAT WAS CHRIST SOUL DID IN PARADISE?
In Holy Bible we can see many verses about hell and paradise.Many people dont know actually what is paradise and they interpret it for heaven.We can look in to bible and try to learn a few things from bible about this mystery(not for every one).
First we can focus our attention to this portion of the Bibe,Ephesians4:8,9,10
Wherefore he saith, When he ascended up on high, he led captivity captive, and gave gifts unto men.(Now that he ascended, what is it but that he also descended first into the lower parts of the earth?He that descended is the same also that ascended up far above all heavens, that he might fill all things.)
HERE IN THESE VERSES IT TELL US:
1.JESUS DESCENDED TO LOWER PARTS OF EARTH(HELL - WILL PROVE LATER)
2.FROM THERE(WILL PROVE LATER) HE ASCENDED AND LED CAPTIVITY CAPTIVE
3.JESUS BRING THEM WITH HIM AND GOES TO HEAVEN,WHICH MEANS THEY ARE SAINTS OR GODS PEOPLE WHO ONLY ARE ELIGIBLE TO ENTER HEAVEN.
4.JESUS GIVE GIFTS(HOLY SPIRIT AND ASSOCIATED GIFTS) TO MEN
Now we shall turn our focus in to another verses
ACTS 2:24 Whom God hath raised up, having loosed the pains of death: because it was not possible that he should be holden of it.
ACTS 2:27 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, neither his flesh did see corruption.
FROM THESE VERSES WE CAN LEARN THAT:
5.JESUS DESCENDED TO LOWER PARTS OF EARTH AND THAT IS HELL(WHICH PROVES POINT 1 FROM ABOVE THREE VERSES)
6.CHRIST SOUL WAS NOT LEFT IN HELL.WHICH MEANS THOSE WHO DIED BEFORE CHRIST,THEIR SOULS LEFT IN HELL
SO FROM THESE VERSES AND POINTS WE CAN CONCLUDE THAT AFTER THE DEATH OF JESUS CHRIST HE WENT TO HELL AND AFTER THREE DAYS AS TOLD BY JESUS HIMSELF,HE RESURRECTED AND ASCENDED TO HEAVEN WITH HOLY SAINTS OF GOD.
AT THIS POINT WE HAVE TO STOP AND THINK FOR A MOMENT....JESUS SAID TO THIEF ON THE CROSS(WHO JUSTIFIED JESUS) THAT "
Verily I say unto thee, Today shalt thou be with me in paradise".AND JESUS WENT TO,HELL HOW CAN THESE TWO STATEMENT'S BE TRUE?
7.TWO CORRECT ABOVE STATEMENTS WE CAN CONCLUDE THAT PARADISE IS A PART OF HELL.THIS IS THE TRUTH.
TO BE MORE CLEAR ABOUT THIS, WE CAN LOOK IN TO OLD TESTAMENT.IN THE BOOK OF NUMBERS CHAPTER 16 WE CAN SEE SOME PERSONS NAMED Korah,Dathan,Abiram REBELLED AGAINST MOSES AND THAT PERSONS AND THEIR FAMILY WENT DOWN DIRECTLY TO HELL BY THE COMMAND OF MOSES.
FROM THAT INCIDENT WE CLEARLY SEES THAT HELL(പാതാളം ) IS DIRECTLY BELOW THE EARTH.
IN GENESIS CHAPTER 37 JACOB SAYS "For I will go down into the grave(പാതാളം ) unto my son mourning. Thus his father wept for him."
IN 1 SAMUEL 2:6 The Lord killeth, and maketh alive: he bringeth down to the grave(പാതാളം), and bringeth up.
IN JOB 7:9 As the cloud is consumed and vanisheth away: so he that goeth down to the grave(പാതാളം ) shall come up no more.
IN PSALMS 16:10 For thou wilt not leave my soul in hell; neither wilt thou suffer thine Holy One to see corruption.
OTHER BIBLE REFERENCES ARE PSALMS 88:3,ISAIAH 14:9,14:11,14:15,14:17 AND MANY MORE.
FROM ALL THESE VERSES WE CAN SEE THAT THE OLD TESTAMENT SAINTS BELIEVED THAT AFTER DEATH THEY WILL GO TO HELL AND IN NEW TESTAMENT IN THE PARABLE OF LAZARUS ABRAHAM WAS IN PARADISE.THUS WE CAN CONCLUDE THAT:
8.THE SAINTS THAT DIED BEFORE JESUS RESURRECTION THEIR SOULS GOES TO PARADISE WHICH IS A PART OF HELL
9.HELL HAVE DIFFERENT PARTS FOR SAINTS(PARADISE),FOR WICKED,FOR VERY CRUEL WICKED AND THEY GET DIFFERENT PORTIONS OF HELL.
AND FROM ISAIAH 14:17 the man who made the world a wilderness,
who overthrew its cities
and would not let his captives go home? WE CAN SEE THAT SATAN HAVE AUTHORITY OVER DEATH HAS TRAPPED THE OLD TESTAMENT SAINTS UNTILL THE DEATH OF JESUS CHRIST.AND JESUS DEFEATED SATAN AND FREED THESE CAPTIVES AND LED THEM WITH HIM IN TO HEAVEN ON HIS RESURRECTION.
NOTE: HANOCH,ELIJAH AND MOSES WERE NOT IN PARADISE THEY ARE WITH GOD AND THATS WHY SATAN ARGUED FOR MOSES TO GOD IN MOSES DEATH.
10.JESUS RESURRECTION BRINGS THE OLD TESTAMENT SAINTS BACK TO THEIR OWN HOME AND AFTER THAT ANYONE WHO DIES IN CHRIST IS WITH CHRIST.THE DEATH OF STEPHEN AND ASSOCIATED VISION HE HAD JUST PROVES THAT.
BELIEVERS IN CHRIST BE READY FOR OUR RESURRECTION,SATAN WHO HAVE AUTHORITY OVER DEATH IS DEFEATED AT CROSS AND IF WE DIE WE WILL BE WITH OUR SAVIOR OR IF CHRIST COMES WE SHOULD BE WITH HIM BE READY FOR THAT.
NOTE:IF YOU HAVE ANY MORE QUESTIONS REGARDING THIS TOPIC OR ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FROM BIBLE,FEEL FREE TO ASK.
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