"He descended into hell" is an eternal act, as much as His death on the cross is eternal. It was not only the souls who happened to be in hell at the time of Christ's death who benefitted from His descent; would it not also be all souls who have died beyond the reach of God who have the possibility of encountering Jesus in His saving act? Does He not still "descend into hell" to recover the lost and damned? Does He not still offer them the light of grace and glory? Would not their loss of of all earth's pleasures and their present suffering make them more disposed to see Jesus as salvation, as hope, as rescue from the fires of hell?
Eternally, He lives; eternally, He dies; eternally, He descends into hell, that every generation might see the glory of God given to us in Christ Jesus. He has delivered us from evil in life and in death.
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Well said!
ReplyDeleteI still believe that Jesus has admonished us to be His physical presence to each other, holding each other's hands to lend each other strength.