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So, the name of the sermon this morning is, Jesus Was in Hell for Three Days and Three Nights. Now this is a controversial sermon, especially in the Baptist realm, because of just the doctrine that they believe, but I want you to see just from the scriptures what this teaches, and they'll accuse us that believe this as being Catholics, but the Catholics believe that there's a trinity, Catholics believe that Jesus is God, they believe in the virgin bird, you know, so I mean just because, you know, the Catholics believe that Jesus went to hell, doesn't mean that it's wrong, so we saw here from chapter two, that's where I'm going with this, is what it talks about with Jesus, Jesus' resurrection, where was he for those three days and three nights? And so this is a controversial topic because people believe some weird doctrines about this, so when we read this in Acts chapter two, where Brother Jeff read this chapter, there's no question of where Jesus' soul was for those three days and three nights, if you just read the plain English of the Bible, where did it say his soul was? In hell. And so we're going to talk about this and just go into detail, so strap in because I have like seven pages of notes here that I'm going to try to get through, and we may not get through at all, but I have a lot of information on this because this isn't something I could have wrote down a whole bunch more, and the more I was writing, I'm like, I need to stop because there's only so much time that I can do in a sermon, so, but I want you to see a few verses here in Acts before we go on here, in verse 24, notice what it says, it says, whom God has raised up, having loosed the pains of death, because it was not possible that he should be holding of it, now we'll see later on that this isn't talking about death as far as a physical death, like pains of physical death, because that doesn't make any sense, once you're dead, you don't feel anything, there's no more pain in the body, but then in verse 27 and verse 31, verse 27 says, that will not leave my soul in hell, that's in Psalm 16, which we'll see, but it clarifies this, it spells it out and says, this isn't talking about David, David is dead and buried, he saw corruption, this is talking about Jesus Christ, because it says in verse 31, he's seen this before, spake of the resurrection of Christ, so who was he talking about in Psalm 16, Jesus Christ, that his soul was not left in hell, neither his flesh did seek corruption, and then in verse 32, this Jesus had God raised up, whereof we all are witnesses, so whose soul was in hell? Jesus, so just plainly reading the Bible, where does it say Jesus' soul was? It was in hell for three days and three nights, and so Psalm 16, you'll see where this is quoted, so you'll understand why maybe people were confused about it, because in Psalm 16 and verse 10, it says, for thou will not leave my soul in hell, neither wilt thou suffer thine holy one to seek corruption, so when you're reading that, David's the one penning that down, right, so you would say, well, is he talking about his soul being left in hell, he's not gonna leave his soul in hell, but Acts chapter 2 is very clear, no, this wasn't talking about David, just as much as Ethiopian eunuch, when he was reading Isaiah, he said to Philip, he said, is he talking about himself or another man, and he preached unto him Jesus, because Isaiah 53 was talking about Jesus, and that's what he was reading, so there's a lot of places in the Bible, Psalm 22 is all about Jesus, and I don't have this written down, but in Psalm 22, David's hands were not pierced, his hands and feet were not pierced, he wasn't the one that was crucified, all that stuff about Jesus, where it says, my God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me, happened to Jesus on the cross, and so we know that a lot of stuff in Psalms, it'll say it as if David's talking or the narrator's talking, but it's actually talking about Jesus himself, and he's talking about himself, so we see from this, and here's the thing, I could just say, case closed, close your Bibles, he just went to hell for three days and three nights, that's where his soul was at, it's as clear as day in Acts chapter 2, there's nothing confusing about that, but I don't know, we got to go further, because there's so much false doctrine that's propagated by, by Baptist going back to the Greek, and they'll say, well, this is Hades, and this isn't really hell, and this is paradise, you know, so, I mean, that's how far it goes, my friends, is the fact that hell is paradise, hell is paradise, that's how far they go, that's how far they think they can push somebody to actually go to that logic, and so, we'll get into that, but I first just want to show you what the Bible teaches, then we'll get into their stupid doctrine, and their stupid thoughts, and here's the thing, you know, this is something that I heard when I first got saved, this is something I heard, and thought it was true, but you know what it was, a lack of Bible reading on my part, because as soon as I saw Acts chapter 2, as soon as I saw that verse, where it says, this fakie of the resurrection of Christ, that his soul was not left in hell, neither his flesh did seek corruption, I was on it, I'm like, Evan, he's in hell, you can't get around that, and so, if you've heard this theory, or if you heard that Jesus went to some non-burning part in hell, and then he went down to Old Testament saints, listen, I'm not against you this morning, because I used to think that too, because that's what people preach, that's what people teach, but that's not what the Bible teaches, and so, Matthew chapter 12, go to Matthew chapter 12, Jesus specifically says where he's going to be for three days and three nights, now we know his body was in the tomb for those three days and three nights, so that's not what we're talking about, I don't think anybody disagrees besides the Muslims, that Jesus' body was in the tomb for three days and three nights, because they don't think that the Jesus that was preaching even was killed, so they have some weird, weird idea there, obviously their whole religion's weird, they have a pedophile for a prophet, so, but Matthew chapter 12, in verse 38, start in verse 38 there, Matthew 12 verse 38, about reads, then certain of the scribes and the Pharisees answered, saying, master, we would see a sign from thee, but he answered and said unto them, an evil and adulterous generation seeketh after a sign, and there shall no sign be given to it, but the sign of the prophet Jonas, now notice this is Jonah in the book, you know, the book of Jonah, but notice verse 40 there, for as Jonas was three days and three nights in the whale's belly, so shall the Son of Man be three days and three nights in the heart of the earth, now the heart of the earth is not a tomb, if you put somebody in a tomb, now that's what's interesting about the fact they put him in a tomb, they didn't even put him in a grave, so there's no confusion here that his body is not what we're talking about here, right, because if you just put someone in the tomb, maybe something like this building right here, and you call it a tomb, you know, if you just covered in rock and all that stuff, you would not call that the heart of the earth, the heart of the earth, what's the heart of an apple, what's the heart, what's the heart of like a peach, what's the heart of anything like that, and this also shows us that the earth is round, and so, you know, those flat earthers out there need to go get a clue, but, but he's in the heart of the earth, that means the center of the earth, right, the core, what's the core, what's, you know, we would say the core of an apple, right, what is the core of an apple, it's the center of an apple, what's in the middle of the earth, the core, the mantle, what's in the center of the earth, just by science, fire, fire and brimstone. Amen. Oh, that's a coincidence, because that's what the Bible says, where hell's at, so we'll see that, but I want you to see, when we're talking about Jesus, where he was after those three days and three nights, this is where he said he was going to be at, and he gave us a reference on what to go to, to look for that sign, and so, when someone's preaching to you about Jesus and where he was for those three days and three nights, they don't dare take you to Jonah, I mean, why would you ever go to Jonah to look for that, when it says that Jonah, as Jonah was in a whale's belly for three days and three nights, so shall the sun be on you three days and three nights in the heart of the earth, why would you look to Jonah to see where, what that's talking about, that would just be ridiculous, I mean, it's the only reference that Jesus gave, and he said this is the only sign that this generation is going to have, it is the sign of the prophet Jonah's, the only sign that they were going to have, but we aren't going to look at that, because that would be just, that wouldn't make any sense, we're going to go to Jonah chapter 2, because as Jonah was in a whale's belly, it says as that, so it's going to be a picture of what Christ was going to do, so just, just before we read Jonah chapter 2, because it's not a very long chapter, it's only ten verses, do you think Jonah was having a good time in that, that whale's belly, do you think that, I mean, obviously if you read the story now, if you read Pinocchio, it may be a little different, you know, because they try to like couple that with Jonah somehow, but he wasn't having a good time, he wasn't having a party down there, and we'll see that from Jonah chapter 2, but what we'll see is actually a prophecy of what Jesus was going to do, so you may not have seen this, I don't know, you know, I'm speaking to a crowd here of what Jonah, what he was saying, and what was prophesied here, because this was a sign of what Jesus was going to do, so in chapter 1, he was swallowed by a whale, and it says he was in there for three days and three nights, but in chapter 2, it talks about what's going on, Jonah chapter 2 verse 1, it says, Jonah prayed unto the Lord his God out of the fish's belly, and said, I cried by reason of my, my, my affliction unto the Lord, and he heard me out of the belly of what? Hell, cried I, and thou heardst my voice. Now was Jonah in hell? Did Jonah die? Now if Jonah did die, would he be in hell? Jonah was a prophet of God, so you got to come to terms here that Jonah didn't die, because he was vomiting it up three days later, he was not literally in hell, so this is a prophecy of Jesus. Now portions of this is still talking about Jonah, as we go on, we'll read about what's going on with Jonah. For thou hast passed me into the deep, in the midst of the seas, and the floods compass me about, and all thy billows and thy waves passed over me. Sounds like Jonah, right? He's in the fish's belly, he's in the sea. It says, then I said, I am passed out of thy sight, yet I will look again toward thy holy temple. The waters compass me about, even to the soul, the depth closed me round about, the weeds were wrapped about my head. So it sounds like we're talking about Jonah here, right? Now look at this next verse. It says, I went down to the bottoms of the mountains. The earth with their bars was about me forever. Now is that talking about Jonah? Was he at the bottoms of the mountains with the bars of the earth about him forever? So what we're talking about here is there's a picture here, and within that, when you read the Old Testament, what you'll see is these little pieces of prophecy that are mixed in, where if you were reading the Old Testament, you wouldn't necessarily pull those out and try to figure out what it's talking about. Kind of like Isaiah 7 14, where it talks about a virgin shall conceive, and shall bring forth a son, and you shall call his name Emmanuel. It's just in the midst of a story when it says that. That's the sign it's given you, right? But when you go, when you're in the New Testament, you see what that's fulfilled, it's easy to pick that out and see, okay, that's a prophecy of Jesus. So, but he points you back to this because he's showing you, hey, out of the belly of hell, cried I, I went down to the bottoms of the mountains, the earth with their bars was about me forever. Now this is interesting because when you look at the first mention of hell in the Bible, in Deuteronomy 32 22, this is what it says, for a fire is kindled in mine anger, and shall burn unto the lowest hell, and shall consume the earth with her increase, and set on fire the foundations of the mountains. Where does it say he went to? To the bottoms of the mountains. Where's that? That's hell. That's not hell, that's hell. And so, where did Jesus go for three days and three nights? In the heart of the earth? What's in the heart of the earth? Hell. It's just a big ball of fire underneath of us. And I'll show you some other verses that hell is down. Now this, this is elementary, my friends. Elementary of where hell's at. Heaven's above us, hell's beneath us. Now, it's funny that I even have to bring this up and talk about it because this is how ludicrous people get with this doctrine. Psalm 55 15, you don't have to turn off these because I know I got a lot going on here. So just kind of try to stick with me. If you want to turn there, you can. Psalm 55 verse 15 says, Let death seize upon them and let them go down quick into hell for witnesses in their dwellings, and among them. Where's hell? Down. Proverbs 9 18. But he knoweth not that the dead are there, and that her gates are in the depths of hell. Well, that's, that's down, right? If you're taking down. And I didn't show you, these aren't all of them. For the sake of time, I didn't go through all 54 mentions of hell, particularly that word hell. Look it up and see if it's talking about something delightful or paradise. Ezekiel, I'm sorry, Proverbs 15 verse 24 says, The way of life is above to the wise, that he may depart from hell beneath. Hell beneath. So we go down to hell, hell beneath, the lowest hell, the foundations of the mountains. Ezekiel 31 16, I made the nations to shake at the sound of his fall, when I cast him down to hell with them to descend into the pit, and all the trees of Eden, the choice of the best of Lebanon, all that brings water shall be comforted in the nether parts of the earth. That verse is packed. You go down to hell, you descend into the pit, and you're going to the nether parts of the earth. So there should be no question of where is hell at? Hell is beneath, hell is in the heart of the earth. Even if you if you cut a globe in half, what would you see? And those people are Christians, my friend, that probably make that globe. But scientifically, we can figure out that underneath of us is just a big ball of fire. So the Bible doesn't go against science, you know, science, the volcano will tell you what's underneath the earth. And so it's just a big ball of fire and it's increasing, it's enlarging, hell hath enlarged herself. But there's other passages in the Bible that talk about this as far as where Jesus was for those three days, three nights, I just want to show you this. And the first one I'm going to show you in Ephesians four is actually one where they try to pull out this whole doctrine. But we're going to cover this. So I just want you to see first, that Jesus said he was gonna be in the heart of the earth, his soul was not left in hell, neither his flesh did seek corruption, because he rose again from the dead. And that that sign of him being in the heart of the earth was in Jovah, where it says out of the belly of hell cried I and he went down to the foundations of the mountains. Sounds pretty clear when we talked about this, but people that don't believe this doctrine don't want to believe this doctrine, they won't show you all that once. They won't show you all that scripture all together, because that wouldn't make any sense to couple Matthew 12 with Jonah two, when it's only referencing Jonah two. And they wouldn't couple that with all these verses, because you know what, then people would actually think that Jesus went to hell, they would actually believe the Bible. Now what they got to do is just spread it out, don't show all that together, and then try to prop up some weird doctrine. So I'm going to show you all the verses that are very clear on where Jesus was for those three nights. We know where his body was, but where was his soul? In Ephesians chapter four, Ephesians chapter four and verse eight, we'll start reading there. Ephesians four verse eight says, Wherefore, he said, when he ascended up on high, he led captivity captive and gave some to men. Now he that ascended, what is it but that he also descended first into the lower parts of the earth? What do we just read as far as where the lower parts of the earth, what's in the lower than other parts of the earth, what's in, what's in beneath us? Hell, he descended first into the lower parts of the earth before he ascended up on high. He that descended is the same also that ascended far up, far above all heavens, that he might fill all things. Notice the dichotomy there, notice the difference. He's talking about extending up to heaven and descending into hell, descending into the lower parts of the earth. That's as far as you get, my friend, is hell beneath and heaven above. If I'm, you know, if I make my bed in hell, behold thou art there, you know, if I ascend up in heaven, behold thou art there. David talks about this, that, you know, those are the two extremes, up in heaven, up down in hell. And so he's giving those two extremes before he ascended up on high, he said at the right hand of the Father, first he descended into the lower parts of the earth, into hell into the heart of the earth for three days and three nights. And the thing is, is that the reason that this isn't like a doctrine where someone doesn't believe this, that I'm like, you can't be in our church. But I do think that you're taking away from what Jesus did for us. You know, and what they try to preach to us and what they try to say, well, that's heresy to say, Jesus, you're taking away from the cross. I'm not taking anything away from cross. Did you recall that I just sang about surveying the wondrous cross and saying about the old rugged cross? I'm all about the cross. But it wasn't just the cross that Jesus did. You know that he, he sweat as it were great drops of blood in the garden of Gethsemane, you know that he was beaten, and then he had stripes on his back. And that by his stripes, we are healed. Do you know that he shed his blood on the cross? Do you know that when he was on the cross, he was made, he sent for us. But after that, that he wasn't done yet. And then he went, he went, he went to hell for three, three nights. Do you know that he didn't raise from the dead, we'd be yet in our sins, and your faith would be vain. So who's taking something away from what Jesus did? This is a major part. Now, I'll show you some more verses on this. But go to Romans chapter 10. So this is another place where it talks about, you know, how you send it up and I first went into the into the deeper into the lower part of the earth, Romans chapter 10. And it's interesting because this chapter is the soul winners chapter. The soul winners chapter here. What was Peter doing in chapter two when he was preaching about this, giving the gospel. That's the gospel he gave to him that I don't think he necessarily has to go into all the details about what Jesus did to pay for our sins. The death, our resurrection is what the Bible teaches in First Corinthians 15 is the gospel. So you don't have to go into all the little details about how Jesus took the blood up to the mercy seat, he went to the holiest of all like, that's not what I'm saying. What I'm saying is that is important. That is still a part of the gospel is still a part of what Jesus did. So Romans chapter 10, verse six, but the righteous which is of faith speaketh on this wise, say not in thine heart, who shall ascend into heaven, that is to bring Christ down from above, or who shall descend into the deep, that is to bring up Christ again from the dead. Now notice what it says here, he descended into the deep, is this the sepulcher? Is this the tomb? No, he descended into the low parts of the earth, remember? What does it couple that with? To bring him again from the dead. I want you to remember this, that where was Jesus? He was with the dead, not the living for those three days, three nights. But you may say, you know, well Pastor Robinson, you know that he took all that sin on his body, it was on his body, it was on the tree, it was on the cross. Amen. I won't disagree with you because that's what the Bible teaches. But is that all? Go to Isaiah 53, this is the most famous passage in the Old Testament about Jesus, is death on the cross. And I challenge you to read the whole chapter, but for sake of time, we're going to read what's pertinent to what we're talking about at the end of the chapter there. Isaiah 53, I do want you to see this. And I'll get into the arguments that they bring up, I'll get into what they try to say as far as why Jesus wasn't suffering in hell, why he was in some compartment down in hell. And it'll fall on its face, my friends, after you see that all this information, I mean, you can only come to one conclusion is that Jesus went to hell for three days, three nights, and he wasn't having a pleasant time when he was there. But he was victorious, he didn't stay there. That's what that's what Acts chapter two says, it says that his soul was not left in hell, neither selected to see corruption. That's what the good news is about there is the fact that he didn't stay there. Amen. Isaiah 53, verse 10. Yet it pleased the Lord to bruise him, he had put him to grief, when thou shalt make his what soul in offering for sin, he shall see his seed, he shall prolong his days, and the pleasure of the Lord shall prosper in his hand, he shall see the travail of his soul and shall be satisfied. By his knowledge, shall my righteous my righteous servant justify many for he shall bear their iniquities. It says here that Jesus soul was going to travail and that God was going to be satisfied with that. When Jesus died on the cross, he did take our sins on him. He was made to be sin for us who knew no sin says whose own self bear our sins in his own body on the tree. That's true is days long. And I believe that's the only reason that he could even die physically is because he was made to be sin for us, because he was sinless. For the wages of sin is death, my friends, for his body to even die and have to have sin on it. And for his soul, if his soul is an offering for our sin, the only conclusion is that where he had to go with hell. Because what is our punishment for our sin? Death, physically and spiritually. And Jesus, by the grace of God, tasted death for every man. And I was actually preparing the sermon and I was writing, I had it all written up and then I saw that Pastor McMurtry out in, I think it's Rock Falls, Illinois, Little Rock Falls. I always forget the little. Little Rock Falls, Illinois. He just preached on this. I'm gonna put his link on this because I was, I was enjoying it. It was entertaining. It was great. So listen to that sermon later on when you get a chance because he just really, and he comes from that realm. He knew all those arguments. And he's probably like, he was like me too. He had a lot of points that he wanted to get out, but he didn't have enough time. And so listen to that sermon. He goes through some great points as well. And it's just, I was just like, I was like, yes, amen. You know, like, just loving every minute of it. Because it's just great to hear someone actually preach the truth. But so you may ask, you know, soul made an offering for sin. Why? Is this the only place that this was mentioned? Well, you got to think about this. Jesus is our Passover lamb. Christ our Passover, according to 1st Corinthians five, and it says that he is, he is the lamb. If you look in Revelation, it doesn't, it doesn't say Jesus most of the time, it says the lamb, the lamb, the lamb, he is the lamb of God that was the takeaway, the sins of the whole world. And so he is the lamb that was slain from the foundation of the world. But he's the lamb, the Passover lamb. Go to Exodus chapter 12, Exodus chapter 12. Because they'll say, you know, fly, you know, roasting with, you know, like all this stuff about Jesus going to hell and being in fire. You know, this stuff, this stuff isn't. It's not like this wasn't talked about, in the Old Testament. This is something that was pictured in the Old Testament, all the birth sacrifices that they did, all these animal sacrifice, they had to roast them with fire. But the prominent sacrifice and all those sacrifices represented Christ. What was the number one sacrifice that you would look back and say, that's definitely about Jesus, the Passover lamb. He is our Passover, the Lord's Supper, we're just talking about that. What is the Lord's Supper replace the Passover? When did he do the Lord's Supper on the Passover? When was Jesus killed on the Passover? So go to Exodus chapter 12, and verse five, it says, your lamb shall be without blemish. Remember in First Peter, one, it says, but with the first blood of Christ as a lamb without blemish without spot. But without male first year, you shall take it out from the sheep or from the goats. Verse six, just go down to the end of that verse says, it's an Israel shall kill it in the evening. Verse seven, it says, and they shall take of the blood and strike it on the two, two side posts and upon the upper door post of the house wherein they shall eat it. So they kill the lamb, they take the blood, they apply it to the doorposts, and I'm not gonna preach about all the blood and all that stuff and how that all represents Christ. Notice verse eight, and they shall eat the flesh and at night, roast with fire, and unleaven bread with better herbs, and they shall eat it. Eat not it raw, nor sodden it all with water, but roast with fire. Verse 10, and you shall let nothing of it remain until the morning, and that which remained of it until the morning shall you burn with fire. It's interesting that it says that three times. How long was Jesus in hell? Three days and three nights. So all this stuff fits perfectly together. All the sacrifices, you know, that they did with animals were burned sacrifices. Hebrews chapter 10, chapter 13, couples burning with suffering. What did the burning represent? Did it represent Jesus ascending up to heaven with the smoke going up to heaven? No, that's not what it represented, my friends. It's ridiculous to make up things and not have scripture to back it up. But what the Bible teaches on this is what does the burning of the sacrifice represent? What is the burning of the body of the animal represent? Go to Hebrews chapter 13, and verse 10. Hebrews chapter 13, verse 10. And we know Hebrews is all talking about sacrifices and how the blood of bulls and ghosts can never take away sins. But by the precious blood of Jesus Christ, that's the only thing to take away our sins. And so Jesus is always pictured to be sacrifices. You know, sacrifice and offering, not what it's not, but a body has not prepared. His body was the sacrifice. By his body is not one sacrifice. But it wasn't just the body on the tree. It was also his soul that was made an offering for sin. And we shall see the travail of his soul, he shall be satisfied. And so you can't take that part out. Hebrews chapter 13, verse 10. Verse 10. There it says we have an altar where they have no right to eat, which served the tabernacle for the bodies of those beasts, which whose blood is brought into the sanctuary by the high priest for sin are burned without the camp. They're burned without camp. Notice what it says about Jesus in verse 12. Wherefore Jesus also that he might sanctify the people with his own blood suffered without the gate. What is the burning of those bodies represent? Suffering. And so what was Jesus doing in hell? His soul was in travail. Is that a good thing? Is that something pleasant? No. He was suffering. He was in travail, while he was in hell for three, three nights. Clear as day. When you look at all the sacrifices, that's what you see. You see the animal dying, the blood being shed, going on the altar, and then they were burned. And there was different types of sacrifices, they weren't to break the bones. Remember, there's a lot that pictures what Christ did. But the burnt sacrifice, now when you read about the burnt sacrifice, think about when it says his soul is not left in hell now that his flesh will see corruption. And you'll see that it matches up perfectly. And so, but I want to show you another passage that I go to Luke chapter 12, Luke chapter 12. You may say, why didn't Jesus talk more about that? You got to understand that Jesus was talking to them in parables at the time anyway. And it wasn't until after his resurrection that he really just opened their eyes to what was going on. And about the death, burial, and resurrection, they still, even when he died, it was just like not processing with them that that's what he had to do. And so, but Luke chapter 12, and I guarantee you when they when he said this, they weren't thinking about this. Luke chapter 12. Now notice this is after he's been baptized physically. He's on the back, James baptized on the back, Luke chapter three, Luke chapter 12 here. It says I have come to send fire or 49. Did I say what verse 49? Sorry, big chapter. So Luke chapter 12, verse 49. It says I have come to send fire on the earth. And what will I if it be already kindled? But I have a baptism to be baptized with. And how am I straight until it be accomplished? Those there's an exclamation mark at the end of that. Now, he's just been talking about fire on the earth, and it's already killed. Remember what it is saying in Deuteronomy 32 that the fire is angered, it's kindled in the earth. And so he had a baptism to be baptized with. The only thing that can be talking about is the death, burial, and resurrection. And what does baptism represent? The death, burial, and resurrection, the actual act of what he did. When we get baptized in water, it's representing what Jesus did. And when we get saved, we're spiritually back, we're buried with him in death, and we are raised with him in life. But he's the one that actually did that physical baptism, which is a baptism where he was immersed in fire, and his body was in tomb for three days or three nights. But I want to show you some different points here when you go back to Acts chapter 2. Go back to Acts chapter 2 and verse 24. And so Psalm 116, in your reading later on if you want to, Psalm 116 isn't a huge, huge Psalm anyway. But go to Acts chapter 2 and then put a finger in Psalm 116. Now put a thumb in, just kidding. Acts chapter 2, verse 24 is what I want you to see. But we're gonna go to Psalm 116. And I want to show you these parallels. And what you'll see is that Psalm 116 is about Jesus. So in Acts chapter 2, verse 24, it says, whom God had raised up, having loosed the pains of death, because it was not possible that he should be holden of it. Now he was loosed the pains of death. This is where, you know, these, these people want to teach some weird doctors say, well, it's death, it's not hell. Well, go to Psalm 116, verse three. And I'll show you how this all this, the Psalm 116, Jonah 2 and Acts 2 are just like, basically parallel, they're paralleling each other with all these with all these passages. But Psalm 116, in verse three, it says, the sorrows of death compass me and the pains of hell get hold upon me, I found trouble. And so remember, he was not to be holden with it. And he was loosed the pains of death. Notice what it says in verse 16. Oh, Lord, truly, I am thy servant, I am thy servant, and the son thy handmaid, thou hast loosed my bonds. Isn't that exactly what it talks about in Acts chapter two, verse 24, that he was loosed from the pains of death, and it was not possible that he should be holden of it. And so, and as we go on, notice what it says, and you don't have to turn to Jonah 2, I'll just read this because I want you to have to like flip five different things. Jonah chapter two, we've already read this, but Jonah chapter two, eight, it says, they did observe lying vanities forsake their own mercy, but I will sacrifice unto thee with the voice of thanksgiving, I will pay that that I have vowed salvation is of the Lord. So this is what Jonah says after he gets through that whole thing about him out of the belly of hell cried up. I and he's, you know, this is before he's bombing it up. Psalm 116, 11, remember, they observed lying vanities forsake their own mercy, I said in my haste, all men are liars. Verse 17, I will offer thee to thee the sacrifice of thanksgiving, is that exactly what it says in verse nine, and Jonah two, and call upon the name of the Lord, I will pay my vows unto the Lord. Now in the presence of all his people. I'll pay that that I have bow and Jonah. Psalm 22 says about the same thing. What is Psalm 22 about my friends? Would anybody doubt Psalm 22 is about Jesus death on the cross, about his death, their own resurrection. That's the most famous passage Psalm 22 and Isaiah 53. Psalm 22 25 says, my praise shall be of thee and the great congregation, I will pay my vows before them that, that fear him. What's he paying? What vows he paid? Maybe the vow that he was going to be the Savior of the world. Maybe the vow that he made from the foundation of the world that he would be our Savior that he would take away our sins. And so all this is coupled together. So that pains of death, he's not talking about his body in the grave. Now I've been talking about the corruption. If it's talking about his body seen corrupt, you can maybe understand that. But the pains of death and being loosed from it. And it's not possible that he should be holding on it. That's talking about hell, my friend is talking about his soul being in hell. And in Psalm 116, it even says the pains of hell. And so the stars of death comes to me about about me and the pains of hell. It says that, that he was holding it says that, that take hold on him. So but I want to get to the arguments because we can go all day, I can go all day with all these scriptures, and about where Jesus was for three days, three nights, I gave you the big one. So those are the big ones, Acts two, Jonah two, Matthew 12. In Isaiah 53, you're talking about his soul, what was his soul? Was his soul in travail? Was his soul, it was made an offering for sin. And so we see we see that it's pretty clear, my friends, that Jesus soul was in hell for three days, three nights. Now, unless you go back to the Greek and try to like, say Hades doesn't always need hell. And that is just the great, which wouldn't make sense anyway, right? Because why would your soul be in the grave? Doesn't make any sense. So I'm going to give you some arguments that they have. And some of them, I can understand where they're coming from, I can understand why I have a problem with certain verses in the Bible. And so the first one is that Jesus went to paradise, when he died, and not hell. So one thing you got to remember, when you're looking at the Bible is that the Bible cannot contradict. Just put that down, the Bible can't contradict. So Jesus souls in hell, he's in the heart of the earth, and all this. And then in one place, it makes it look like he was in paradise. When he died, you got to figure out what that's talking about. You got to figure out how you can't just say paradise is hell. That's a stupid way to reconcile that. You know, could you imagine, you know, winning a trip to paradise, and they're like, come on down, you want a trip to hell, you know, like, who would want to go to that? Like, no, you keep that pay taxes on it, too. So, but the, the just stupidity of just waiting. But go to Luke chapter 23. And this is where they get this. And I'll explain it, I'll explain what this is talking about. And we'll go on from there. But, but the first thing is that Jesus went to paradise. Now, if someone believes that Jesus went to heaven, once he died on the cross, we've run into that all the time. And I, you know, I can understand that. I can understand that if you haven't read all these scriptures about what where Jesus soul was, and what was going on, his soul being in travail, and all this, I can understand them thinking, well, he just went to heaven, and then his body came back to life three days later. Okay. And this is where you would get that kind of logic. And Luke chapter 23, verse 42, we're talking about the thief on the cross. So the thief on the cross is, you know, obviously coming to the knowledge and believing on Lord Jesus Christ here. It says in verse 42, it says, they said unto Jesus, Lord, remember me when thou cometh into thy kingdom. And Jesus said unto him, verily I say unto thee, today, shalt thou be with me in paradise. So you can see where someone's getting this from, right? Because he's saying today, shalt thou be with me in paradise. Now, first, I want you to remember, I want you to see that God, Jesus is God, and he's omnipresent. And I'll show you a verse on that. Go to John chapter three. So Jesus will see that so that that alone can help you understand the fact that how he could say that I'll be with you today. But I'll give you some other what I believe, you know, really how you can explain this. But in John chapter three, this alone would explain it. John chapter three, verse 13, it says, No man hath ascended up to heaven, but he that came down from heaven, even the Son of man, which is in heaven. Now, when Jesus said this to Nicodemus, where was he standing? On earth. But he says, the Son of man, which is in heaven, because Jesus is God. And so you could just say, you know, he's with him in paradise, because God's in heaven. But God is made up of the Father, the Son, the Holy Ghost, and these three are one. And so his soul was in hell for three days, three nights. That's why he said, My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me? I mean, there's a lot going on there. But so you have that aspect of it, right? That the fact that Jesus is omnipresent, he's God, so therefore he could be in hell. You know, if I if I set up in heaven, behold, thou art there, if I make my bed in hell, behold, thou art there. So I mean, God is everywhere at all times. God is in hell. God is the one who created hell. God is everywhere. But I want to explain this a little more, because here's the thing, there's a difference between the soul and the spirit, dividing us under even the soul and spirit, the Bible says in Hebrews chapter four, verse 12. So there is a difference between the soul and the spirit. Now, what I believe about this, in that same chapter, if you're in Luke chapter 23, go down to verse 46. Luke 23, verse 46. I know I took you to John's that right? Got to keep going. So but then in verse 46, it says this. So right after it says that he'll be with him in paradise, it says, in verse 46, and when Jesus had private, a loud voice, he said, Father, into thy hands, I commend my spirit. And having said thus, he gave up the ghost. Now ghost and spirit is synonymous. So those two words do mean the same. That spirit and ghost. That's why you have the Holy Ghost, you have the Holy Spirit, same thing. So, but it's not his soul. Now, in Ecclesiastes, this is an interesting point. Ecclesiastes chapter 12, verse seven, it says, then shall the dust return to the earth as it was, and the Spirit shall return unto God who gave it. I believe the spirit of every man, every man, woman and child, everybody that ever was living that died, their spirit returns to God, even those that are in hell, because when the body without the spirit is dead, you know, the soul without the spirit is dead, too. You know that the soul and the body are going to be put back together, you know that the dead are going to be brought out of hell, and their bodies, there's gonna be a resurrection of the dead, but they're not going to be alive. Why? Because they don't have a spirit. Spirit, breath, those things are synonymous in the Bible sometimes, too. So what I believe is the saying with Jesus is that his spirit was in heaven, his soul was in hell, and his body was in the tomb. There's how you can be present with him because the Spirit went to God who gave it, his soul was in hell for three nights, and then his body was in the tomb, but when he reached the dead, they all came back, and he was all together. Now, another verse to kind of show this, because this, you could even say this as a human, okay, as a human here on earth, that you're present with somebody, but you're not really there. Go to 1 Corinthians, I'm just giving you some aspects, that's what I believe personally, and I believe you can answer this in like three different ways. God's omnipresent, okay, the spirit and soul aren't the same, so his soul was in hell, but his spirit, I believe, was given back to God who gave it, and 1 Corinthians 5 verse 3, 1 Corinthians 5 verse 3, I might get through this stuff, so I got so much to cover, I didn't want to cover it all. So 1 Corinthians 5 verse 3, it says, for I barely as absent in body, but present in what? Spirit, have judged already, as though I were present, concerning him that had done this thing. Even Paul, who's a human being, said, I'm present with you in spirit, is it wrong for me to say that? Wouldn't it be wrong for Jesus to say, I'm present with you in spirit, but I'm going to be in hell for three nights? Does that make sense? Notice what it says in Colossians chapter 2 verse 5, same thing. What did Jesus say? Today shall be with me in paradise. Colossians chapter 2 verse 5. Colossians 2 verse 5. It says, for though I be absent in the flesh, yet am I with you in the spirit, joining and beholding your order in the steadfastness of your faith in Christ. There's two verses right there, my friends, where Paul is absent in the flesh, but he's present with them in the spirit. He's with them in the spirit. So no problem, no contradiction, it's just the fact that obviously he's with God. Jesus was in heaven when he was here on his earthly ministry. Now I'm trying to comprehend that, I'm not saying to comprehend it, you know, because Jesus is God and he's omnipresent. To try to comprehend that in itself is something that I can't do. You know, the fact that God can be everywhere at once, but Jesus said that he is the son of man and he is in heaven when he was talking to Nicodemus. You know, but I do believe that his spirit was in heaven because he was dead for three days and three nights. His body was dead and his soul was dead. And so let's get into, so that kind of answers that question, right, that today shall thou be with me in paradise. Well, we can answer that in many different ways. I believe that he was with him because he's God, but his spirit was there with him and he was absent in the body, absent in the flesh, even in the soul, but his spirit was there. And so we can answer that pretty easily. But now there's the whole argument of this compartment in hell, that he led captivity captive, therefore he went down to hell and went down to this non-burning part, this compartment down here, Abraham's bosom, and he got all these Old Testament saints that were some reason down in the pit of the earth and he preached the gospel to them, because apparently these people are dispensational too, they don't believe that it was the same gospel. And so there's so many problems with this and this is a gateway drug, my friends, to dispensationalism. And this is all just a big snowball effect, the free tribulation rapture, the dispensationalism. But anyway, so he goes down there, now just follow me for a second, because this is so ludicrous. He goes down to this compartment that's non-burning, not suffering, where all these Old Testament saints are at, preaches the gospel to them, so hopefully they all believe it, or he's going to throw them over in hell, I don't know. So he takes them and leads captivity captive and takes them up to heaven, therefore paradise that was down in hell is now up in heaven. That's what they believe. That's what they believe. And so they go to this verse like this, and we already read it in Ephesians 4, so you don't have to turn there, but it says, Wherefore I say, he said, when he ascended upon high, he led captivity captive and gave gifts unto men. It talks about how you descend a person to the lower part of the earth. Well, case closed. I mean, that first explains all what I just told you right there. Did you get that out of that? When it says he led captivity captive, did you get the compartment in hell that was called paradise, where Old Testament saints were at, and he had to go preach the gospel to them, and then he brought them back up to heaven? Talk about stretch, my friends. Talk about reading between the lines. Now, I'll show you what captivity captive is talking about, and there's many ways to show this, and again, go to Pastor McMurtry. He really just rips face on this point, and I enjoyed it. I was just like, Amen. It was just a different way of explaining it, and I'm just like, Get them. Get them, because I hate the stupid doctrine of paradise and Abraham's bosom down there in this non-burning part of hell. Go to Revelation 1. This is quintessential what I believe this is talking about. Revelation 1, verse 17. Revelation 1, verse 17. The Bible reads, And when I saw him, I fell at his feet as dead, and he laid his right hand upon me, saying unto me, Fear not, I am the first and the last. So we know that this is talking about Jesus. He has a whole description of him in Revelation. I am the first and the last. If you don't mind underlining your Bible, underline the first and the last. Verse 18. I am he that liveth and was dead, and behold, I am alive forevermore. Amen. And have the keys of hell and of death. Now, what I want you to first see is that who was dead? The first and the last, the beginning and the ending, the Alpha and Omega, the Almighty. It wasn't just his body. It wasn't just his body that was dead. God died. Here, probably, perceive we the love of God that he laid down his life for us, and we have to lay down our lives for the brethren. The Almighty, the first and the last, was dead. He was with the dead. And it says he has the keys of hell and of death. This is what I'm captivity captive, my friends. He has the keys of hell and of death. And this is what it's talking about, how he laid captivity captive, because when he rose from the dead, he was victorious over death and hell. It was all done. It's all paid for. It's all finished. It's conquered. And there's a lot of passages that you can go into about this. So, there's a lot of avenues that I can go into with that, but there's a couple passages that I want you to see in Isaiah that basically explain this. But I want first to show you that this is where they get this from. This is where they get this Abraham-Phosom compartment in hell. It's Luke chapter 16. So, go to Luke chapter 16, and I'm going to try to go quick through this, because I know we're kind of running short on time. But Luke chapter 16, verse 22, this is the story about the rich man Lazarus. The rich man died, went to hell, and Lazarus was carried Abraham-Phosom. And this is where they get this weird doctrine about Old Testament saints going to the heart of the earth. They're going down to this compartment in hell. Luke 16, verse 22, it says, And it came to pass that the beggar died and was carried by the angels into Abraham's bosom. The rich man also died and was buried, and in hell he lift up his eyes, being in torment, and see if Abraham afar off and Lazarus in his bosom. This is where they get it, because they'll say, well, he saw them, so therefore he had to be down there with them. And there's this great golf fix between us. So, that's a stretch, my friends. And first of all, Abraham's bosom is not a place, it's a body part. You know, that the disciples whom Jesus loved lay in Jesus' bosom. Was that a place, too? So, it's customary to be comforted by embracing somebody in their chest. That's what their bosom is, right? It's the chest cavity. And so, if you embrace somebody, that's where you're embracing them at. And so, this is where they get it from. In verse 26, it says, Between us and you there is a great golf fix between us. And Pastor McMurphy brought up a great point about Revelation 14, which I don't want to go there to save time, because that's not how I'm really proving this point. But in your spare time, go to Revelation 14, where it's talking about those that take the mark of the beast, and how they're going to be tormented in the presence of the holy angels, and in the presence of the Lamb. Where are the holy angels and the Lamb? At the throne of God. And so, and their smoke's going to stand up forever and ever. So, the fact is that their argument that you can't see it from heaven, listen, if you were down in hell where it's dark, and you're in this literal fire, the fact that you couldn't even see anybody down there would be a miracle. Does that make sense? Unless you've got this glowing light coming from this bubble down there that they made up. And so, all this is talking about is heaven and hell. He was carried by the angels to hell. Now, think about that for a second. That you're carried by angels down into the pit. Just think about that logic and how stupid that is. Now, we're carried by angels to the Lord Jesus Christ when he comes, into the clouds. And so, it all goes into this dispensational garbage where they're trying to figure out the fact that Old Testament saints didn't go to heaven in the Old Testament. Elijah was carried up in a whirlwind into heaven. Case closed, my friends. He was caught up into a whirlwind. Jesus was the land slain from the foundation of the world. Abraham believed God was imputed unto him for righteousness. David also spake unto the man under whom God imputed righteousness without works. They were all saved by faith. They were all saved. They were all given righteousness. Did Abraham have righteousness or not, my friends? In Genesis 15, was God lying when he said that you have righteousness? You have God's righteousness. Because if he did have God's righteousness and he couldn't go to heaven, then that doesn't make any sense at all. He didn't have sin that needed to be covered later on. Jesus' blood is from the foundation of the world. He's speaking of those things that would be not as though they were. And we went through all this in the Old Testament versus New Testament stuff. And I want to show you what does Cap can be capped with? What does this preaching against the spirits of prison mean? Go to Isaiah 61. Isaiah 61 and verse 1. I really want to get to the spirits of prison. This is going to cover both of them. So in 1 Peter, and while you're turning I'll read this. In 1 Peter chapter 3, it says this, So they get this out of that phrase. He preached unto the spirits of prison. They get this whole weird document down. This compartment in hell. So we have led captivity captive and he preached unto the spirits of prison. Go to Isaiah 61 verse 1. It says, Now what's interesting about this verse, Jesus read this verse. In Luke chapter 4, and he said, This day is this scripture fulfilled in your ears. Was this fulfilled when he died on the cross? What's it talking about? Preaching the gospel to the meek. And Jesus was going to do it himself in the flesh. And what's the gospel? You know, what's the gospel? Obviously it's the gospel of peace. It's the gospel of salvation. And what is that likened to? Liberty to the captives and opening the prisons to them that are bound. Isaiah 42. Jump back to 42. This is also about Jesus. This is about Jesus and, you know, where it says, This is my beloved son whom I well pleased. This is where this comes from. So we know that Isaiah 61 is talking about Jesus preaching the gospel to the meek. And so verse, Isaiah 42 verse 1, it says, He shall not cry nor lift up nor cause his voice to be heard in the street. A bruise reached out, he not break, and a smoking flag shall he not quench. He shall bring forth judgment unto the truth. This is all quoted in the New Testament talking about Jesus. But verse 7, go down to verse 7. It says to open the blind eyes to bring out the prisoners from the prison and then the sin and darkness out of the prison house. This is talking about the gospel, my friends. This is talking about preaching the gospel to those that are lost, to the dead. Those that are dead in trespasses and sins. Now, so we see that the captivity, liberty to the captives, he did that by raising it from the dead. And it provided salvation from the foundation of the world to the end of the world to all those that would believe. And you can be free from your sin, you can be free from hell by putting your faith in Christ. And so you got to just get that dispensational garbage out of your mind. And in Hebrews chapter 2 verse 15 it says, and deliver them who through fear of death were all their life on subject to bondage. What you'll find in the Bible is that before you're saved, what it says is that you were in bondage. You're in bondage to sin. Galatians says, stand fast therefore into liberty, wherewith Christ hath made you free, or made us free, and be not entangled again with the yoke of bondage. The bondage of the law, the curse of the law, that was all from the foundation of the world to the end of the world. The law condemns us, we were in bondage, we were bound to the law, but he delivered us from that. He led captivity captive because when he died and rose again from the dead, the law was vanquished through that because of our faith on him. In John chapter 8, and you can go through a lot of these verses, so I'm not going to go through all the places where we're talking about being free from sin. Just read Romans, and we're getting into that as well. But John chapter 8 verse 31, it says, Then said Jesus to those Jews which believed on him, If ye continue in my word, then are ye my disciples indeed, and ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free. And then it goes on in verse 36, If the Son therefore shall make you free, ye shall be free indeed. It's talking about being free from sin. It talks about being the servant of sin in there. Galatians 2 talks about that, that they're trying to bring us again into the yoke of bondage, and it says that when false prophets came in, and they were trying to say they had to be circumcised to be saved. And he says, they didn't bear with him for an hour. The truth and gospel might continue with you. And so there's plenty of verses on this. It's just talking about preaching the gospel. But in 1 Peter chapter 3, when the spirit's in prison, what they don't read is the next verse. Who's he preaching to the spirit's in prison? So go to 1 Peter chapter 3 and verse 18. 1 Peter 3 verse 18. So we saw the captivity cap that falls on its head. There's many ways to destroy that whole stupid argument. If you just look back at the Judges where it's mentioned, what's going on there. But also if you just look at the whole book of Ephesians and what he's doing, breaking down the middle wall of partition, going through all this stuff as far as saving us from all those ordinances. And Colossians talks about that, making an open show of it. And so all these things that he did to conquer all that stuff for us. He's our conqueror. He's the victor. And so that's what he did when he had the keys of hell and of death. He's conquered. He has the keys to it. And so 1 Peter chapter 3 and verse 19. It says, By which also he went and preached unto the spirit's in prison. By what? The spirit. Remember the spirit of God will be upon me and I'm going to preach good tidings to the me, the spirit upon. All those two passages in Isaiah were all talking about the spirit of God being upon him. By the spirit, he preached unto the spirit's in prison. Notice the next verse. Which sometime were disobedient. When? When is this? Once the long suffering God waited in the days of Noah. So he's particularly giving you a little taste here saying, Hey, the spirit preached unto the spirit's in prison in Noah's day before the flood came. Notice what it says in Genesis chapter 6 verse 3. It says, And the Lord said, My spirit shall not always strive with man, for that he also his flesh, yet his days shall be in 120 years. Before the flood came, God was long suffering. It was 100 years before that ark was built and the flood came. And remember that Noah was a preacher of righteousness. Noah was a preacher of righteousness. I believe he was preaching the gospel that whole time. And it says that his spirit's not going to always strive with man because it's going to be 120 years. Meaning that I believe from when he said that, it was going to be, the whole world was going to be destroyed. And so he was long suffering. He preached unto the spirit's in prison, meaning those that were unsaved. Those that were dead in trespasses and sins. And that were bound to the law. That were in bondage from sin. 1 Peter chapter 4. So when you go on from that, you go to the next chapter. Remember when you read a chapter or verse, try reading the whole chapter and try reading the whole book when you're looking at these passages. And so when you think about that, there was people that were, that were hearing the gospel, getting saved. But there was only eight people that were saved on that boat physically. 1 Peter chapter 4 and verse 6 it says, core 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 and the spirit. Think about this. Do you think everybody that died in that flood was lost? Do you think only Noah and his family were the only saved people in that whole world? Now Noah was the righteous man. So we know that he was righteous and he found grace in the eyes of the Lord and all this. But I don't think he was the only saved person alive. I believe saved people died in that flood. And so, but here notice it says the gospel is preached to them that they may be judged according to men in the flesh, but live according to God and the spirit. So you can look at it that way, but you can also just look at it in the fact of we are dead in trespasses and sins. So this is why the gospel is preached to them that are dead in trespasses and sins. So but it's talking about preaching the gospel. And it's not talking about going to some compartment down in hell. And so, and also remember Jesus was dead. Was Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob dead before he rose from the dead? Physically yes, but spiritually were they dead? Because if the first and the last was dead, meaning his soul was dead, it says in Mark chapter 12 verse 26 and that is touching the dead that they rise. Have you not read in the book of Moses how in the bush God spake unto him saying I am the God of Abraham, and the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob. He is not the God of the dead, but of the living. You therefore do greatly err. And they do greatly err with this doctrine because Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob were alive when Jesus was walking on the earth. Because they were in heaven. You know Abraham rejoiced to see his day. Was he down in hell rejoicing to see his day? I mean it's just ludicrous, but they were alive because they were alive spiritually. Their bodies were dead, their spirits were alive. And so there's other stuff that we can go into. Have you ever heard the witches indoor with Samuel and that's another argument. I just want to touch on this one last one. So spirits in prison falls apart because it's talking about preaching the gospel. The gospel was preached to them back in Noah's day. You know for unto us was the gospel preached as well as unto them, but the word preached did not prompt them not being mixed with faith and them that heard it. The gospel was preached from the foundation of the world and so he's just giving that example and he's using prisoners and being in prison as a liken to being lost. And so, but in 1 Samuel I want to show you this one because this is one they bring up. And wouldn't you have to go back to some weird passage about some witch like conjuring up people to like try to propagate your doctrine. I'm going to close with this one. But 1 Samuel chapter 28 this is where Saul comes to this woman with a familiar spirit and he wants to talk to Samuel. Samuel had died. So Samuel was already dead. But I want to show you in verse 11 there 1 Samuel 28 verse 11 Since then sent a woman whom shall I bring up unto thee? And he said bring me up Samuel. So he goes through this whole thing and then she's afraid and she says I saw God descending out of the earth in verse 13. So notice she says that. So that's not obviously we know there's no God but God himself the Lord God Almighty. But so that's what she said. But he said you know tell me what you saw and he basically tells him that in verse 14 there and he said unto her what form is he of? And she said an old man cometh up and he is covered with a mantle and Saul perceived that it was Samuel and he stooped with his face to the ground and bowed himself. So she sees this old man with a mantle he's wrapped in a mantle and so they're all afraid at this point because I think she's this is some miraculous thing that she probably doesn't ever see. But notice what Samuel said. So this is the narrator notice what Samuel said in the narrator speaking. Okay. So I do believe this was Samuel. I do believe this was Samuel from the dead talking to Saul. And Samuel said to Saul why hast thou despised me to bring me up? And Saul answered I am sort of stressed that the Philistines make more and he goes on with the story. So the whole argument here is that Samuel was brought up therefore they were all in hell. All the Old Testament saints were in hell. So first of all if I said you know why don't you come up with me to Ohio? Is Ohio up or down from where we're at? It's down right? Elevation wise. Now if you're thinking north and south you could say okay it's north. But if I say I'm going to go up you know in Revelation 10 it talks about how it tells them to take that little book and eat it up. Did he eat it up or did it go down? You know why he ate it. So when you think about just you got to think about the way you would phrase something. But I'll give it to him I'll say he came up. But here's the thing he was an old man. Are people like when you die if you die old just don't die old my friend because you're going to be old for all eternity. Do you think that when you're in heaven you're going to be an old man? Do you think you're going to be an old woman? You know like so like worried about like trying to walk and like can't see? No. What this is talking about what I believe it's talking about is that he physically came up from the grave. You may say well Pastor Robbins that's weird. When would that ever happen? Well a lot of times in the New Testament and the Old Testament people rose from the dead. But but I'll give you an example in Matthew 27 verse 52 Matthew 27 I'll end with this but I do believe that Samuel I believe he just came up physically that's why he's saying why are you despiting me? Because as a safe person your body is sleeping and it's in the grave. So it would come up and you would be despiting them. But in Matthew 27 I want to make sure I didn't write it down wrong. But there's a case where this happens at his resurrection man if I didn't get there Matthew 27 verse 52 so you got to read this carefully because this is when he dies on the cross but what you got to notice is that it tells you when this actually happens. So verse 52 if I read it in chapter 27 man I'm struggling get this last verse out alright let's get this 52 it says and the graves were opened and many bodies of the saints which slept arose so and it says and came out of the graves after his resurrection and went into the holy city and appeared unto many is this unprecedented? that that old saints that were dead in their graves would come up out of the graves and go around and talk to people no this happened at the resurrection of Jesus Christ you may read over that sometimes but that actually happened where some of the people that were saved that were in the graves they came back into their bodies and came in imagine that that would be crazy but that happened so what Samuel I believe is the same case that he was disquieted and God allowed this to happen obviously it had to be a miracle from God that he would allow Samuel to come back from the grave and talk to him but notice he was in his body you know that the angels are spirits but they still come in the body you don't just see these little specters roaming around like like half of the friendly ghosts and so I know I went long today I know this was a long sermon you guys are probably ready to fall over but I wanted to get all this out this is something that is very clear in the Bible and they're a little you notice that they just take one little verse and sometimes it's not even a whole verse it's just a little piece of verse let captivity be captive priests and spirits in prison and they hang their whole doctrine off that where I'm showing you whole chapters on this is what it's teaching whole psalms this is what it's teaching and that's clear when you ever had to just prop up your doctrine by a couple of verses that are very vague and you can't read the rest of the chapter or confuse what you're trying to get across then you got a problem so Jesus was in hell for three days and three nights I don't believe that takes away from the problem I think that adds to what Jesus did Jesus spent an eternity in hell he was at the bottoms and the foundations of the mountains forever because he's God and he could pay our eternity in hell in three days and three nights now think about the love of God and what he did for you and the fact that he created hell knowing that he would have to go there to pay for those sins and that he would have to do all this for us and so just the love of God that passeth all understanding I mean it doesn't take away from what Jesus did it adds to what he did and so it's very clear Jesus was in hell for three days and three nights he rose from the dead and he has the keys of hell and of death that's the end of the word of prayer thank you for everything that came out and Lord just pray to be with us as we go out soul wanting as well and Lord just pray to be with us throughout the rest of the day in Jesus Christ's name Amen