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| PRODUCT TITLE | JESUS KEEP ME NEAR THE CROSS - EXPERIENCING THE PASSION & THE POWER OF EASTER |
| ISBN NUMBER | 9781433501814 |
| CATEGORY TYPE | EASTER 2013 |
| AUTHOR/EDITOR | NANCY GUTHRIE |
| PUBLISHER | CROSSWAY |
| PRODUCT Type. | Books |
| Summary | NA |
| FORMAT | NA |
| SELLING PRICE | $20.50* |
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What does this mean and why is it significant? In Jesus, Keep Me Near the Cross, J. I. Packer explains that Hell in this context means Hades, not Gehenna. The difference being that Gehennameans the state of final retribution for the godless. Hades or Hellin the context of the creed means death—that Jesus really died a genuine death. He went to the place of the departed, known in Hebrew as Sheol.
Packer continues to explain:
Jesus was “put to death in the flesh but made alive in the spirit” (1 Pet. 3:18), Jesus entered Hades, and Scripture tells us briefly what he did there.
- First, by his presence he made Hades into Paradise (a place of pleasure) for the penitent thief (cf. Luke 23:43), and presumably for all others who die trusting him during his earthly ministry, just as he does now for the faithful departed (see Phil. 1:21–23; 2 Cor. 5:6–8).
- Second, he perfected the spirits of Old testament believers (Heb. 12:23; cf. 11:40), bringing them out of the gloom which Sheol, the “pit,” had hitherto been for them (cf. Ps. 88:3–6, 10– 12), into this same Paradise experience. This is the core of truth in Medieval fantasies of the “harrowing of hell.”
- Third, 1 Peter 3:19 tells us that he “made proclamation” (presumably, of his kingdom and appointment as the world’s judge) to the imprisoned “spirits” who had rebelled in antediluvian times (presumably, the fallen angels of 2 Peter 2:4ff., who are also the “sons of God” of Genesis 6:1–4).
What makes Jesus’ entry into Hades important for us is not, however, any of this, but simply the fact that now we can face death knowing that when it comes we shall not find ourselves alone. He has been there before us, and he will see us through.
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