When Christ desended into hell, What did he do for those three days?
539047
He went there in our place to suffer, then He took back the keys to heaven and hell so He could give us the authority over the full force of the enemy! glory!\n\nKing David also said, "I went to the enemy's camp and took back what he stole from me!" I love it when that happens :)
229096
These are the scriptures commonly used to support Jesus' descent into hell after the crucifixion.\n\n1 Peter 3:18-19\n18 For Christ also suffered for sins once for all, \n    the righteous for the unrighteous, \n    that He might bring you to God,\n    after being put to death in the fleshly realm \n    but made alive in the spiritual realm.\n19 In that state He also went and made a proclamation to the spirits in prison.\n\n1 Peter 4:6\nFor the gospel has for this purpose been preached even to those who are dead, that though they are judged in the flesh as men, they may live in the spirit according to the will of God.\n\nPsalm 68:18\nThou hast ascended on high, thou hast led captivity captive: thou hast received gifts for men; yea, for the rebellious also, that the LORD God might dwell among them.\n\nJohn 3:13\nAnd no man hath ascended up to heaven, but he that came down from heaven, even the Son of man which is in heaven.\n\nEphesians 4:8-10\n8 Wherefore he saith, When he ascended up on high, he led captivity captive, and gave gifts unto men. \n9(Now that he ascended, what is it but that he also descended first into the lower parts of the earth? \n10 He that descended is the same also that ascended up far above all heavens, that he might fill all things.)
1035173
Well, God has a plan. They asked to be put into the herd of swine. Jesus allowed it. See the point? The demons couldn't even make a move without His very approval. The question misses the overall view. They could do nothing apart from His power. And they knew it. Jesus was demonstrating His power over the very forces of Hell. They will "get theirs" in due time, so to speak.
1177538
It's the history of Satan in a nutshell.  He fell from heaven and took a third of the angels with him.  He then stalked the woman (Israel, through whom Christ would come) ready to defeat the prophecy God gave Eve - that through her Satan would be defeated.  Christ is the Child Satan was waiting to devour.  He tried when Herod had all the baby boys killed when the wise men were going to worship Him and told their plans to Herod.
689908
The sin of all the world was placed on Jesus when he was on the cross. When He rose from the dead, He was victorious over, sin, death and hell.
1127578
when you die your soul sits in the ground till Judgement Day..... on Judgement Day our souls will rise from the ground and ... well... be judged bye The Holy God Himself.... he will take his followers to heaven and then he will burn everything left on earth....... hell doesnt exist yet..... and it will be earth in the end.....
969023
That passage is found in Revelations 20:10 - "The devil, who deceived them, was cast into the lake of fire and brimstone where the beast and the false prophet are. And they will be tormented day and night forever and ever."\n\nWhen the final rebellion is put down by the Lord (see Revelations 10:8-9), the devil will join the beast (anti-Christ) and the false prophet (Rev. 19:20) in torment forever in the lake of fire (see also Rev. 14:10-11; Isaiah 14:12-13).\n\nBut for now, the devil roams the earth with other evil spirits, like a devouring lion to destroy faith (1 Peter 5:8); he makes people sick and diseased (Acts 10:38); he tempts to sin (Luke 22:3-4); he blinds the minds of unbelievers (2 Corinthians 4:4); he takes people captive to do his will (2 Timothy 2:26); and he kills (Revelation 2:10). But a time will come when Satan and his demons will be cast down to hell and God will one day do away with evil altogether (Matthew 25:41).
1119830
wept bitterly, repented, went fishing, jumped in the water, ate some fish, hung out with Jesus, Pentecost, got crucified
700494
1 day and 2 nights. Went in Friday afternoon, was gone by Sunday morning.\n\nIf he was dead for that long his body would have swelled up to an enormous size within that frame of time. Therefore, the resurrection was tihsllub
755423
the "Passion" was a kids version of what truly happened. it was so brutal that it could not be shown on TV or movies. it was so painful before they were put on the cross, it was a miracle that He did not die before the cross. first, he was spat upon and his beard was torn out by his own people. then he was whipped with a stick. he was taken before pilate. then he was sripped naked and whipped by the "cat and nine tails" which had peices of metal and glass that tears the skinn off. they whipped him thirty-nine times. then he was robed in purple and a crown of thorns was forced onto his head. the thorns were the length of common nails and as thin as a pine needle. they were so sharp that they went through his scull. then he was forced to carry his cross which would have weighd something near five hundred pounds. he had to carry it throu the streets ant to the mount called golgotha which was a good ten kilometers from the roman post in the city. once there, he had his clothes ripped off him once more and was forced to hold out his arms where nails the length of railroad spikes were driven into his hands and feet. then they raised the cross into the hole whre it dropped two to three feet. he was nude, bleeding, almost unrecognizable, and was mocked by both his people and the romans. what you did not see in the movie was that all the sin of the world was brought onto Jesus and he died from the weight of that sin.
721994
Christ was to go through the gates of hell and spent three day there in the "grave" verse 21.  He was saying that not even death could keep Him from establishing His Church!\nLexicon Results for hades (Strong's 86)\nhades {hah'-dace}\n1) name Hades or Pluto, the god of the lower regions\n2) Orcus, the nether world, the realm of the dead\n3) later use of this word: the grave, death, hell
501651
Verry bad! He should go to hell and meet his maker.
546415
Yes. There is a literally burning hell. It was prepared for the devil and his angels. Anyone that has never been saved that has rejected Jesus as their savior, will go to hell.You must believed that jesus died for you and was burried, and rose again on the third day. Ask Jesus to forgive you of your sins, and come into your heart and save your soul. It is by grace thru faith, that you are saved. By doing this, You then have a home awaiting in heaven for you.
117689
The Gospels speak of a time of solitude for Jesus in the desert immediately after his baptism by John. Driven by the Spirit into the desert, Jesus remains there for forty days without eating; he lives among wild beasts, and angels minister to him. At the end of this time Satan tempts him three times, seeking to compromise his filial attitude toward God. Jesus rebuffs these attacks, which recapitulate the temptations of Adam in Paradise and of Israel in the desert, and the devil leaves him "until an opportune time".\n\nThe evangelists indicate the salvific meaning of this mysterious event: Jesus is the new Adam who remained faithful just where the first Adam had given in to temptation. Jesus fulfills Israel's vocation perfectly: in contrast to those who had once provoked God during forty years in the desert, Christ reveals himself as God's Servant, totally obedient to the divine will. In this, Jesus is the devil's conqueror: he "binds the strong man" to take back his plunder. Jesus' victory over the tempter in the desert anticipates victory at the Passion, the supreme act of obedience of his filial love for the Father. \n\nJesus' temptation reveals the way in which the Son of God is Messiah, contrary to the way Satan proposes to him and the way men wish to attribute to him. This is why Christ vanquished the Tempter for us: "For we have not a high priest who is unable to sympathize with our weaknesses, but one who in every respect has been tested as we are, yet without sinning." By the solemn forty days of Lent we unite ourselves each year to the mystery of Jesus in the desert. \n\nThe seasons and days of penance in the course of the liturgical year (Lent, and each Friday in memory of the death of the Lord) are intense moments of the Church's penitential practice. These times are particularly appropriate for spiritual exercises, penitential liturgies, pilgrimages as signs of penance, voluntary self-denial such as fasting and almsgiving, and fraternal sharing (charitable and missionary works).
821325
Before, and during the time of Jesus, in the Old Testament, when a person died, or was killed by god it was said that he was no more, but after the death of Jesus came the advent of Christianity, and with it came another idea that had never been mentioned before, and this was the idea of hell. What a wonderful thing that the new church gave us. I wonder how many millions of people spent most of their lives in misery because of the ignorance of a few zealots? And to this day the church would rather have people suffer then tell them the truth. It makes me sick to my stomach.
780849
Hey there\n\nhere is a few things on heaven and hell\n\nCheck out... Bill Wiese video testimony of how he temporarily went to hell! Very FULL ON. its on Google Video, just do a search in the google video search bar, but it;s an hour long, so i hope you have a fast connection, dont bother with dial-up\n\nOr you can read his testimony on ...\nhttp://www.americaslastdays.com/miracles/ChangedLives/23minhell-bill.htm\n\nOr look at ...\nhttp://www.spiritlessons.com/Mary_K_Baxter_A_Divine_Revelation_of_Hell.htm\nThis is a woman that went to hell and heaven, and its Full on!\nYou can get the book, "a devine revelation of hell and heaven\n\nvery realistic\n\nor look at this 1 minute "you tube" clip\nhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yItJpd0VeAU\n\nThis is some good stuff.  \n\nHope to see you in heaven\n\n(-:
186414
Heaven, hell or purgatory.