Proverbs 15:24
The way of life is above to the wise, that he may depart from hell beneath.
The sheol (the Hebrew word used for ‘hell’ in this text) is the appointed final place for all those made of flesh. Even Yeshua did not escape passing through it, ever so quickly, as He did not see corruption.
Death did not have any hold on the Master. As soon as it hit Him, the Master’s body, revived in incorruptibility by the Spirit of Life. He became life in the very corners of sheol and preached salvation to the spirits in disobedience from the days of Noah. Like Joseph in his Egyptian prison, the Master was elevated to the care of the prisoners and eventually became their Master, even above the jailer. When the devil thought that he had caught the ‘catch’ of his ‘death’ (not to say life), he actually 'shot himself in the foot' and lost all his captives.
The Master is resurrection and life; He is the Firstfruit of all those who rise from the dead. Such is the way of the followers of Messiah; the sheol cannot hold them. It is a known fact that the ungodly die in fear and agony while those who have a connection with the Creator of their soul die more peacefully. As an unbeliever, it must be a fearful thing to be suddenly faced with death; to feel taken, beyond your control, to an entirely unknown and fearful future.
Believers do not have to worry about that for their way is above.
The way of life is above to the wise, that he may depart from hell beneath.
The sheol (the Hebrew word used for ‘hell’ in this text) is the appointed final place for all those made of flesh. Even Yeshua did not escape passing through it, ever so quickly, as He did not see corruption.
Death did not have any hold on the Master. As soon as it hit Him, the Master’s body, revived in incorruptibility by the Spirit of Life. He became life in the very corners of sheol and preached salvation to the spirits in disobedience from the days of Noah. Like Joseph in his Egyptian prison, the Master was elevated to the care of the prisoners and eventually became their Master, even above the jailer. When the devil thought that he had caught the ‘catch’ of his ‘death’ (not to say life), he actually 'shot himself in the foot' and lost all his captives.
The Master is resurrection and life; He is the Firstfruit of all those who rise from the dead. Such is the way of the followers of Messiah; the sheol cannot hold them. It is a known fact that the ungodly die in fear and agony while those who have a connection with the Creator of their soul die more peacefully. As an unbeliever, it must be a fearful thing to be suddenly faced with death; to feel taken, beyond your control, to an entirely unknown and fearful future.
Believers do not have to worry about that for their way is above.
Their way escapes the sheol beneath; it does not even have a chance to touch them.
Praise the Son and blessed be the Father.
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