BLACK SATURDAY 2021 : Christ's Ministry In The Spirit World
By Bro. Nathan
After His death, the Savior's spirit went to the spirit world. ang Spirit world ay isang lugar na kung saan mapupunta ang espiritu ng tao pagkatapos nito mamatay. in the Old Testament, tinatawag nila ito na Sheol o Hades; the place of the dead (Gen. 37:35; 42:38; 44:29-31; Num. 16:30-33; Dt. 32:22; 1 Sam. 2:6; 2 Sam. 22:6; 1 Kgs. 2:6-9; Job. 7:9; 11:8; 14:13; 17:13-16; 21:13; 24:19; 26:6; Ps. 6:5; 9:17; 16:10; 18:5; 30:3; 31:17; 49:14; etc.). ang tao kapag mamatay, ang body ay naghihiwalay sa katawan, like nang sa nalogy ni Apostle James on faith and works na "As the body without the spirit is dead, so faith without works is dead." (James 2:26). ang spirit ng tao ay may pupuntahan once na nahiwalay ito sa physical body, which is the Spirit World. ang place na ito ay divided into two parts : 1.) The Spirit Paradise, andf 2.) The Spirit Prison. like nang sinabi ni Jesus Christ sa penitent thief na nakatabi niya na :
Jesus and the thief would be there at that very day of their day. and the second part of the Spirit World as recorded by the apostle Peter, is where nagturo si Jesus Christ sa mga spirits na hindi naabot o natanggap ang Gospel habang nabubuhay pa sila. the Apostle Peter wrote in his general espistle :
" For Christ also hath once suffered for sins, the just for the unjust, that he might bring us to God, being put to death in the flesh, but quickened by the Spirit: By which also he went and preached unto the spirits in prison; Which sometime were disobedient, when once the longsuffering of God waited in the days of Noah, while the ark was a preparing, wherein few, that is, eight souls were saved by water. The like figure whereunto even baptism doth also now save us (not the putting away of the filth of the flesh, but the answer of a good conscience toward God,) by the resurrection of Jesus Christ: Who is gone into heaven, and is on the right hand of God; angels and authorities and powers being made subject unto him." (1 Pt. 3:18-22)
" For 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 in the spirit." (1 Pt. 4:6)
