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77 Questions about the Atonement (Q&A #18)

18.     Didn’t Jesus descend into Hell to suffer its pains for our sins?

After his death, the Lord did not go to Hell (Gehenna) at all, much less to suffer flaming torment, but to the unseen (Hades), where he proclaimed to those in Paradise his combat and victory over Satan by the Cross.  He raided the spiritual underworld and triumphed in his Resurrection that followed, leading captivity itself captive, opening graves, and giving wondrous and lavish gifts to mankind wholesale at Pentecost and in perpetuity.

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