By: Mark Tabata (Evangelist) Quotation For Contemplation "If in this life there are so many ways for purification and repentance, how much more should there be after death! The purification of souls, when separated from the body, will be easier. We can set no limits to the agency of the Redeemer; to redeem, to rescue,... Continue Reading →
Job And The Afterlife: The Descent Of Christ Into Hades #4 1 Peter 3:18-22 (Part One)
By: Mark Tabata (Evangelist) Quotation For Contemplation Ezekiel 18:23-Do I have any pleasure at all that the wicked should die?" says the Lord GOD, "and not that he should turn from his ways and live? In our studies of Ephesians 4:8-10, we have learned that Jesus descended to Sheol between the time of His death... Continue Reading →
Job And The Afterlife: The Descent Of Christ Into Hades #3 Ephesians 4:8-10 (Part Three)
By: Mark Tabata (Evangelist) Quotation For Contemplation ""Wherefore the Lord preached the Gospel to those in Hades, as well as to all in earth, in order that all might believe and be saved, wherever they were. If. then, the Lord descended to Hades for no other end but to preach the Gospel, as He did... Continue Reading →
Job And The Afterlife: The Descent Of Christ Into Hades #2-Ephesians 4:8-10 (Part Two)
By: Mark Tabata (Evangelist) Quotation For Contemplation 2 Timothy 2:7 (AMPC)-Think over these things I am saying [understand them and grasp their application], for the Lord will grant you full insight and understanding in everything. Introduction In our last study regarding the Descent Of Christ Into Hades, we noticed the following: The context of... Continue Reading →
Job And The Afterlife: The Descent Of Christ Into Hades #1 Ephesians 4:8-10 (Part One)
By: Mark Tabata (Evangelist) Quotation For Contemplation "The most significant interpretational difficulty in this verse is in deciding what “the lower parts of the earth” refers to. The view of the early church fathers and the consensus view through the centuries has been that it refers to a descent of Christ to the underworld (or,... Continue Reading →