Acts (Part 12) – Acts 2:27

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Acts (Part 12) – Acts 2:27

Acts 2:27 – Because thou wilt not leave my soul in hell, neither wilt thou suffer thine Holy One to see corruption.

1. Because thou wilt not leave my soul in hell,
   1. Some erroneously conclude from this verse that Jesus went to hell during the three days of His entombment.
      1. They claim that He went to a place called “Abraham’s bosom,” which is in close proximity to hell in the center of the earth, to preach to the souls who had died before Jesus died on the cross to give them a chance to be saved.
      2. This absurd doctrine called Limbus Patrum was thoroughly refuted in this sermon: https://pastorwagner.com/sermons/limbus-patrum.
   2. The Apostles Creed says that Jesus “descended into hell.”
   3. Jesus did not go to hell during His entombment.
      1. Jesus went to paradise, not hell, while His body was in the grave (Luk 23:43 c/w Luk 23:46).
         • Paradise – 1. a. The garden of Eden. Also called earthly (†terrenal, terrene, terrestre) paradise, to distinguish it from the heavenly paradise. 2. a. Heaven, the abode of God and his angels and the final abode of the righteous. (Def. #2 cites Luk 23:43 in the Wycliffe and Tyndale Bibles)
         • The word paradise is only used three times in the entire Bible (Luk 23:43; 2Co 12:4; Rev 2:7).
           1. 2Co 12:4 is clearly referring to heaven c/w (2Co 12:2).
           2. Rev 2:7 is clearly referring to heaven where the throne of God and the Lamb are c/w (Rev 22:1-3).
      2. To say that hell is paradise is inconceivably stupid.
   4. Jesus was in hell on the cross and in the garden of Gethsemane.
   5. Jesus experienced everything that hell represents when He hung on the cross: damnation, torment, burning, darkness, and separation from God.
      1. Damnation – (Mat 23:33 c/w Gal 3:13 c/w Mat 25:41)
         • Damnation – 1. The action of condemning, or fact of being condemned (by judicial sentence, etc.); condemnation.
         • Curse n. – 1. a. An utterance consigning, or supposed or intended to consign, (a person or thing) to spiritual and temporal evil, the vengeance of the deity, the blasting of malignant fate, etc. It may be uttered by the deity, or by persons supposed to speak in his name, or to be listened to by him.
      2. Torment – (Luk 16:23 c/w Luk 22:44 c/w Isa 53:10-11)
         • Torment n. – A state of great suffering, bodily or mental; agony; severe pain felt or endured.
         • Grief – 1. Hardship, suffering; a kind, or cause, of hardship or suffering.
         • Travail n. – 1. Bodily or mental labour or toil, especially of a painful or oppressive nature; exertion; trouble; hardship; suffering.
      3. Pain (Psa 116:3)
      4. Sorrow (Psa 18:5)
      5. Burning, intense heat – (Luk 16:24; Mar 9:43; Jud 1:7 c/w Psa 22:14).
      6. Darkness – (2Pe 2:4 c/w Mat 27:45)
      7. Separation from God (Mat 25:41 c/w Mar 15:34).
   6. God did not leave Jesus’ soul in hell on the cross, but ended His suffering when He had made full atonement for all He gave Him to save (Joh 19:30).
   7. Jesus’ suffering was finished the moment He died; it did not continue in hell when His body was put in the grave.
2. neither wilt thou suffer thine Holy One to see corruption.
   1. Jesus was called God’s Holy One, showing that He is God (Act 3:14; Isa 40:25; Isa 47:4).
   2. Jesus trusted that God the Father would raise Him from the dead and not let his body see corruption (2Co 1:9; Act 2:31; Act 13:29-37).