tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-688819414472240663.post5939894843258856956..comments2023-04-01T10:24:23.098-07:00Comments on Intimate Doctrine: the Depredation of Disbelief: The Apostle's Creed and the "Harrowing of Hell"Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-688819414472240663.post-65642900194589197792011-02-20T17:57:52.680-08:002011-02-20T17:57:52.680-08:00In effort to further clarify, the hell I speak of ...In effort to further clarify, the hell I speak of is based on Old Testament theology; it is not fire and brimstone (I don't believe in such a place). Hell, or better yet, Sheol, is the dwelling place of the dead. As far as I understand Old Testament Jewish theology, both the righteous and the damned dwell in Sheol. In essence, Christ's descent into hell is his conquering of death. Sin is the only reason we do not live forever and Christ overcame death and its power to condemn. Peter talks about this briefly in Acts 2 and discusses Christ's descent into hell through the eyes of David. Moreover, the matter of Christ's decent into hell is affirmed by the creeds, which are general statements of faith for the entire Christian church (Alister McGrath, <i>Historical Theology</i>). For those that are less comfortable with the notion that Christ was in hell, all this really means is that Christ died for the living and the dead and offers us a gift of salvation from the condemnation of death.Timothy Kellogghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04794873485114677987noreply@blogger.com