![]() ![]() Often, Catholic morality is seen as a list of things we can't do. Steeped in Scripture and Catholic tradition, this book reveals the beauty of Catholic morality in a relatable and easy-to-understand way. In Made by God, Made for God: Catholic Morality Explained, Catholics will find a fresh approach to the timeless moral teachings of the Catholic Church. Did Jesus go to sheol/hades? Yes.Understand the "why" behind Catholic morality. He then awaited the resurrection of His body and His return to glory in His ascension. Jesus’ suffering ended the moment He died. Jesus did not go to “hell” or the suffering side of hades He went to “Abraham’s side” or the blessed side of hades. His soul/spirit went to hades (the place of the dead). His suffering in our place was completed. This imputation of sin helps us understand Christ’s struggle in the Garden of Gethsemane with the cup of sin that He asked to pass from Him (Matthew 26:39).Īs Jesus neared death, He said, “ It is finished” (John 19:30). He became sin for us: “God made him who had no sin to be sin for us, so that in him we might become the righteousness of God” (2 Corinthians 5:21). As He hung there on the cross, He took the sin burden of the whole human race upon Himself. It was His shed blood that effected our own cleansing from sin (1 John 1:7–9). ![]() It was the death of Jesus on the cross that sufficiently provided for our redemption. Some have the viewpoint that Jesus went to “hell” or the suffering side of sheol/hades in order to further be punished for our sins. ![]() Unfortunately, in many versions of the Bible, translators are not consistent, or correct, in how they translate the Hebrew and Greek words for “sheol,” “hades,” and “hell.” A correct reading would be “the grave” or “sheol.” Jesus said to the thief beside Him, “Today you will be with me in paradise” (Luke 23:43) He did not say, “I will see you in hell.” Jesus’ body was in the tomb His soul/spirit went to be with the blessed in sheol/hades. Thou wilt show me the path of life.” “Hell” is not a correct translation in this verse. Some of the confusion has arisen from such passages as Psalm 16:10–11 as translated in the King James Version: “For thou wilt not leave my soul in hell neither wilt thou suffer thine Holy One to see corruption. Did Jesus go to sheol/hades? Yes, according to Jesus’ own words, He went to the blessed region of sheol. All the believing dead go to the blessed side of hades to await the resurrection. More likely, Ephesians 4 refers to the ascension of Christ.) All the unbelieving dead go to the cursed side of hades to await the final judgment. (Some believe, based on a particular interpretation of Ephesians 4:8–10, that Jesus took believers with Him from sheol to another place of bliss that we now call heaven. When Jesus died, He went to the blessed side of sheol, or paradise. The abodes of the saved and the lost are separated by a “great chasm” (Luke 16:26). The abode of the saved is also called “Abraham’s bosom” (KJV) or “Abraham’s side” (NIV) in Luke 16:22 and “paradise” in Luke 23:43. The abodes of the saved and the lost are both generally called “hades” in the Bible. Sheol/hades is a realm with two divisions-a place of blessing and a place of judgment (Matthew 11:23 16:18 Luke 10:15 16:23 Acts 2:27–31). Jesus did not go to a place of torment after His death, but He did go to hades. Many people refer to both hades and the lake of fire as “hell,” and this causes confusion. The lake of fire is the permanent and final place of judgment for the lost. Revelation 20:11–15 makes a clear distinction between hades and the lake of fire. It simply means “the place of the dead” or “the place of departed souls/spirits.” The New Testament Greek equivalent of sheol is hades, which also refers to “the place of the dead.” The New Testament indicates that sheol/hades is a temporary place, where souls are kept as they await the final resurrection and judgment. In the Hebrew Scriptures, the word used to describe the realm of the dead is sheol. ![]()
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