We know that when Jesus was in hell, he said that he had hope because he knew that his soul would not be left in hell.
He said to the Father, thou wilt not leave my soul in hell, neither wilt thou suffer thine holy one to seek corruption.
And of course, the Bible says that God raised Jesus from the dead.
Now, some people look at this and they get confused because they say, well, over here it says that God raised Jesus from the dead.
And Jesus is relying on God saying, you're not going to leave my soul in hell.
That's my hope.
But then other places, there are statements like where Jesus says, you know, I have the power, you know, no man taketh my life from me, but I offer it up willingly.
I have the power to lay it down and I have the power to take it up again.
Or when Jesus said, destroy this temple and in three days I will raise it up.
So we have a couple places where Jesus is saying, I will raise up this body.
I will resurrect from the dead.
I have the power to lay down and I have the power to raise it up again.
But then we have a lot of other scriptures that talk about God, the Father, raising up Jesus from the dead.
Many places.
I'm not going to go through all of them for sake of time, but there are plenty.
So, you know, what do we make of this?
And the Bible also involves the Holy Spirit in the resurrection.
Here's what I believe is that basically the resurrection of Christ was a collective act of all three Father, Son and Holy Ghost.
That they collectively, right, resurrected Jesus Christ from the Jesus.
I don't believe that Jesus just resurrected from the dead all by himself on his own, because otherwise, why does it say God raised him up?
Referring specifically to God, the Father.
And also, why would he say thou wilt not leave my soul in hell if he basically is just going to do it himself at any time?
If he just basically does it all on his own, then he wouldn't be saying thou wilt not leave my soul in hell.
So I believe that it was.
But I do believe him when he says I have the power to take up my life again and I will raise it up.
But I believe that it was a collective thing where the Father, the Son and the Holy Ghost are all involved in the resurrection, which makes perfect sense.
Because think about it, when we do a baptism, it's in the name of the Father, the Son and the Holy Ghost and the baptism pictures the resurrection.
And so it makes sense that when you baptize someone, you're invoking the Father, Son and Holy Ghost.
And that's the power that raised Jesus from the dead.
The power of the Father, the Son and the Holy Ghost that they all participated in the resurrection of Jesus Christ.
And so I think it's I think it's dumb when people have these doctrines that say, oh, well, you know, when Jesus descended into the lowest parts of the earth, when Jesus was in hell for three days and three nights, you know, he didn't suffer there.
He's just he's just it was just a he's just a victory lap.
He's just enjoying it down there.
That doesn't make any sense because he's saying, I'm just glad I'm not going to be left here.
Thou will not leave my soul in hell.
That's my hope.
That's what is causing me to have joy that I know that it's going to end because God the Father is not going to leave me here.
And so if it's such a great place or if he's just down there just having a party and just he can just leave whenever he wants.
And he's you know, that doesn't make any sense, my friend.
He led captivity captive.
He started out as the captive and he led captivity captive.
He turned the tables.
He left with the keys of hell and of death.
And when Jesus was in hell for three days and three nights, it was not a picnic.
He was not down there having a picnic.
He was down there bringing the sins of mankind down to hell and conquering death and hell.