The Reach of all reaches =
"For Christ also hath once suffered for sins, the just for the unjust, that he might bring us to God, being put to death in the flesh, but quickened by the Spirit: by which also he went and preached unto the spirits in prison; which sometime were disobedient, when once the longsuffering of God waited in the days of Noah, while the ark was in preparation, wherein few, that is, eight souls were saved by water....Who shall give account to him that is ready to judge the quick and the dead. For this cause was the gospel preached also to them that are dead, that they might be judged according to men in the flesh, but live according to God in the spirit."
Preached = euangelizō =
Good news/ glad tidings
Prison = phylakē
Where captives are kept.
Disobedient = apeitheō
To refuse to believe.
To not allow one's self to be persuaded.
To refuse compliance.
Dead = nekros
One that has breathed his last/ lifeless.
Destitute of life.
Men = anthrōpos
Human being, whether male or female.
All human individuals.
Judged = krinō
To select/ choose/ approve.
To determine/ resolve/ decree.
Make an opinion/ judge.
Live = zaō
To live, breathe, be among the living.
Not lifeless/ not dead.
Quote from: FineLinen on February 17, 2021, 04:57:00 PM
The Reach of all reaches =
"For Christ also hath once suffered for sins, the just for the unjust, that he might bring us to God, being put to death in the flesh, but quickened by the Spirit: by which also he went and preached unto the spirits in prison; which sometime were disobedient, when once the longsuffering of God waited in the days of Noah, while the ark was in preparation, wherein few, that is, eight souls were saved by water....Who shall give account to him that is ready to judge the quick and the dead. For this cause was the gospel preached also to them that are dead, that they might be judged according to men in the flesh, but live according to God in the spirit."
Preached = euangelizō =
Good news/ glad tidings
Prison = phylakē
Where captives are kept.
Disobedient = apeitheō
To refuse to believe.
To not to allow one's self to be persuaded.
To refuse compliance.
Dead = nekros
One that has breathed his last/ lifeless.
Destitute of life.
Men = anthrōpos
Human being, whether male or female.
All human individuals.
Judged = krinō
To select/ choose/ approve.
To determine/ resolve/ decree.
Make an opinion/ judge.
Live = zaō
To live, breathe, be among the living.
Not lifeless/ not dead.
i believe this is Jesus preaching salvation to the departed people of Noah's time so it's very positive re- UR= hope beyond the grave.
My brother Darryl, I cannot see any other conclusion.
The Unlimited Christ of glory reaches as far as sin and death has invaded. His very first mission, as the resurrected Christ, is to the disobedient prisoners of sin and despair.
"No more let sin and sorrow grow, nor thorns infest the ground, He comes to make His blessings flow.....
Far as the curse is found."