WHAT Was HE+ Doing down there . . . for 72 hours . . . in the Heart of the Earth ?

THREE UNIQUE DAYS AND NIGHTS

ON PLANET EARTH…

  Never having occurred before and never to be repeated !

THE COUNTDOWN 

THREE NIGHTS WERE ALREADY COMPLETED; SATURDAY "DAY" WILL COMPLETE THE 3 DAYS, IF THERE WAS A WEDNESDAY CRUCIFIXION.  

THAT MEANS OUR LORD AROSE OUT OF THE TOMB SATURDAY EVENING. THE WITNESSES SAW HIM+, HOWEVER, EARLY THE FIRST DAY OF THE WEEK !

WHAT Was HE+ Doing down there in the the heart of the earth for 3 Days and 3 Nights ?

Taking Captivity Captive

THREE UNIQUE

DAYS AND NIGHTS

ON PLANET EARTH…

 

Never having occurred before

and never to be repeated !

 

What Was HE+ Doing Down There ?

 

 

 

For as Jonah was

three days and three nights

in the whale’s belly;

 

so shall the SON+ of Man be

three days and three nights

in the heart of

the earth.

Matthew 12:40

 

 

What was HE+ doing down there in the heart of the earth, for three days and three nights ?

 

We KNOW HE+ was not sleeping !

 

We KNOW HE+ was not recuperating !

 

We KNOW HE+ was not being punished by the devil ! ( As some heretical teachers assert and witch covens too!)

 

For M'SHIKHA+ also has once suffered for sins, the RIGHTEOUS+ for the unrighteous, that HE+ might bring us to GOD, being put to death in the flesh, but MADE LIVING by the HOLY SPIRIT: 1 Peter 3:18 ( literal translation) .

 

Forasmuch then as M'SHIKHA+  has suffered for us in the flesh, arm yourselves likewise with the same mind: for he that hath suffered in the flesh hath ceased from sin; 1 Peter 4:1

 

We KNOW HE+ HAD FINISHED

THE JOB.

 

FATHER, it is FINISHED.

Into Thy Hands I+ commend My+ Spirit.

John 19:30 and Luke 23:46

 

  Y'SHU+ answered and said unto them,

Destroy this Temple,

 

and in three days

I will raise it up.

 

Then said the Jews, Forty and six years was this Temple in building, and wilt thou rear it up in three days?

 

But he spake of the temple of His+ Body.

  John 2: 19-21

 

The Witness from Matthew 26:61

 

And they ( His+ enemies) said,

This Fellow+ said,

 

I+ am able to destroy

the Temple of GOD,

and to build it

in three days.

 

Matthew 26:61

 

The Witness from Mark 14:58

 

We heard HIM+ say,

 

I+ will destroy this temple

that is made with hands,

 

and

 

within three days

 

I+ will build another

made without hands.

Mark 14:58

 

THOU+ hast ascended on high, thou hast led captivity captive: THOU+ hast received gifts for men; yea, for the rebellious also, that the LORD God might dwell among them.

Psalm 68:18

 

Oh that the Salvation+ of Israel were come out of Zion! When God bringeth back the captivity of his people, Jacob shall rejoice, and Israel shall be glad. Psalm 53:6

 And;

Oh that the Salvation+ of Israel were come out of Zion! when the LORD bringeth back the  captivity of his people, Jacob shall rejoice, and Israel shall be glad. Psalm 14:7

 

For the M'SHIKHA+ also has once suffered for sins,

the RIGHTEOUS+ for the unrighteous,

 

that HE+ might bring us to GOD,

 

being put to death in the flesh,

but MADE ALIVE by the HOLY SPIRIT:

 

By WHOM also HE+ went

and preached unto the spirits in prison;

 

Which sometime were disobedient, when once the long suffering of GOD waited in the days of Noah, while the ark was a preparing, wherein few, that is, eight souls were saved by water.

 

The like figure whereunto 

even baptism doth also now save us.

 1 Peter 3:18-21

 

So, WHAT  was  

HE+ Doing

in the Heart of the Earth

 for 3 days and 3 nights ?

 

HE+ was PREACHING !

HE+ was proclaiming!

 

HE+ was forming the CHURCH in the heart of the earth… the Ecclesia … the Called-Out ones… literally, called out of sheol, hades, hell, Abraham’s Bosom, the Heart of the Earth.

 

HE+ was preaching to the Captives, those in Abraham’s bosom, as per Luke 16.  

• HE+ was preaching to those who died, from Adam to Noah. 

  • HE+ was proclaiming the Good News of Salvation to the Patriarchs up to the time of Moses.  

    • HE+ was proclaiming the fulfillment of the Salvation Message to the Righteous Jews in Abraham's Bosom who had died following The LAW of Moses with all of their hearts, like David did. 

 

HE+ brought the Message of Salvation through HIMSELF+ to the Righteous Dead, whoever they were, that followed a Right Way of Life. 

[ Keep in mind: they were not CHRIST- REJECTORS . . . for they had had NO OPPORTUNITY to know the Saving GRACE of our LORD Y'SHU+ the M'SHIKHA+  until HE+ preached the GOOD NEWS in the heart of the earth. ] 

 

Romans 2: 14-15

For when the Gentiles, which have not the Law, do by nature the things contained in the Law, these, having not the Law, are a law unto themselves:

Who shew the work of the Law written in their hearts, their conscience also bearing witness, and their thoughts the mean while accusing or else excusing one another in the day when GOD shall judge the secrets of men by JESUS CHRIST according to my gospel.

 

For,

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.

1 Peter 4:6

 

Your father Abraham rejoiced

to see My+ Day:

and he saw IT,

and was glad !

John 8:56

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My substance was not hid from THEE,

when I was made in secret,

and curiously wrought

 in the lowest parts of the earth.

 

Thine eyes did see my substance,

yet being unperfect;

 and in Thy+ Book

all my members were written, 

 

which in continuance were fashioned,

when as yet there was none of them. 

( that is, literally, which in a day were formed into ECHAD, the unified,

plural ONE ... which equals the CHURCH ) 

Psalm 139: 15-16

 

Thus, the CHURCH, the Ecclesia, 

the Called-Out ones …

 was formed

 

when Our VICTORIOUS LORD descended

 

into Hades, Sheol, the Heart of the Earth, 

Abraham’s Bosom

and preached

the GOSPEL unto the dead.

 

It had never been done before.

 

Not only the Patriarchs before M'SHIKHA+  came, but also those dead ones who had never heard of the LIVING LORD and the commonwealth of Israel, the ones who had never had the first chance to join themselves unto Israel to worship the Living LORD… now had the opportunity to receive the GOSPEL of CHRIST.

 

THAT  is what HE+ was “doing” down there in the heart of the earth for 3 days and 3 nights:  FORMING THE CHURCH.

 

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Thus, as HE+ preached the GOSPEL to the Captives and took those who were held captive in hades, sheol, Abraham’s Bosom, ( i.e., the righteous dead ) … HE+ formed the Church and MOVED IT INTO THE PARADISE OF GOD, which is now located in the Third Heaven !  (see  2 Corinthians 12:2 ).

 

Hear the Prophet Hosea:

 

Come, and let us return unto the Lord:

for HE+ hath torn, and HE+ will heal us;

HE+ hath smitten, and HE+ will bind us up.

 

After two days

will HE+ revive us:

in the third day

HE+ will raise us up,

 

and we shall live in His+ sight.  !!!

 

Hosea 6:1-2

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 Glory to GOD in the Highest!

" GOOD " WEDNESDAY

HOLY WEEK

in commemoration of

The Great --- and Final --- Passover

M'SHIKHA+ our Passover+

is sacrificed for us;

therefore, let us keep the feast.

not with old leaven,

neither with the leaven

of malice and wickedness;

but with the unleavened bread

of purity (Gk) and truth.

1 Corinthians 5:7,8

The Crucifixion

... on "Good"  Wednesday

The LORD Y'SHU+ had sanctified the Bread and the Cup as His+ Body and Blood for the disciples.

HE+ had taken the Cup --- perhaps, His+ own Cup --- and passed it around at the Table, telling His+ disciples to divide it among themselves.

His+ prayers in the Garden of Gethsemane along with His+ first drops of blood, shed in agony, were finished.

The mockery of a trial by the unrighteous authorities, both civilian and religious, had been endured, along with the bruising dealt HIM+ by the goyim, the unclean.

Some more of His+ Blood was shed.

The crown of thorns pierced His+ brow.

More shedding of that Precious Blood.

Then the scourging, with leather whips embedded with metal and sharp objects, was administered by the men of war. At this point His+ Blood was flowing .  The skin on His+ backside was in tatters. Very likely His+ arms and legs felt the lash as well; the Romans were not known to be gentle.

And HE+ had not come to the Cross yet.

Crucifixion would have taken place ( on our Wednesday ) at the hour of the morning sacrifice in the Temple, the 3rd hour ... our 9 a.m. 

As the LAMB+ of GOD, the LORD Y'SHU+ the M'SHIKHA+, fulfilled the entire pattern presented to Israel in the Temple sacrifices, for they were precisely ordained of old for this reason exactly.

This Carpenter, this LAMB+ of GOD, had likely carried many a beam of wood hewn from the forest. Likely HE+ had walked many a mile in His+ 3.5 years of ministry. HE+ was hardy.

After His+ Agony, His+ bruisings, His+ scourging, The LAMB+ was so depleted of blood, of His+ natural strength, that HE+ could not carry the beam of His+ Cross and walk a mile.  It would seem HE+ had super-natural strength, though, or else medical shock would have set it.

Thus, they crucified the SON+ of GOD. All the unclean... the unclean goyim...  the unclean religious leaders ... the unclean public who cried with insatiable lust for blood:

" Crucify HIM+ ! "

" Crucify HIM+ ! "

HE+ Who+ showed mercy, had none given to HIM+.

Thus, at 9 a.m., mid-week, the day before a High Holy Sabbath, they crucified our LORD Y'SHU+ the M'SHIKHA+ at the time of the morning sacrifice in the Temple.

His+ words recorded were:

" FATHER,

forgive them,

for they know not

what they do."

.

Do we suppose The FATHER answered this prayer ?

At noon, the 6th hour, the world went dark. It was a darkness which could be felt and NO... it was NOT an eclipse. None had been recorded by the astronomers. Only darkness was recorded as HE+ endured the agonies of the Cross.

The world is going to go dark again soon as we prepare for His+ return to planet earth and this time, with a DIVINE ROD of IRON.

The Agony of the Cross 

Let's look at some of it. It is written that every muscle in the body of a crucified victim locks into a muscle spasm. We call them "a charlie horse." 

Normally, it is only one painful muscle which tightens and locks. Normally, it is over in minutes. HIS+ lasted hours, and there was no pulling out of them. It affected His+ entire body.

Then, at the 9th hour ... 3 p.m. our time ... HE+ said,

" It is finished, FATHER;

into Thy Hands

I+ commend My+ Spirit."

As HE+ gave the sop to Judas at the Table, the LORD Y'SHU+  gave permission to be crucified to the Unclean. HE+ set in motion the final act to do His+ Heavenly FATHER'S will, a plan that was agreed upon before the foundation of the earth,  Revelation 13:8.

HE+ did the Will of The FATHER

to bring many sons to HIM. 

As it is written: 

 For it became HIM, 
for Whom are all things, 
and by Whom are all things, 

in bringing many sons unto glory, 
to make 
the Captain+ of their Salvation 
perfect through sufferings. 
Hebrews 2:10
 

.

The count-down of three days and three nights HE+ would spend in the heart of the earth began.

WEDNESDAY NIGHT:

Night one

in the heart

of the earth.

+ + +

Worthy is the LAMB+

that was slain

from the foundation 

of the world. 

3 DAYS AND 3 NIGHTS THAT CHANGED THE WORLD ! .... 3 full DAYS and 3 full NIGHTS in the Heart of the Earth ... What Was Y'SHU+ Doing Down There All That Time ?

  When HE+ had received the vinegar HE+ cried with a LOUD VOICE,  

" FATHER, INTO YOUR HANDS I+ COMMIT MY SPIRIT."

 Having said this HE+ bowed HIS+ Head and released HIS Spirit and Descended into the Heart of the Earth, leaving HIS+ tired Body on the Cross.

     And the Earth SHOOK 

and the rocks were sheared 

and the Veil of the Temple 

was torn in TWO... 

from TOP TO BOTTOM !

 Where did Y’SHU+ go during the Three days and Three nights?

   The Scripture states plainly from our LORD'S own lips that HE+ would be Three Days and Three Nights in The Heart of the Earth., the Realm of the departed human soul and spirit, called in the Hebrew sheol.

We follow the original timeline of The LORD+ being Crucified on the Wednesday at the time of the  morning Sacrifice at 9:00 a.m. and remaining there until 3:00 p.m. the hour of The Evening Sacrifice. HE+ released HIS+ Spirit into HIS+ FATHER'S keeping at that hour and descended into the heart of the earth.... THE VICTORY BEING WON! 

HE+ came out of the Tomb a full three days and three nights later , at 3:00 PM Saturday evening, making three full days and three full nights in the heart of the earth.

 

HE+ was First SEEN by HIS+ Disciples very early the first day of the week. The confusion has come for many because there were TWO Sabbaths in that week: a High Holy Day plus the regular Saturday Sabbath.

   One thing we know is where Y’SHU+ our LORD+ went when HE+ left the CROSS and HIS Crucified Body there because HE+ said so HIMSELF+.

 Also... we can KNOW that HE+ went there as a Victor and a Conqueror!  HE+ did not go there as some cults, some  groups, and yes, witches' covens, try to tell us,  to be tortured by the satan. 

ABSOLUTELY NOT!

On HIS+ CROSS HE+ Broke satan's back and broke his head as well! Y’SHU+ said, "IT IS FINISHED!"  HE+ went into "sheol" in HIS+ FATHER'S STRENGTH, to the TERROR and HORROR of the Unclean rebel spirits.  ( Genesis 3:15 )

What did HE+ do during the three days and nights? 

.... WHATEVER HE+ WANTED TO DO !

 HE+ was THE M’SHIKHA+  The VICTOR!

 Taking down the gates of Hell from the area called in Scriptures,  Abraham's Bosom ... only the dead could enter the realm of the departed human soul and spirit, but THIS ONE TIME... the Crucified , LIVING SECOND ADAM+ entered into it! 

For GOOD REASON Abraham "rejoiced to see HIS+ Day... He saw it ... and was GLAD ! 

  

GLORIOUS LIGHT 

FLOODED SHEOL!

Here are some quotes from Scripture from the Ancient Pre-Nicene Church Writings. They had the same Scriptures we do, and they knew how to use them and TO LIVE BY THEM.

Irenaeus said ... 

...The LORD DESCENDED INTO THE REGIONS BENEATH THE EARTH PREACHING HIS+ ADVENT THERE ALSO AND DECLARING THE REMISSION OF SINS RECEIVED BY THOSE WHO BELIEVE IN HIM+... ANF vol 1, pg. 499, Irenaeus Against Heresies, chapter 27, section 2

Clement said... 

 …. Preaching Salvation to the Righteous Dead. The Patriarchs, the Prophets, the Ninevites who repented at the preaching of Jonah. ( ANF vol 1, pg 7, chapter 7, First Epistle of Clement )

 From  I Peter 3:18 .... 

For THE M’SHIKHA+ 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 Made Alive by the SPIRIT:

  

3:19 By Which ( RUACH HA KADOSH) also HE+ went and preached unto the spirits in prison;

1 Peter 4:6  

 For 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.

3:20 Which some time were disobedient, when once the long-suffering of God waited in the days of Noah, while the ark was being prepared, wherein few, that is, eight souls were saved by water.

3:21 The  like  figure whereunto even baptism doth also now save us   (not the putting away of the filth of the flesh, but the answer of a good conscience toward God,)   by the resurrection of Y’SHU+ THE M’SHIKHA+:

( To the Ancient Church, baptism was not a "symbol" or an afterthought, but a SUPERNATURAL event of Rebirth into Light.) The SPIRIT of GOD, The Water ,and The BLOOD of The LAMB+ MESSIAH, agree to the ONE THING!  ( 1 John 5:8 )

3:22 Who has gone into heaven, and is on the right hand of God; angels and authorities and powers being made subject unto him.

 Leading Captivity captive, away on HIGH, 

...THOU didst not leave His+ soul in Hell... 

 For THOU wilt not leave My+ Soul in hell; 

neither wilt thou suffer 

Thine HOLY ONE+ to see corruption.

Psalm 16:10

Preparing HIMSELF+ to raise His Earthly Body as a GLORIFIED BODY, being the Second Adam,  as The prototype of The NEW BODIES THAT ALL WHO TRUST IN HIM+ and OBEY HIS+ Voice shall have in the  RESURRECTION unto  Eternal Life  with HIM+.

As our LORD+ Y’SHU+ said,

"NO man can take MY+ Life from ME+;  

 I+ have Power to lay down MY+ Life, 

and I+ have Power to TAKE IT UP AGAIN! 

This Commandment 

I+ have received from MY+ FATHER"  

 John 10:18

 This is part of what our Precious LORD+ was doing in the Three Days and Nights in the Heart of the earth!  

        HE+ also took with HIM+ those Righteous dead ones from the area of Abraham's Bosom, and brought them with HIM+ after HIS+ Resurrection, and sent them into Jerusalem to appear unto many there. 

    Ancient writings state that what they said to many in Jerusalem was that: "YESHUA of Nazareth who was Crucified and rejected by the religious leaders, IS THE MESSIAH! We are only her for a very short time to tell you this. We must leave and go with HIM where HE+ carries us.  

      Y’SHU+ then assembled these dead ones to HIMSELF+ and ascended on HIGH, taking and leading the formerly captive ones away from the earth completely, and giving gifts unto the children of Adam --- perhaps those who had died --- and waited in sheol/hades for HIS+ appearing.  ( Ephesians 4:8 ) 

Our LORD+ then CAME OUT OF THE TOMB ON THE FIRST DAY OF THE WEEK, TOTALLY ALIVE AND TOTALLY GLORIFIED!!  BODY, SOUL, AND SPIRIT!

HE+ IS THE LIGHT 

IN THIS DARK WORLD!

NOTHING 

WILL EVER BE 

THE SAME AGAIN!

GLORY TO GOD 

IN THE HIGHEST!

AMEN 

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