04/19/2025
The Silence of the Lamb.
While Jesus was in the grave, His Spirit was working.
First He testified to souls of those who did not listen to Noah’s message: For Christ also suffered once 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, by whom also He went and preached to the spirits in prison, who formerly were disobedient, when once the Divine longsuffering waited in the days of Noah, while the ark was being prepared, in which a few, that is, eight souls, were saved through water.”
I Peter 3:18-20 NKJV
Secondly, He grabbed the Keys of Hell and death: “I am He who lives, and was dead, and behold, I am alive forevermore. Amen. And I have the keys of Hades and of Death.”
Revelation 1:18 NKJV
Third, He delivered the souls of the believers of the Old Testament, who believed in His Coming, but could not make it to heaven because the perfect blood had not been shed: “Therefore He says: “When He ascended on high, He led captivity captive, And gave gifts to men.” (Now this, “He ascended”—what does it mean but that He also first descended into the lower parts of the earth? He who descended is also the One who ascended far above all the heavens, that He might fill all things.)”
Ephesians 4:8-10
The tombs opened:
“And Jesus cried out again with a loud voice, and yielded up His spirit. Then, behold, the veil of the temple was torn in two from top to bottom; and the earth quaked, and the rocks were split, and the graves were opened; and many bodies of the saints who had fallen asleep were raised; and coming out of the graves after His resurrection, they went into the holy city and appeared to many.”
Matthew 27:50-53.
So even if you think He is not working in your behalf, remember even when everything looks quiet and seems like He is dead, He is alive and is working to save you and make you completely free of sin and death.
HE IS ALIVE!