Captivity Captive:

Immediately after His crucifixion and burial in the tomb, the Lord Jesus Christ, descended into Hades and preached to the Old Testament deceased, elect saints who had been waiting their captive in Abraham’s Bosom (aka: Paradise). He assured them that He would rise from death and would take them with Him to heaven, but they would have to wait forty more days until His ascension. Many bodies of the saints who had fallen asleep were raised out of the graves after Christ’s ascension..

Many bodies of the saints who had fallen asleep were raised out of the graves after Christ’s resurrection. They went into Jerusalem and appeared to many people. That particular first century generation of Jews had more firsthand evidence to that fact that Jesus is the Messiah, than did any others in human history. – Matt 27:52-53

Those who were taken up to heaven at Christ’s ascension no longer had flesh and blood bodies, but they did have a bodily form of some kind that is not fully described. Although it was visible, with eyes, hands and senses. This we surmise from Christ’s parable of Abraham’s Bosom and the description of the beggar Lazarus. Lazarus had feelings of comfort. The rich man in torments side of Hades saw Abraham and Lazarus afar off in Abraham’s Bosom. He asked Lazarus to dip his finger in the water to cool his tongue because he was tormented by the heat. – Luke 16:19-31

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 ascended is also the ONE who ascended far above all the heavens, that He might fill all things.)”- Eph 4:8-10

At His ascension, Christ led the CAPTIVITY CAPTIVE, bringing Paradise up with Him into the third heaven -2 Cor 12:14 Some of the martyrs and special ones may have been taken further up with Him to the outer courts under the altar of the Holy of Holies of the heavenly temple -Rev 6:9-11

Christ completed His atonement work in the heavenly Holy of Holies at His ascension. A week later at Pentecost God sent the Holy Spirit to indwell the believers on earth. This was the Day of Pentecost had fully come. -Acts1:8; 2:1-4; 2:16-17; John 14:26; John 15:26

The captives waited for the consummation of their salvation at His second coming Parousia that occurred in 66ad. -Heb 9:28 It was then that they were placed in their permanent dwelling place, the heavenly New Jerusalem in Christ’s presence. The also then received their new incorruptible, glorified, spiritual, visible, heavenly bodies.

-Michael Alan Nichols

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*Just a reminder that I am using a study guide handbook on these blogs: I am NOT taking credit for these lessons. My goal a few months back was to do a bible study in the realm of Preterism: (deriving from the Latin preter, meaning “past”) is an approach to biblical eschatology that understands all prophecies as fulfilled in the first century AD.

There is partial, full and hyper preterism. I claim no titles or isms as I’ve hoped I made myself clear on. However, after studying without all the influence of sensationalism that my former dispensationalism views were (I was by indoctrination and not a proper evaluation of scriptures myself) I came to see the FULFILLMENT OF CHRIST AND THIS IS THE CURRENT LENS I WILL CONTINUE TO SHARE! I am not hyper preterist by any means, and no amount of diving into the rabbit hole of knowledge of good and evil will persuade me away from seeking my desired knowledge from the TREE OF LIFE! There is a HUGE difference between where we put our studies and trust. Be cautious when studying out Gods word not to desire the tree of knowledge of good and evil over the Tree of LIFE – that being Christ!

“Do your best to win God’s approval as a worker who doesn’t need to be ashamed and who teaches only the true message.”- 2 Tim 2:15

**My thoughts on this lesson: do we see how asinine it is to think that there is a future physical resurrection or rapture? It wasn’t about us – it was about them! However, I do see that we are after the cross, so we are entitled to all the promises of God too… through our acceptance of the wedding invitation (belief that Christ is our Messiah the very ROCK the church was founded on- this is the Gospel)! I fully heartedly believe WE are resurrected upon our death and in the blink of an eye we are with HIM!! (to all born again believers! WE live in the EVERLATING COVENANT! ❤

This is not a preterist point of view; however, it is MINE! 😀

I hope to start a physical bible study with others in my home soon.- message me with interests!

All my completely captivated LOVE, ❤ Diana xo 🙂