Sheol/Hades and souls after death

[Red_Letters88]

Ok, I know this opens up quite a bit but I can't seem to wrap my mind or understanding around it.1st- Jesus descended to Sheol to preach to the souls who never had a chance of hearing Gods word through his son- correct? And are the 8 who were saved those who slept with the fallen angels?2nd- Is this grave done away with now that Jesus has defeated death, or is it a holding cell for non-believers before judgement?3rd- Paul, I think it was Paul, who said we as Christians would rather be absent from the body and to be present with the Lord....now is this listing a Christians 2options (while alive and after death?)I could google and get non-scripture based ideas all day long....Im hoping for some verses I could study. Thanks in advance!!!

 

[Red_Letters88]

No takers? All im looking for is some biblical explanation of these things...but im having a hard time.

 

[Christina]

1. Not nessarily (but give me verse you are refering to)2. all flesh goes back to the ground from which it came the death spoken of here is another name for Satan he is called death3. Paul is saying thayt Christains would rather be with Godto absent from the body (dead or changed) is to be present with the Lord

 

[Red_Letters88]

1 Peter 3: 18-2018For 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: 19By which also he went and preached unto the spirits in prison; 20Which sometime were disobedient, when once the longsuffering 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 fallen angels from Genesis I believe, who slept with the human women, and their descendents later were known as giants.

 

[Letsgofishing]

aren't the eight souls noah and his family??thats how Ive always thought of this passage.your take on this fascinates me.your brother in christRyan Fitz

 

[Christina]

Yes you are Letsgofishing the eight souls mention here are saved by Water not Christs visit they are Noah and his family.