“In which he went and proclaimed to the spirits in prison, because they formerly did not obey, when God's patience waited in the days of Noah, while the ark was being prepared, in which a few, that is, eight persons, were brought safely through water.”
I do not understand these verses. I remember hearing quite a few possible interpretations in Systematic Theology. However, none of them seemed satisfactory. Now when I come to it here, I still cannot determine who “the spirits in prison” were that Jesus went and preached to while dead in the flesh but alive in the spirit. One thing seems clear though. Jesus’ whole life was about other people. He rightfully holds a position of great authority, yet He was a servant. Even in His death, He continues to live and work for the good of others. Willing to suffer for sinners, He ministers to the suffering.
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