In this episode of Victorious Faith, Cherry Campbell continues her enlightening discourse on ‘What Happened from the Cross to the Throne.’ Delve into the profound timeline that shapes Christianity as we explore the significant events from Jesus’ crucifixion to his resurrection. Cherry shares scriptural evidence and theological insights, challenging conventional beliefs about the timeline of Jesus’ resurrection and his descent into hell.
Good morning. Welcome to Victorious Faith. I’m Cherry Campbell. This morning, I’m going to continue sharing with you the message that I’ve been sharing with you for the last several broadcasts that I preached in one of our Victorious Faith services called What Happened from the Cross to the Throne. And if you’d like to download the notes to follow along, you can go to my YouTube channel, which is under my name, Cherry Campbell, C-H-E-R-R-I, Campbell, C-A-M-P-B-E-L-L. And there in the top category called radio broadcasts, you will see this message called what happened from the cross to the throne. If you click on the video, then in the description box below the video, you will see the link to download the notes. Now join me in our live service for part seven of what happened from the cross to the throne. It doesn’t say he rose on Sunday morning. And so being that three days and three nights, Wednesday night, Thursday night, Friday night, after the Saturday Sabbath at sundown, it would have been the completion of the third day. He could have been raised from the dead anywhere from Saturday sundown onward. He could have been raised from the dead at 6 p.m., 7 p.m., midnight, 2 a.m., whatever, which would not have counted as a full night that Saturday night because we don’t know when he was raised. And that’s another thing that people get confused about because they assume that he rose on Sunday. No, the women went on Sunday. He wasn’t there, but we don’t know when he was gone. And so it could have happened any time after Saturday sundown to finish the three days, three night period. Praise the Lord. So the darkness came over on Wednesday from noon to the ninth hour and the earthquake came. The temple curtain was torn into from top to bottom. And that was a miracle because it’s like, what, eight inches thick. No man can tear it. It had to be God and was torn from top to bottom. And it was like 15 feet tall. And so that had to be God saying that the way into the Holy of Holies is now open. Glory to God. Hallelujah. Praise the Lord. So then Jesus went into hell. You got to get this story to its climax. Hallelujah. Jesus went to hell. Now, some Christians will say Jesus didn’t go to hell. He only went to paradise. No, he had to go to hell because the punishment for sin is hell. And if he didn’t pay the price, you would still be going to hell. If he didn’t go to hell, you would still have to. Because hell is the punishment for sin. So if he didn’t go to hell, you would have to go to hell. He had to go to hell. He had to go to the lowest of the bottom of the pit. And so there’s so many scriptures here. I’m out of time to give you, but I’ll give you references. Revelation 20 verses one through three, the bottomless pit is called the abyss. Jesus went to the abyss. It’s recorded in the Hebrew. It’s the word Sheol. Psalm 18, back in the Psalms, 18.5, the cords of Sheol entangled me. That was hell. That was the underworld. That was the pit, the place of no return. The cords of Sheol entangled me. Psalm 88.6, you have put me in the lowest pit, in the darkest depths. That was not paradise. Isaiah 53, 12. He was numbered with the transgressors. He was not numbered with the righteous, with the transgressors in his death. Matthew 12, 40. Jesus himself testified as Jonah was three days and three nights in the belly of the fish. So the son of man will be three days and three nights in the heart of the earth. Acts 2, 24. God released him from the horrors or the agony of death. You see, paradise had no horror. Paradise had no agony. It was a place of comfort. He was released from the horrors and the agony. And that word also means pain, sorrow and travail and intolerable anguish. Intolerable anguish. That is Acts 2, 24, the Greek word for horror. from the horrors of death, intolerable anguish and agony. Acts 2.27, you will not leave my soul in hell, Hades. Jesus himself said, you know, this is the quoting of the Old Testament, but it’s referring to Jesus. Peter is preaching using Old Testament scripture and saying, this is Jesus. This is what Jesus did. And it says, you will not leave my soul in hell. Hades. Acts 2.31. His soul was not left in hell. Hades. It is called the torment compartment. It is the infernal region. The place of wrath, torment, sorrow, pain, and darkness. Hades. It was never used to refer to paradise, that word. So Jesus did not go to paradise. He went into hell because he had to pay for our price. Ephesians 4, 9, he who descended into the lower parts of the earth. Well, we read in Luke 16, the story of Lazarus and the rich man. It was not a parable. It was a true story because Jesus said a certain man. and he named the man Lazarus. When he told a parable, he never said a certain man, and he never gave a name. This was a real man that probably most of them knew, a man named Lazarus and a rich man who went. And then he talks about paradise being above hell where the rich man was in hell and Lazarus was in the bosom of Abraham and paradise. And the man in hell, the rich man looked up and saw Lazarus. So they were close enough together to be seen and they were close enough together to talk to each other. The ones above in paradise look down at the ones in torment. The ones in torment looked up at those in paradise. And the rich man says to Abraham, send Lazarus to dip his finger to cool my tongue in water. He said, because I’m in torment in these flames. You are in comfort. And Abraham said, you are now in torment and Lazarus is now in comfort. But they were able to talk to each other, look at each other, hear each other, carry on conversations. But Abraham said, but there is a deep chasm or gulf between us so that no one can go from there to here and no one can go from here to there. So there were two compartments. Paradise was above the torment place of hell. Paradise was the place of comfort where Abraham and Lazarus and all the righteous were buried. Hell was below the place of torment where the wicked were. And they looked at each other. They talked to each other. The people in hell saw the comfort of paradise. The people in paradise saw the torment of hell. And so Jesus went into hell and he paid the price. And so Jesus, what did he do? Now in Psalm 88, I don’t have time to go there. In Psalm 22, it talks about he preached in hell. Let me show you Psalm 22 though. Psalm 22 and verse 22. So now he’s in hell starting in verse 22. And so he’s in hell. Now remember, you’ve got to understand, the people in torment could talk to the people in paradise. The people in paradise could talk to the people in torment. They could see each other, hear each other, communicate with each other. So Jesus is in torment, but he’s preaching to the people in paradise. Psalm 22, 22. I will declare your name to my brothers in the congregation. I will praise you. Verse 23, you, you up there above me, I’ll add that. You who fear the Lord, praise him. You descendants of Jacob, honor him. Revere him, all you descendants of Israel. For he has not despised or disdained the suffering of the afflicted one, me. Our God is not despising my afflictions. He has not hidden his face from me, but has listened to my cry for help. From you, from the Father, comes the theme of my praise in the great assembly. So now he’s got an assembly. He’s got an audience. Before those who fear you, will I fulfill my vow? I think this is so awesome. All of paradise, the righteous and all of hell. We’re watching and all the demons. We’re watching Jesus fulfill the vow, the covenant, the sacrifice, the torment, pay the price. In other words, there were multitudes of witnesses that could… Satan cannot come back now and say, oh, it didn’t really happen. Jesus wasn’t really in hell. He doesn’t want to admit he lost his most important prisoner. His prisoner escaped. And so he said, well, he just wasn’t really here. No, there was a multitude of witnesses that saw him. From you comes the theme of my praise in the great assembly. Before those who fear you will I fulfill my vows. There are witnesses that are watching me do this. Witnesses watching my torment and my sufferings. And he begins to praise the Lord. And it goes on all the ends of the earth will remember and turn to the Lord and all the families of the nations will bow down before him for dominion belongs to the Lord and he rules over the nations. And then it ends in verse 31 says he has done it. It’s the equivalent to tetelestai, it is finished. He ended again with it is finished, which this is the Hebrew part. And so what did he do? He had gone into hell and paid the price and all the righteous and all the wicked were witnesses and onlookers of his sufferings. And he testified and preached to the sons of Jacob and Israel. And then in 1 Peter 3, 18 to 20, Christ died for sins once for all, the righteous for the unrighteous to bring you to God. Verse 19, through whom also he went and preached to the spirits in prison. The spirits he preached. What did Jesus do in hell? He preached. He suffered and he preached. And he preached and he suffered. He preached to the spirits in prison who disobeyed long ago when God waited patiently in the days of Noah. So Jesus was preaching while he was down there in the place of torment, horror, agony, and intolerable anguish. Can you imagine? Because Satan had illegally taken Jesus captive, because Jesus didn’t sin, now Jesus has a right to overthrow Satan. Now how did he overthrow Satan and how did he get free? Psalm 22.3 You inhabit the praises of Israel. So what did he do when he was in hell? After he preached, he praised. He praised and he praised. Verse 25, from you comes the theme of my praise in the great assembly. And they who seek the Lord will praise him. All the ends of the earth will remember the Lord. And he goes on and he praises and he praises and he praises. And God inhabits the praises of Israel. What you just heard was part seven of a message that I preached in one of our victorious faith services called what happened from the cross to the throne. And if you’d like to listen to this message again in in its entirety, or share it with your friends and family, or if you’d like to download the notes to study them and look up the scriptures, which I encourage you to do, then you can go to my YouTube channel, which is under my name, Cherry Campbell, C-H-E-R-R-I Campbell, C-A-M-P-B-E-L-L. And there in the top category called radio broadcasts, you will see this message called what happened from the cross to the throne. And if you click on the video, then in the description box below the video, you will see the link to download the notes. Now we will continue this message again tomorrow. So join me again tomorrow. And remember, God loves you. You’re blessed and highly favored by the Lord.
