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Originally Posted by good samaritan
Where were all the OT saints while awaiting Jesus death, burial, and resurrection? Some teach they went to hell where Jesus went and got them, but I feel like that is one's definition of hell. If hell is death and the grave yes, but I don't believe that Abraham was ever in fiery pit of torment. If not hell then would you say the kingdom of heaven?
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They were in what Christ called Abraham's bosom. Not in heaven but in the place of non-torment where the obedient dead went.
Sheol in before the cross had, as it were, two compartments. One of fiery torment, called Gehenna, and the other of peaceful waiting called Abraham's bosom. Since the cross the abode of the righteous dead was removed and sheol now holds only gehenna.
That's why Christ's resurrection saw many of the saints walking the city. He removed them from there and took them on up into glory for the first time.
My belief, anyway.
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