into hell.” As biblical support, 1 Peter 3:18–20 is provided:
“…Christ…having been put to death in the flesh, ζῳοποιηθεὶς δὲ πνεύματι (but made alive by [dative case expressing instrumentality] the Spirit); in which also He went and made proclamation πνεύμασιν (to the spirits) in prison, who once were disobedient…”
To Jesus, through Peter, hell apparently was a prison for spirits who had been disobedient in the days of Noah, who I assume are the bonded angels of Jude 6. Regardless of whether Jesus had preached to angels or spirits in sheol/hades, it is certain He had not proclaimed to dead humans.
So in order to learn what is the nonbeliever’s post-life status and destination, I immersed myself in God’s Word, focusing on post-life fiery torment. My findings are such that I will offer them from six different perspectives linked together in series by an evolving graphic scheme of a created human soul’s post-life sojourn that represents every believing or unbelieving human being.
Notes for Reader:
1 This work presupposes the Scriptures’ inspiration, inerrancy, and infallibility:Balaam: “God is not a man, that He should lie, nor a son of man, that He should repent” (Numbers 23:19).Samuel: “…The Glory of Israel will not lie or change His mind; for He is not a man that He should change His mind” (1 Samuel 15:29).Jesus: “…The Scripture cannot be broken” (John 10:35).All Scripture is inspired by God {cf. Romans 15:4} (2 Timothy 3:16)…God…cannot lie… (Titus 1:2)…It is impossible for God to lie… (Hebrews 6:18)
2 The hermeneutic tool called “now-but-not-yet” at times needs to be considered when interpreting a series of events:Jesus: “If you had known in this day (the ‘not yet’), even you, the things which make for peace! But now (the ‘now but’) they have been hidden from your eyes” (Luke 19:42).Jesus: “Truly, truly, I say to you, an hour is coming (the “not-yet”) and now is (the “now-but”), when the dead shall hear the voice of the Son of God; and those who hear shall live” (John 5:25).Peter to the people at the portico of Solomon: “Therefore repent and return, so that your sins may be wiped away, in order that times of refreshing may come from the presence (the “now-but”) of the Lord; and that He may send Jesus, the Christ appointed for you, whom heaven
