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Descent into hell....

On your own you will never succeed in transforming your nature, for you lack the strength to do so. However, there is One who has acquired this strength for you.... The human being Jesus managed to achieve something on your behalf to remedy your state of weakness which was the consequence of your past rebellion against God.... Thus He took the consequences of this guilt of yours upon Himself, He paid for your guilt with His death on the cross and thereby made it possible for you to receive strength again.... He has acquired the strength for you and dispenses it as a gift of grace.... providing you avail yourselves of the blessings, for which your acknowledgement of Jesus Christ as Son of God and Redeemer of the world is a prerequisite, which also includes the acknowledgement of Jesus' divinity. But what previously was impossible, that a person could change himself again into the being of light he had originally been, became possible through Jesus' crucifixion, and so the return to God will with certainty have taken place if only the human being abides by Jesus Christ, if he appeals to Him for help on the path to perfection. The strength he subsequently receives is sufficient to liberate himself from the control of the one who had pulled him into the abyss and mercilessly kept him captive there, because without the help of Jesus Christ the being has no strength of its own to resist. Jesus Christ, therefore, also descended to hell to bring help to those who had already lost their earthly life before the act of Salvation and were still controlled by God's adversary. They did not succeed in liberating themselves during their earthly life, for they were very weak willed and thus succumbed to the former and remained enslaved by him until the Saviour Jesus Christ arrived Whom they were allowed to follow unhindered, because He had also paid the purchase price with His blood for their souls. Yet even these souls' free will had to be observed.... but which was subsequently strengthened if the soul was not entirely hostile....

However, the descent into hell is not being understood properly if only the willing souls are being mentioned.... Jesus, the Crucified, also showed himself in the slough of total depravity, He dared to venture into His adversary's, His fallen brother's, realm.... He stood before Him with His wounds and showed Him what love was able to achieve.... He faced him like a brother, but even this immense sacrifice was unable to soften the latter's heart of stone.... Scornfully the prince of hell turned away and with him a large crowd of most evil spirits.... Love did not find the way to their hearts for their hatred was greater and their will was free. God certainly knew that this would not be successful; nevertheless, the inhabitants of hell were offered the treasure of grace too, for love does not stop, not even for the most abject creature, but it does not compel its surrender.... Yet the act of love by Jesus, the man, could not overcome the hatred and opposition, nevertheless, it was offered to the beings of darkness as well, for Jesus' love applied to all living creations and the descent into hell was a final attempt to persuade God's adversary to turn around, to give him the final opportunity to change and to shorten the time of redemption for the fallen beings.... But even this greatest act of love, which God Himself accomplished in Jesus, the man, did not succeed in changing Lucifer's arrogance and heartlessness, in fact, the latter regarded Jesus' crucifixion as a triumph of his power and strength.... He considered himself the winner who had succeeded in delivering a divine being to his servants.... who certainly recognised in the Being that had descended to hell the One Who had 'died' but not the One Who was 'resurrected'.... Lucifer did not surrender, which the Deity had foreseen from the start.... and thus was able to base on this the work of guiding the fallen beings back which, however, will also return this prodigal son into the Father's house one day when he recognises his weakness, but this will still take eternities until all those having been seduced by him have been completely redeemed....

Amen

SILAZAK U PAKAO

Sami nikad nećete uspjeti u transformaciji vaše prirode, jer nedostaje vam snaga da bi to napravili. Međutim, ima Jedan Koji je za vas postigao ovu snagu.... Ljudsko biće Isus je uspio postići nešto umjesto vas da bi popravio vaše stanje slabosti koje je bilo posljedica vašeg prošlog buntovništva protiv Boga.... Tako je On uzeo posljedice ove vaše krivnje na Sebe, platio je za vašu krivnju sa Svojom smrću na križu i na taj način vam ponovno omogućio primiti snagu.... On je priskrbio snagu za vas i dijeli je kao dar milosti.... pod uvjetom da se vi okoristite blagoslovima, za što je preduvjet vaše priznavanje Isusa Krista kao Sina Božjega i Iskupitelja svijeta, što također uključuje priznavanje Isusove Božanstvenosti. Ali ono što je ranije bilo nemoguće, da je čovjek sebe mogao ponovno promijeniti u svjetlosno biće koje je izvorno bio, postalo je moguće kroz Isusovo raspeće, i zato će se povratak k Bogu zasigurno dogoditi samo ako bi se ljudsko biće držalo uz Isusa Krista [[isto tako u smislu, ‘ako bi ljudsko biće ostalo vjerno Isusu Kristu’]], ako Mu uputi zamolbu za pomoć na putu k savršenstvu. Snaga koju naknadno prima je dovoljna da bi sebe oslobodio od kontrole onog koji ga je povukao u bezdan i tamo ga nemilosrdno drži zarobljenog, pošto bez pomoći Isusa Krista biće nema svoje vlastite snage da se odupre. Isus Krist je, prema tome, također sišao u pakao da bi donio pomoć onima koji su već izgubili njihov zemaljski život prije čina Spasenja i bili su kontrolirani od strane Božjeg neprijatelja (Sotone). Oni sebe nisu uspjeli osloboditi tijekom njihovog zemaljskog života, jer bili su vrlo slabe volje i zbog toga su podlegnuli prijašnjem i od strane njega su ostali porobljeni dok nije došao Spasitelj Isus Krist Kojeg im je bilo dozvoljeno neometano slijediti, pošto je On sa Svojom krvlju bio također platio kupovnu cijenu za njihove duše. Ipak je slobodna volja čak i ovih duša morala biti poštovana.... ali koja je naknadno bila osnažena ako duša nije u potpunosti bila neprijateljski raspoložena....

Međutim, silazak u pakao se nije pravilno shvatio ako su jedino voljne duše bile spomenute.... Isus, Raspeti, je Sebe također ukazao u mulju/lokvi potpune izopačenosti, On se usudio osmjeliti u carstvo Njegova neprijatelja, carstvo Njegovog palog brata.... On je stajao pred Njime sa Njegovim ranama i ukazao Mu što je ljubav bila sposobna ostvariti.... Stajao je pred njime kao brat, ali čak ni ova ogromna žrtva nije bila sposobna omekšati kameno srce potonjeg.... Princ pakla se prezirno okrenuo i sa njime velika gomila najopakijih duhova.... Ljubav nije pronašla put do njihovih srdaca jer njihova je mržnja bila veća a njihova je volja bila slobodna. Bog je zasigurno znao da ovo neće biti uspješno; unatoč tome, stanovnicima pakla je također bilo ponuđeno blago milosti, jer ljubav ne prestaje, čak ni za najopakije stvorenje, ali ne prisiljava njegovu predaju.... Ipak čin ljubavi Isusa, čovjeka, nije mogao nadvladati mržnju i protivljenje, unatoč tome, on je bio ponuđen također i bićima tame, jer Isusova ljubav je važila za sve žive tvorevine i silazak u pakao je bio konačni pokušaj uvjeravanja Božjeg neprijatelja da se okrene oko sebe, da mu se pruži konačna prilika za promjenu i da se za pala bića skrati vrijeme iskupljenja.... Ali čak ni ovaj najveći čin ljubavi, kojeg je Bog Osobno ostvario u Isusu (2 Korinćanima 5:18, 19), čovjeku, nije uspio u mijenjanju Luciferove arogancije i okrutnosti, u stvari, potonji je smatrao Isusovo raspeće za trijumf njegove moći i snage.... On je sebe smatrao pobjednikom koji je uspio u izručivanju Božanskog bića njegovim slugama.... koji su zasigurno prepoznali u Biću koje je sišlo u pakao Onog Koji je ‘umro’ ali ne Onog Koji je ‘uskrsnuo’.... Lucifer se nije predao, što je Božanstvo pred-vidjelo od početka.... i tako je na tome bilo sposobno utemeljiti ovaj rad vođenja palih bića nazad, što će, međutim, jednog dana također povratiti u Očevu kuću ovog sina razmetnog kada on prepozna svoju slabost (Luka 15:11-32), ali za to će i dalje biti potrebne vječnosti dok svi koje je on zaveo neće biti potpuno iskupljeni.

AMEN