My wife and I and our four grand kids arrived at Bible camp today for a week on the Oregon coast. I had to check out this this thread after tonight's service before retiring to the pillow.
Satan had a serious problem on his hands when Jesus arrived down below. Jesus didn't inherit Adams sin nature. His sinless blood was not contaminated from the fall.
Yet He took our sin upon Himself, even to the point that He became sin so that redemption could become a reality to the fallen human race.
Everyone from Adam up to Jesus (minus Enoch and Elijah) was held in deaths grip by Satan in the belly of the earth. OT saints included. Jesus was in hell
illegally. He never sinned. He was sinless.
He had a
legal right to take the keys of death and hell from the devil and release the OT saints.
When the Father raised the Lord on the 3rd day, He raised a
new species (first born) that has never existed before. At the resurrection, or last trump, we will receive a new incorruptible body just like our Lords. Good night all!