HADES - JOSEPHUS

ACTS 2.27 27Because you will not leave my soul in Hades, Neither will you allow your Holy One to see decay. oti ouk egkataleiyeiV thn yuchn (psueche-soul) mou eiV adhn(hades) oude dwseiV ton osion sou idein diafqoran oti ouk egkataleiyeiV thn yuchn mou eiV adhn oude dwseiV ton osion sou idein diafqoran THE APOSTLE PETER CLAIMS.... "The soul" of Jesus ("my Holy One") was "in Hades"   The body of Jesus was in Joseph's tomb and would  have suffered decay except for His resurrection. THE APOSTLE PAUL'S MENTIONING HIS NON-PHYSICAL BODY TO PARADISE   (2 Corinthians 12:4; Revelation 2:7 both use it.),        2 Corinthians 12:4; 2 I know a man in Christ, fourteen years ago (whether in the body, I don`t know, or whether out of the body, I don`t know; God knows), such a one caught up into the third heaven. 3 I know such a man (whether in the body, or apart from the body, I don`t know; God knows), 4 how he was caught up into Paradise, and heard unspeakable words, which it is not lawful for a man to utter. Peter's explains his  Psalm 16 claims...          ACTS2"29-36 "Brothers, I may tell you freely of the patriarch David, that  he both died and was buried, and his tomb is with us to this day. he foreseeing this  spoke (in Psalm 16) about the resurrection of the Christ, that  neither was his soul left in Hades, nor did his flesh see decay. Therefore, being a prophet, and knowing that God had sworn with an oath to him  that of the fruit of his body, according to the flesh, he would raise up the Christ to  sit on his throne, This Jesus God raised up, whereof we all are witness es. Being therefore exalted by the right hand of God, and having received from the  Father the promise of the Holy Spirit, he has poured forth this, which you now  see and hear. For David didn`t ascend into the heavens, and his body,  but he says himself,  `The Lord said to my Lord, "Sit by my right hand, Until I make your enemies the footstool of your feet."` "Let all the house of Israel therefore know assuredly that God has  made him both  Lord and Christ, this Jesus whom you crucified." VERSES 29-30  Therefore, being a prophet, and knowing that God had sworn with an oath to him  that of the fruit of his body, according to the flesh, he would raise up the Christ to  sit on his throne, This Jesus God raised up, whereof we all are witnesses. IT SHOULD BE OBVIOUS.... WHAT ARE THEY WITNESSES OF? THEY  WERE WITNESSES OF CHRIST'S RESURRECTED PHYSICAL  BODY!  What Peter argues here is not the existence of our soul--THAT  WAS ALREADY KNOWN--A PART, OF THIER THEOLOGY--already a known; a part of their belief, but WHAT PETER IS ARGUING AND   WHAT HE IS PROVING ISM THAT WHICH THEY SAW--WITNESSED IS THE PHYSICAL RESURRECTED BODY OF JESUS CHRIST--THE  HOLY ONE WILL NOT SEE DECAY-ROT.  The body of Christ will be  resurrection--"not see corruption." Peter interprets Psalm 16, and restates what  David clearly understood would  happen to  himself (David)-that is his body in the natural cycle of death--his body would go the grave and his  and see corruption(rot), and his soul going to Hades("Abraham's bosum"-"Paradice" part  of Hades).  Peter's proof-text was " In other words, David's corupted bones are still is in  David's Tomb--David's tomb is still there--check it out. David, both died and was buried, and  his tomb(bones of his body) is with us  to this day. 2:31 he(David) foreseeing this spoke about  the resurrection of the Christ, that (Christ) neither was his soul left in Hades,  nor did his flesh see decay. Peter inadvertently mentions "soul".  The Greek word used  is the same Greek word used in Septuagint's Genesis 2:7  and as obviously contextually while  speaking of Jesus. That is Jesus' soul,  non-physical non-decaying part of  Jesus, which means Jesus was not to left  in Hades,  so obviously that's where He  was.  Jesus explains Hades in  Luke 16:23, Matt. 11:23, Luke 10:15 Jesus' flesh (the Greek word for flesh(sarx) can not mean spiritual body), but His fleshly body with  the wounds of crucifixtion would have suffered  decay save His resurrection and 40 days later  ascendency) This sarx-flesh meaning became an important point  much later in the Christian Church Council debate  over a supposedly Christian teaching that was really  a Plato-inspired belief that Jesus' body was never  physical (soma), but only a spiritual body   see John 1:14   JOSEPHUS WHO WAS A NON-CHRISTIAN  JEWISH GENERAL IN 67-70AD ROMAN-JEWISH  WAR.  HE WAS THE MAJOR JEWISH HISTORIAN, JEWISH TEACHER OF JEWISH RABIES  AN EXTRACT OUT OF JOSEPHUS'S DISCOURSE TO THE GREEKS  CONCERNING HADES. "1. Now as to Hades, where in the souls of the righteous and the  unrighteous are detained, it is necessary to speak of it. Hades is a  place in the world not regularly finished; a subterranean region,  where the light of the world does not shine; from which circumstances,  that in this place the light does not shine, it cannot be but there must  be perpetual darkness. This region is allowed as a place of custody  for souls, in which the Angels are appointed as guardians to them, who  distribute to them temporary punishments agreeable to everyone's  behavior and manners. 2. In this region, there is a certain place set apart, as a lake of  unquenchable fire, wherein we suppose no one has hitherto been  cast; but it is prepared for a day at fore-determined by God, in  which one righteous sentence show deservedly be passed upon all men;  when the unjust and those that have been a disobedient to God...  shall be adjudged to this everlasting punishment... I'll adjust shall  obtain an incorruptible and never ending kingdom. These are now indeed confined in Hades, but not in this same place  where in the unjust are confined. 4. But as to the unjust, they are dragged by the force to the left hand,  by the Angels allotted for punishment, no longer going with the  goodwill, but as prisoners driven by violence; to whom there are sent  the Angels appointed over them to reproach them and to threaten  them with their terrible looks, and to thrust them still downward.  Now as those Angels that are set over these souls, dragged them into  the neighborhood of hell itself... They have the nearer view of the  spectacle, is of a terrible and exceeding great prospect of fire, there  are struck with a fearful expectation of a future judgment, period..  For a gulf and deep and large is fixed between them; and so much that a just man that have compassion upon them, cannot be admitted, nor  can one that is unjust, if he were, pass over it. 5. This is the discourse concerning Hades, wherein the souls of all men  are confined until a proper season, which God hath determined, when  he will make a resurrection of all men from the dead, not procuring a  transmigration of souls from one body to another, but raising again  those very bodies, which you Greeks, saying to be dissolved, do not  believe (their resurrection:) but learn not to disbelieve it; for while  you believe that the soul is created, and yet is made immortal by God,  according to this doctrine of Plato, and this in time, be not incred- ulous, but believe that God is able, when he has raised to life that  body which was made as a compound of the same elements, to make it  in mortal; for it must be said of God that He is able to do some things,  and unable to others." P. 637, "JOSEPHUS Complete Works" THE CREDIBILITY OF JOSEPHUS' WRITINGS. Among the early writers, such as Tacitus and Pliny , (non-Christians),  was this Jewish first century historian,Flavius Josephus. They all  testified to the life and works of Jesus. Pliney taking part in  persecution of the Christians, was no Christian sympathizer, and  .  Josephus was a young Jewish priest.  He had been given command of  the Galilean military post during the Jewish-Roman of  67-70 A.D.  Josephus, who completely lacked military experience, wasted most of  his time in suppressing various opposing factions of Jews. He was soon  captured in 67 A.D.. Obviously, Josephus living only a few years from  the days of Jesus is ministry, would have a high credibility as to the life of Jesus. Just as obvious there would be critics saying the mentioning of Jesus, came from later  Christian insertions. Recently a Jewish professor at the Hebrew University in Jerusalem,  countered those critics statements with this observation: "it does not  mention any involvement of the Jewish leaders and Jesus in trial. A  good test of authenticity: any Christian apologist tempted to tamper with the text (Josephus's words) would almost surely have mentioned  the Jesus's role... His disciples... Reported that he had appeared to  them three days after his crucifixion and that he was alive; accordingly, he was perhaps the Messiah concerning whom the prophets have  recounted wonders." P. 55, time magazine, February 28, 1972.