Jesus Bridged The Chasm To Hades

And besides all this, between us and you a great chasm has been fixed, in order that those who want to pass from this [place] to you may not be able, and no one may pass from there to us. Luke 16:26

For the last several years our Father has really used me to share the Parable of Lazarus and the Rich Ruler. The two main things, until yesterday, that our Father had really given me great peace with this parable were that Hades is not just a place of torment, but a place of correction. Hades isn’t a place that our Father uses to get even with people for not living right. We can see this Truth because Jesus tells us that the Ruler begins to care and take thought about others, something that he had not done on this earth. This gives me great hope because Jesus went to Hades to preach to its captives and He set them free, 1 Peter 3:20. If Hades is a place of correction and a place that our Father uses to make people have concern for others, then it is not a given that those who are sent there must then be thrown into the Lake of Fire on Judgment Day. Secondly Jesus never said in the parable that Lazarus was a faithful man, or a believing man, Jesus only told us that because Lazarus had suffered so greatly on this earth, that he was allowed to go directly to paradise, Luke 16:25. This gives me great Hope as well for those who have such a terrible lot in this lifetime, even if they do not confess Jesus as Lord, we have a hope of an eternity of prosperity, health, and peace for these people. Think of all the untold millions who are killed and suffer and have never heard of Jesus. Jesus tells us that they will be taken care of through this parable. 

The thing that religious people have always attacked me on this parable was: Jesus said that the chasm to Hades was too great to bridge. So yesterday, after a religious guy attacked me again, here is what our Father told me. In this parable the Ruler did not call out to Jesus, he called out to Abraham, Luke 16:24. Abraham cannot bridge the chasm, no man can, only Jesus holds the keys to Hades, Revelation 1:18, so only Jesus can bridge the chasm. Not only can Jesus bridge the chasm, He has bridged it. 

In which He went and preached to the spirits in prison, [The souls of those] who long before in the days of Noah had been disobedient, when God’s patience waited during the building of the ark in which a few [people], actually eight in number, were saved through water. 1 Peter 3:19-20

Jesus went to Hades and set the captives free and He also came back from there. The chasm is not too great for Jesus. It is too great for Abraham, but not for our Lord and Savior! We are also told in Revelation 20:13 that Hades will again give up those who are in it on Judgment Day. This is a wonderful Truth, because we are told that on that Day every one will confess Jesus as Lord.

For it is written, As I live, says the Lord, every knee shall bow to Me, and every tongue shall confess to God [acknowledge Him to His honor and to His praise]. Revelation 14:11

This is the time that everyone will call on Jesus. Some of us will have been calling on Him in this world, some may have to be corrected through Hades, but they too will also call on Him. Our Father would that all men be saved and come to the knowledge of the Truth, 1 Timothy 2:4, and because of the power of Jesus they will! 

But if any person’s work is burned up [under the test], he will suffer the loss [of it all, losing his reward], though he himself will be saved, but only as [one who has passed] through fire. 1 Corinthians 3:15

Everyone may not be the Bride of Christ in eternity. They may suffer the loss of that reward, but they will be saved from Hell. They will be saved from Hell because they went through the fire of Hades! Our Father has caused me to believe this with all my heart and spirit and He has given me peace with this Truth that passes all understanding and all attacks of men! My prayer is that He does the same for you! 

Also notice how those in paradise have to be restrained from going to those in Hades. Could you imagine being in paradise and your loved ones being in Hades and you knew that they were being punished only to be thrown into the Lake of Fire on Judgment Day? That wouldn't be very much of a paradise would it? But if your knew that it was to bring them to a better place of being, then you could enjoy paradise.