Ephesians 4:8-9

Therefore it is said, When He ascended on high, He led captivity captive [He led a train of vanquished foes] and He bestowed gifts on men. [But He ascended?] Now what can this, He ascended, mean but that He had previously descended from [the heights of] heaven into [the depths], the lower parts of the earth? Ephesians 4:8-9

When Jesus ascended? Where did He ascend from? Hades.

For Christ [the Messiah Himself] died for sins once for all, the Righteous for the unrighteous (the Just for the unjust, the Innocent for the guilty), that He might bring us to God. In His human body He was put to death, but He was made alive in the spirit, 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 18-20

Jesus went and preached to the souls who were in Hades then He ascended and as He did, He led a train of souls who He had won. They were guilty and still Jesus brought them to God. Our Father’s will of everyone being saved and coming to the knowledge of the Truth was being fulfilled. These souls included the worst of the worse too. Many of these souls had lived during Noah’s day, when our Father had to destroy most of the people of the world. These souls were unjust, but Jesus was victorious and He conquered their captivity. Jesus bestowed gifts to these men, even though these people were guilty. 

Now here is my question: if Jesus went to Hades and freed the souls who there after He was  crucified, will He free the souls that are there now? We know that there are still souls there because Revelation 20:13 tells us that on Judgment Day Hades will give up her dead. So did these people who Jesus led out of Hades enjoy some benefit over the souls who are there now?

And Peter opened his mouth and said: Most certainly and thoroughly I now perceive and understand that God shows no partiality and is no respecter of persons, Acts 10:34

If our Father had Jesus rescue those souls, He has to rescue the souls who are there now. If He doesn't, then wouldn’t He be respecting them over the ones who are there now?

When we die, we become free from sin, Romans 6:7 tells us that we all do. So the souls of those who are sent to Hades become free from sin. Our Father clearly tells us in Romans 6 that when a man dies he is freed from sin. This allows those who are in Hades to finally see the Truth. Just as Jesus showed us with the Rich Ruler who began to see the Truth in the Parable of Lazarus and the Rich Ruler. The Ruler actually began to have compassion after he was sent to Hades, he did because the power of sin was removed from him and he could finally see the Truth.  

So think about the last day. Our Father will raise up all who are in Hades and when He does, what are we told that they will do? We are told in the Bible that they will all confess that Jesus is Lord. Every last one of their knees will bow and every one of their tongues will confess that Jesus is Lord. They will do all that is needed to be saved. And once again Jesus will led a train of vanquished foes and once again He will bestow gifts to completely undeserving men. He will do this so that our Father’s will can be satisfied of everyone being saved and everyone coming to the knowledge of the Truth.

Well then, as one man’s trespass [one man’s false step and falling away led] to condemnation for all men, so one Man’s act of righteousness [leads] to acquittal and right standing with God and life for all men. Romans 5:18

For God has consigned (penned up) all men to disobedience, only that He may have mercy on them all [alike]. Romans 11:32

Jesus is far more successful than most of us give Him credit for.