Renovation Church

A wonderful text is this, and a more obscure passage perhaps than any other in the Testament, so that I do not know for a certainty just what Peter means…I cannot understand it and I cannot explain it. And there has been no one who has explained it.
– Martin Luther

Jesus’ suffering (17-18)
Jesus’ proclamation (19-21)
Jesus’ exaltation (22)

JESUS’ SUFFERING (17-18)

Jesus’ suffering meant our salvation.

JESUS’ PROCLAMATION (19-21)

Theory #1
Jesus went into hell between the time of his crucifixion and His resurrection to preach to the dead.

Theory #3
Jesus proclaimed His victory over sin and death to those who were dead

This passage, once cleared of misunderstanding, should also function today as an encouragement to us to be bold in our witness (as Noah was), to be confident that, though we may be few, God will certainly save us (as he did Noah), and to remind us that just as certainly as the flood eventually came, so final judgment will certainly come to our world as well, and Christ will ultimately triumph over all the evil in the universe.
– Wayne Grudem

JESUS’ EXALTATION (22)