The King in His Death (2)

Greetings Brethren,

We are presently at the end of John 19 in our study of this Fourth Gospel. When we begin to read the next recorded event, which is in John 20:1ff, the narrative advances to the morning of the resurrection, early on "the first day of the week." Although it is certain that the body of the Lord Jesus lied in His tomb from His death on His cross until His bodily resurrection from the dead, John records nothing for us, nor do the other three Gospel writers, of the state or of the place of the soul of Jesus during the time of His death from His crucifixion until His resurrection. We might ask ourselves, "What was transpiring with the reasonable soul of Jesus as His body lay in the grave?" But we might ask further, "What is the state of all souls who have died through history and whose bodies became lifeless upon the separation and departure of their souls from their bodies?" The state of the dead is not an easy subject to understand, yet alone address, but we thought that it would be suitable and helpful if we did so today.