Have you ever wondered what was happening in the three days between Jesus’ death by crucifixion and His Resurrection from the dead? This was an absolutely crucial time in God’s plan and dream for us. It is the most important personal legal transaction that has ever happened for me. The prophets and the scriptures tell us that Jesus descended into Hades and preached good news to the imprisoned souls who had died looking forward to His coming. He took back the keys to bondage, Hell and death from Satan and led a procession in the spirit realm, taking captivity itself captive, making a public spectacle of the very powers that operate in hiddenness and deceit, hating God and the human race He so loves. This was unprecedented and is life changing for us all.
For three days …
He descended into earth,
into my earth
where I lay, tangled, in no worth
with roots of hell.
He broke the spell.
Traversing into the deep dark,
amidst the lies that held my heart,
my cold, dead spirit to restart.
Now, nothing ‘tween us can ‘ere part.
Because He gazed down halls of time
into the soul wounds that were mine,
for his deep joy was set before
founding of time, ‘fore I was poor.
He was more.
Now, I’m a daughter full restored
as who I am deep to my core
because He went down into Hell,
destroyed the chains,
captivity fell
and is led forth, His truth to tell.
And when He then took back the keys,
He turned and looked, gave them to me.
And now, I walk and live in him
to unlock others, free indeed.
So for three days, business was done.
He sealed legalities and won,
raised us above our enemies,
called back our true identities.
Because He lives, so we live more
His bride to be, who He adores,
beyond all time to evermore.
Forevermore.