Just an ordinary Saturday?

"by whom also He went and preached to the spirits in prison, 20 who formerly were disobedient, when once the divine long-suffering waited in the days of Noah, while the ark was being prepared in which a few, that is, eight souls were saved through the water,"    

                                                                                  1 Peter 3:19-20  NKJV

Jesus died on the Friday and rose again on the Sunday. What did He do on the Saturday? Our text above, gives us the answer; He preached to the spirits in hell. He was made alive by the Holy Spirit to go and preach there. Whether He preached to the demonic spirits, lost souls or fallen angels, is unclear. However, it was not by way of evangelism but probably a declaration of God's power and victory over sin and death. 

He had completed His mission and no doubt His declaration would have included the fact about this triumph and a reminder that, 'at the name of Jesus, every knee should bow of those in heaven and of those on earth and of those under the earth'  Philippians 2:10 NKJV. This would include the fact that judgement and final condemnation was imminent. He had the victory!

Warren W Wiersbe comments:

'The word translated 'preached' simply means 'to announce as a herald, to proclaim.' It is not the word that means to 'preach the Gospel.' that Peter used in 1:12 and 4:6. Our Lord yielded His spirit to the Father, died and at some time between death and resurrection, visited the realm of the dead where He delivered a message to spirit-beings (probably fallen angels see Jude 6) who were somehow related to the period before the flood. The declaration was probably one of victory over Satan and his forces.'  The Wiersbe Study Bible

Jesus had been victorious; He had defeated sin and death and through this, had opened the way to the Father for all who accepted Jesus as Lord and Saviour. Your sin and mine is now under the blood of Jesus. Because of this, all who believe in Him win also, and have a place in heaven. Our insurance premiums are fully paid and we have been declared 'Not Guilty'. All our past sin has been taken care of never to be mentioned by Jesus again. We are liberated Romans 8:1-2. 

Somebody needs to shout 'Amen' here!

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