Hades

"You will not abandon my soul to Sheol, or let your holy one see decay," Psalm 16:10.

David, the prophet-king, wrote this a thousand years before Jesus was born. (OK, if you speak Hebrew, Sheol is the place where the dead go; if you speak Greek you say, Hades, meaning the same thing.) But, in fact, David died and was buried and his grave held his dusty rot for centuries even to Jesus' own day. But about 7 weeks after God raised Jesus from Hades, God poured out his Holy Spirit on the witnesses to his resurrection. Peter, one of them, announced that David had prophesied about Jesus. That Jesus was alive! And that God made Jesus Lord and Christ. And everyone who calls on his name will be saved from abandonment in Sheol, shall not rot in Hades; rather, shall have resurrection to paths of life.

We meet with a brother or sister today to remind each other of God's promised life in Christ. And together we give thanks to him through eternity. Hallelujah!