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The Scriptures Are Real

S3 E 34 Holy Saturday with Andrew Skinner and Kerry Muhlestein

The Scriptures Are Real

Kerry Muhlestein

Education, Religion & Spirituality, Courses

4.8539 Ratings

🗓️ 30 March 2024

⏱️ 19 minutes

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In this episode Andrew Skinner and Kerry Muhlestein discuss the events of Holy Saturday. They cover the burial of the Savior, and also the things we know He did while His body was in the tomb but His spirit was in the Spirit World.

We are grateful for our sponsor, Lisa Spice, and for our producer, BJ Muhlestein, and for Rich Nicholls, who composed and plays the music for this podcast.

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0:00.0

Hello and welcome to the joint broadcast of the two podcasts cultural hall.

0:12.3

Richie Stedman is usually your guest there, and also the podcast, The Scriptures are Real.

0:16.6

I'm the host of that, Carrie Mealstein, and I'm joined with Dr. Andrew Skinner as we continue to talk about the Holy Week.

0:24.4

And this would be Holy Saturday that we're commemorating today, the day between the crucifixion and the resurrection.

0:31.8

And so welcome, Dr. Skinner, and why don't you start us out?

0:35.3

Well, thank you so much again.

0:36.9

Such a pleasure and privilege to be with you.

0:40.4

Thank you.

0:41.4

Day 7 of Holy Week is called, as you mentioned, Holy Saturday.

0:45.5

It's also known in Christian tradition as the Great Sabbath.

0:50.2

Some even refer to it as Black Saturday or Easter Eve.

0:55.8

And this day commemorates Jesus' body laying in the tomb.

1:00.5

And for some Christians, the celebration of Jesus' the harrowing of hell,

1:06.6

H-A-R-R-O-W-I-N-G, the harrowing or harrowing of hell, by which is meant that Jesus

1:13.8

descended into Hades, to hell, or more properly the place of the spirits, departed spirits.

1:23.5

And these Christians, this sector of Christianity, believe that Jesus Christ brought salvation to the souls of those held captive in Hades since the beginning of the world.

1:37.9

He's with them, and he teaches them salvation, pointing to himself and his great and last sacrifice.

1:47.4

In fact, if you go to Orthodox Christian churches, this will be one of the more common

1:51.6

pieces of art you'll see, Christ in the afterworld opening coffins, breaking chains,

1:58.0

this kind of a thing as he brings freedom to those who are in hell.

2:02.2

Exactly. Thank you. Graphic visual aids are always helpful to me.

2:09.0

This theological concept of the harrowing of hell is mentioned in the Apostles' Creed and also in the Athanasian Creed,

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