There is a narrative, amongst believers, that Jesus descended into Hell and did his Messiah thing to those already there. Now, there are countless alternative narratives around this. Some narratives reject any historicity of any sort concerning Jesus. You then get a sliding scale from complete disbelief to fundamental beliefs that weave their narrative to explain away how the second person of the Trinity could be in their concept of eternal damnation. Hence, the twisting narrative that says the Christ went to preach.
I would rather not argue for or against any legitimacy or angle on that narrative line. I want to meander along the narrative with many ifs and what-ifs. If Jesus did exist, if Jesus was divine, if Jesus did get crucified and go to the place of the dead, and if that place was hell, with eternal punishment and gnashing of teeth amid the sulphur and fire. And if Jesus was God the Son. And if Hell is the place where God is not. Then this Easter Saturday is an enigma, even a paradox. I like enigmatic narratives, I like paradoxes.
God in Hell blurs the edges. It shakes the narratives. When you shake a tree, you never quite know what might fall out. If you shake a narrative, if you weave and write a narrative, it could end up anywhere. It could end up in a place you never dreamed of. It could end up with divinity in the least expected of places. Not only that, but it’s getting hot in here.
Epilogue
Syntax requires that an if statement is followed by something else, often a then statement. I am happy and content exploring the ifs without concluding the narrative. A narrative doesn’t need a conclusion. A story doesn’t require an ending. Epilogues feel less final; hinting at a sequel or suggesting we dive back into the narrative we have just read, back to the start.
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