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(Rom. 6, 3–11; Matt. 28, 1–20) The Lord sleeps in the tomb with his body, but with his soul He descended into hell and preached salvation to the spiritual ones there. All the Old Testament saints were not in paradise, although they remained in the comforting faith that they would be led there as soon as the Promised One, in whom they lived by faith, came to earth. His coming was foreshadowed there too by the Forerunner. When the Lord descended, all who believed clung to Him, and by Him they were elevated to paradise. But this paradise is only the threshold of a real paradise, which will open after the general resurrection and judgment. In it, all the New Testament saints, although blessed, expect even greater, most perfect bliss in the next century, with a new heaven and a new earth, when God will be all in all. You might be interested in: