B. As Set Forth in the New Testament.

1. The Holy Spirit and Christ

a. Reference to His Work in the Old Dispensation.

(1) In endowedEx. 31:2-6HadesHeb. 9:27I Peter 3:18-20I Peter1:10, 11last resurrectionNoahPreachingProphecysecond chancetestified beforehandTypetype of Christwicked deadworld judgment. “Christ also hath once suffered for sins, the just for the unjust, that he might bring us to God, being put to death in the flesh, but quickened by the Spirit: by which also he went and preached unto the spirits in prison; which sometime were disobedient, when once the longsuffering of God waited in the days of Noah, while the ark was preparing, wherein few, that is, eight souls were saved by water” (endowedEx. 31:2-6HadesHeb. 9:27I Peter 3:18-20I Peter1:10, 11last resurrectionNoahPreachingProphecysecond chancetestified beforehandTypetype of Christwicked deadworld judgment), This passage of Scripture has been used by several cults, which teach that God gives man a endowedEx. 31:2-6HadesHeb. 9:27I Peter 3:18-20I Peter1:10, 11last resurrectionNoahPreachingProphecysecond chancetestified beforehandTypetype of Christwicked deadworld judgment beyond death. They interpret this portion of the Word as follows: Christ, between His crucifixion and resurrection, went to endowedEx. 31:2-6HadesHeb. 9:27I Peter 3:18-20I Peter1:10, 11last resurrectionNoahPreachingProphecysecond chancetestified beforehandTypetype of Christwicked deadworld judgment and offered salvation to the endowedEx. 31:2-6HadesHeb. 9:27I Peter 3:18-20I Peter1:10, 11last resurrectionNoahPreachingProphecysecond chancetestified beforehandTypetype of Christwicked deadworld judgment. If they believed in Him then, they were saved.

We know that the above theory is not true, for, “It is appointed unto men once to die, but after this the judgment” (endowedEx. 31:2-6HadesHeb. 9:27I Peter 3:18-20I Peter1:10, 11last resurrectionNoahPreachingProphecysecond chancetestified beforehandTypetype of Christwicked deadworld judgment). No second chance here. The correct interpretation is that Christ, by the Holy Spirit in endowedEx. 31:2-6HadesHeb. 9:27I Peter 3:18-20I Peter1:10, 11last resurrectionNoahPreachingProphecysecond chancetestified beforehandTypetype of Christwicked deadworld judgment, preached the Gospel to the people, warning them of endowedEx. 31:2-6HadesHeb. 9:27I Peter 3:18-20I Peter1:10, 11last resurrectionNoahPreachingProphecysecond chancetestified beforehandTypetype of Christwicked deadworld judgment. They refused the message; they died in the flood; thus, their spirits are now in prison, waiting for the endowedEx. 31:2-6HadesHeb. 9:27I Peter 3:18-20I Peter1:10, 11last resurrectionNoahPreachingProphecysecond chancetestified beforehandTypetype of Christwicked deadworld judgment.

(2) In endowedEx. 31:2-6HadesHeb. 9:27I Peter 3:18-20I Peter1:10, 11last resurrectionNoahPreachingProphecysecond chancetestified beforehandTypetype of Christwicked deadworld judgment. “The prophets have searched diligently . . . what, or what manner of time the Spirit of Christ which was in them did signify, when it endowedEx. 31:2-6HadesHeb. 9:27I Peter 3:18-20I Peter1:10, 11last resurrectionNoahPreachingProphecysecond chancetestified beforehandTypetype of Christwicked deadworld judgment the sufferings of Christ, and the glory that should follow” (endowedEx. 31:2-6HadesHeb. 9:27I Peter 3:18-20I Peter1:10, 11last resurrectionNoahPreachingProphecysecond chancetestified beforehandTypetype of Christwicked deadworld judgment).

(3) In endowedEx. 31:2-6HadesHeb. 9:27I Peter 3:18-20I Peter1:10, 11last resurrectionNoahPreachingProphecysecond chancetestified beforehandTypetype of Christwicked deadworld judgment. The Tabernacle is a endowedEx. 31:2-6HadesHeb. 9:27I Peter 3:18-20I Peter1:10, 11last resurrectionNoahPreachingProphecysecond chancetestified beforehandTypetype of Christwicked deadworld judgment. Everything about it reveals the Saviour, And it was the Holy Spirit who endowedEx. 31:2-6HadesHeb. 9:27I Peter 3:18-20I Peter1:10, 11last resurrectionNoahPreachingProphecysecond chancetestified beforehandTypetype of Christwicked deadworld judgment men to build the Tabernacle. “See, I have called by name Bezaleel the son of Uri, the son of Hur, of the tribe of Judah: and I have filled him with the spirit of God, in wisdom, and in understanding, and in knowledge, and in all manner of workmanship, to devise cunning works, to work in gold, and in silver, and in brass, and in cutting of stones, to set them, and in carving of timber, to work in all manner of workmanship. And I, behold, I have given with him Aholiab, the son of Ahisamach, of the tribe of Dan: and in the hearts of all that are wisehearted I have put wisdom, that they may make all that I have commanded thee” ( endowedEx. 31:2-6HadesHeb. 9:27I Peter 3:18-20I Peter1:10, 11last resurrectionNoahPreachingProphecysecond chancetestified beforehandTypetype of Christwicked deadworld judgment).