1 Peter 3: 17-22 And He Descended Into Hell

For it is better, if God should will it so, that you suffer for doing what is right rather than for doing what is wrong. For Christ also died for sins once for all, the just for the unjust, so that He might bring us to God, having been put to death in the flesh, but made alive in the spirit; in which also He went and made proclamation to the spirits now in prison, who once were disobedient, when the patience of God kept waiting in the days of Noah, during the construction of the ark, in which a few, that is, eight persons, were brought safely through the water. Corresponding to that, baptism now saves you—not the removal of dirt from the flesh, but an appeal to God for a good conscience—through the resurrection of Jesus Christ, who is at the right hand of God, having gone into heaven, after angels and authorities and powers had been subjected to Him.

Here Peter is explaining that Jesus gave his believers an example in his own life by submitting his will to God's. Furthermore, Peter declares that just as Jesus came into the world for the sake of salvation which is suffering, experiencing death, and raising from the dead, so too, he will come again, according to his own word. Upon his second coming, he will reveal himself to everyone on earth and below earth - those who suffer in Hades because of lack of belief and trust in him. He does this so that he is declared Lord to all souls and will be our all in all.

Daily Prayer: Father, now we live in a time of grace where men can be saved by belief in the Son. Free up the strongholds that hold men back. Let them come to you while they still can and recognize their only sufficiency is in Christ Jesus. Do this for the sake of Jesus Christ in whose name I pray Amen.