Biblical Concept of Hell. William Hyland
rel="nofollow" href="http://www.biblestudytools.com/interlinear-bible/strongs/?t=nas&ll=g&sn=5225">being in torment, and saw Abraham far away and Lazarus in his bosom. And he cried out and said, ‘Father Abraham, have mercy on me, and send Lazarus so that he may dip the tip of his finger in water and cool off my tongue, for I am in agony in this flame’” (Luke 16:23–24).
“And angels who did not keep their own domain, but abandoned their proper abode, He has kept in eternal bonds under darkness for the judgment of the great day, just as Sodom and Gomorrah and the cities around them, since they in the same way as these indulged in gross immorality and went after strange flesh, are exhibited as an example in undergoing the punishment of eternal fire” (Jude 6-7).
While hades is described as a dark, tormenting and temporal “place” for the wicked, I think these two citations were not that supportive inasmuch as Luke 16 is a parable and Jude concerns angels, not humans.
According to the Nicene Creed, after dying, Jesus “was buried,” which is similar to saying fell asleep in sheol/hades.’ But both The Scots Confession, chapter 10 and the Apostles’ Creed assert that Jesus after His crucifixion, death, and burial “descended into hell.” As biblical support, 1 Peter 3:18–20 is provided:
“…Christ…having been put to death in the flesh, ζῳοποιηθεὶς δὲ πνεύματι (but made alive by [dative case expressing instrumentality] the Spirit); in which also He went and made proclamation πνεύμασιν (to the spirits) in prison, who once were disobedient…”
To Jesus, through Peter, hell apparently was a prison for spirits who had been disobedient in the days of Noah, who I assume are the bonded angels of Jude 6. Regardless of whether Jesus had preached to angels or spirits in sheol/hades, it is certain He had not proclaimed to dead humans.
So in order to learn what is the nonbeliever’s post-life status