Our Burnt Offering

Aye, Christ had gone to hell.
The Father, Who is Christ,
Was with the Thief on the cross
In Heaven. Yet the second
Person of the Trinity had descended 
Into hell, as is prophesied.

Christ, like the sacrificial lamb’s
Body, was broken.
And like the Lamb,
He passed through
The fires so the priests and sinners could eat.

What was finished
Was the Levitical priesthood
And the veil to the temple was torn.
For, could there be forgiveness
If Christ did not rise?
Why rise, if death is the supreme accomplishment?

Would Christ have died,
Had he ascended into heaven?
Nay, but He would be among the living in heaven.
Had He need to ascend in Bodily Form
To the Father, if His Soul were taken to paradise?
Why rise at all, if Christ did not first descend?
For, the prophets say Christ descended into death
Not that He raised into life,
And the Father, Who is Christ Jesus,
Presided in heaven, while the Son
Wast in hell, suffering torment
And collecting the souls of She’ol
Whom would make covenants with Him.