The Harrowing of Hell in the Writings of Peter

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The following article is taken from The Harrowing of Hell, which is available in the TUC Store

THE HARROWING IN THE WRITINGS OF PETER

[UPDATE 7/29/26: OBJECTIONS! Because the certified card carrying “Nuh-uh!” people never show up to the party without them! The Harrowing of Hell is sometimes rejected based upon the very passage where it can be located in canon. You know which text I’m speaking of but let’s give it a read anyhow.

18 For the Messiah himself died for sins, once and for all, a righteous person on behalf of unrighteous people, so that he might bring you to God. He was put to death in the flesh but brought to life by the Spirit; 19 and in this form he went and made a proclamation to the imprisoned spirits20 to those who were disobedient long ago, in the days of Noach, when God waited patiently during the building of the ark, in which a few people — to be specific, eight — were delivered by means of water. 

1 Peter 3:18-20

Some Bible commentators insist YASHA’UA visited Sheol after his resurrection on the basis that Peter says he was already brought to life by the Spirit. Not a problem. In my Resurrection and Rome investigation, it was explained by way of The Gospel of Philip that a person must be born again first before he dies, not afterwards. That’s just commentary on John 3 anyways. And at any rate, most commentators agree Christ’s visitation to Sheol happened in-between his burial and resurrection, which is precisely when the Harrowing of Hell happened.

Peter doesn’t say he emptied hell though. If we’re being honest, which is always a good policy, Peter says he preached to the imprisoned spirits. Technically, every dead soul is imprisoned in Sheol. In this context, however, it is the disobedient spirits from the days of Noah which concerns Messiah. That’s a Genesis 6 and Enoch 6 reference right there. YASHA’UA was letting the Watchers know they’d screwed up royally, as well as the true Mysteries of heaven that they missed out upon. So I guess The Rock wasn’t talking about The Harrowing then. Bummer. Let’s see if it shows up elsewhere in the writings accredited to him.

35 But in the night in which Adonai’s day dawned, when the soldiers were safeguarding it two by two in every watch, there was a loud voice in heaven; 36 and they saw that the heavens were opened and that two males who had much radiance had come down from there and come near the sepulcher. 37 But that stone which had been thrust against the door, having rolled by itself, went a distance off the side; and the sepulcher opened, and both the young men entered. 38 And so those soldiers, having seen, awakened the centurion and the elders (for they too were present, safeguarding). 39 And while they were relating what they had seen, again they see three males who have come out from thy sepulcher, with the two supporting the other one, and a cross following them, 40 and the head of the two reaching unto heaven, but that of the one being led out by a hand by them going beyond the heavens. 41 And they were hearing a voice from the heavens saying, ‘Have you made proclamation to the fallen-asleep?42 And an obeisance was heard from the cross, ‘Yes.’

The Gospel of Peter 35-42

If it is a treatise on The Gospel of Peter that you’re after, then might I suggest Besora Kepha: The Gospel of Peter. It’s over 300 pages of line-for-line commentary written by moi. In this passage, a voice from heaven, likely the Bath Kol, aka Wisdom, the feminine Ruach HaQodesh, asks YASHA’UA if he made proclamation to the fallen-asleep. Those aren’t the Watchers. So now the entire emphasis has changed. He has appeared to the many dead souls throughout His-Story rather than simply a few.

But what is the proclamation? We are told of a proclamation to various spirits of the underworld in both 1 Peter and The Gospel of Peter. Depending upon the audience, the context may change. There is no indication in The Gospel of Peter that the proclamation is anything other than his resurrection from the dead though. Let’s keep looking.

27 For to that end went I down unto the place of Lazarus, and preached unto the righteous and the prophets, that they might come out of the rest which is below and come up into that which is above; and I poured out upon them with my right hand the water of life and forgiveness and salvation from all evil, as I have done unto you and unto them that believe on me. But if any man believe on me and do not my commandments, although he have confessed my name, he has no profit therefrom but runs a vain race: for such will find themselves in perdition and destruction, because they have despised my commandments.

Epistle of the Apostles

Ah-ha! New information! Added context! I love it. Everyone who keeps telling me that the parable of Lazarus is nothing more than a metaphor for one unexplained thing or another and not to be taken literally has now been informed. YASHA’UA descended to the very place where Lazarus was resting. Not a metaphor. So now we are finally given definition for his proclamation. He preached to the righteous and the prophets in order that they might come out of the rest which is below and come up into that which is above. Any questions?

If YASHA’UA made a proclamation to the disobedient spirits from long ago, it was probably to let them know why the Mysteries of heaven which they unleashed upon humanity were worthless after all.]

IN the summer of 2019, I was seated in the wine cellar of a walled Medieval town high above the Dordogne Valley of France, not far from Sarlat-la-Canéda, making phone calls, writing reports. I have given this story in other places and it appears as though you’re about to hear it again. Rob Skiba is a name you that you might be familiar with. Though he had made a name for himself as a Nephilim researcher, more recently Rob had taken a dive into the deep end of the pool via flat earth research. The recorded interviews I conducted between he and Rick Hummer, a fellow flat earth investigator and close friend of his, was published while still occupying that very wine cellar. Read all about it. Chicago Is Not a Mirage.

Word quickly spread. Within a few short weeks, dozens of flat earth researchers began accepting my invite for a private interview, if not a series of interviews. From a 17th-century tower built by King Louis XIV, and with a stunning view of the Alps, I sat down with Robbie Davidson, founder of the Flat Earth International Conferences, conducting multiple sessions. While staying in Dumfries, Scotland, David Weiss agreed to take part in the interviews, as did Bob Knodel of Globebusters. There were others. But when I asked the interviewees to discuss the moments that shaped their lives, among the many PSYOPs, false flag attacks, and hoaxes that were discussed, only these men committed commentary to the false 9/11 narrative.

The resulting recordings ballooned into The Unexpected Cosmology, a book which became a website and was even intended as an anthology. And of course, the following discourse was originally a chapter. It was Walt Disney who stated, “Disneyland will never be completed. It will continue to grow as long as there is imagination left in the world.” Those sentiments remain applicable here as well. American Sensationalism: The 9/11 Interviews was always intended to be expanded upon with the inclusion of new researchers. So I’m sorry to say the project became stagnant during the Covid-19 psychodrama. I took a break to tackle other projects. We lost Rob Skiba. Rob offered hours of private conversation regarding his life but we never got around to the big one. 9/11. It was in the cards. Sadly, Bob Knodel died soon afterwards. Voices are being squeezed from an entire generation. Gnosis passes with them.

In the aftermath, the FE community became fractured. People began going their separate ways. Robbie Davidson, among a noted few others who were interviewed for the project, got up and left the movement altogether. It is not my intent to erase his or the contributions of others if only brief. They came, they went, their testimonies remain.

The original vision may have hit roadblocks but it is not forgotten. I expanded this paper a few years later to include testimony from author Pauly Hart, a dear friend of mine. I had wanted to continue that trend every year thereafter but you know how it goes. For the 25th anniversary of the attack I have redirected my efforts to its first large scale expansion, including Andrew Hoy and Darrin Geisinger into the mix. Perhaps others will lend their experiences to the recorder in time.

The following is their report.

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