1 Peter 3: 18-22

18For Christ died for sins once for all, the righteous for the unrighteous, to bring you to God. He was put to death in the body but made alive by the Spirit, 19through whom[d] also he went and preached to the spirits in prison 20who disobeyed long ago when God waited patiently in the days of Noah while the ark was being built. In it only a few people, eight in all, were saved through water, 21and this water symbolizes baptism that now saves you also—not the removal of dirt from the body but the pledge[e] of a good conscience toward God. It saves you by the resurrection of Jesus Christ, 22who has gone into heaven and is at God's right hand—with angels, authorities and powers in submission to him. (NIV)

18For 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:

19By which also he went and preached unto the spirits in prison;

20Which sometime were disobedient, when once the longsuffering of God waited in the days of Noah, while the ark was a preparing, wherein few, that is, eight souls were saved by water.

21The like figure whereunto even baptism doth also now save us (not the putting away of the filth of the flesh, but the answer of a good conscience toward God,) by the resurrection of Jesus Christ:

22Who is gone into heaven, and is on the right hand of God; angels and authorities and powers being made subject unto him. (KJV)

Okay, now it looks like we are starting to talk about Hell -- time for Baptists and Pentacostals to cheer, finally! he is talking about Hell!

But wait, we have here a very interesting discussion. Peter says that Christ, the Perfect One, suffered for sins -- the just (Him) for the unjust (the rest of us poor slobs), and that he died in the flesh but was raised in the spirit. Cool.

But what's next? We have the raised Christ going to some kinda prison, presumably HELL, and what does Jesus do? He doesn't burn them, he doesn't whip them, he doesn't torment them for all eternity...he PREACHES to them.

Now, look, I've listened to lousy preachers and, truth be told, some sermons can FEEL like eternal torment and damnation. But no, this is JESUS preaching. We know that dude could preach, after all, we have His sermon on the Mount, the Beatitudes -- that dude brought the house down, as preachers go. If Jesus is preaching, well, Hell ain't so hellish anymore.

Not only that, but we have an interesting metaphor -- We, the believers are being compared with Noah and his family -- here's that special salvation again, complete with baptism in water for us again -- and the people in Hell that is Jesus' new underground church are the poor slobs who thought Noah was crazy and ended up dying in the Flood.

Sounds like all those people who think I'm crazy thinking Jesus died for all sin.