They are not in hell. They have been rescued by Christ and welcome Adam and Eve, who are being rescued. The hell is represented by the hole in the ground.
There is is a dispute I had with Kolokotronis once. Have the OT righteous been assumed into Heaven in the similar manner as Elijah, upon their death, or have they been rescued by Christ in the single historical timeline on the Holy Saturday?
"There is is a dispute I had with Kolokotronis once. Have the OT righteous been assumed into Heaven in the similar manner as Elijah, upon their death, or have they been rescued by Christ in the single historical timeline on the Holy Saturday?"
We did? Shows how good my memory is! :) In haste I'll vote for Holy Saturday.
They are not in hell. They have been rescued by Christ and welcome Adam and Eve, who are being rescued. The hell is represented by the hole in the ground.
Thank you for the image, and I don't think that can be the one I'm thinking of because it looks new to me. :) I have two images in my head that I think Kolo showed me. One is of a great ladder, and I thought it showed Adam and Eve being rescued from hell (but it could have been hades).
The other one, which is the one I was really thinking of, was the one that has Jesus smashing open a box containing (death?) Jesus is helping by hand both Adam and Eve out of tombs, and behind them all are six "heavyweights" in scripture, including Apostles, and OT righteous. I think this is when we were talking about "trampling down death by death". My point (really to Kosta) is that in this whole "continuity" discussion that's been going on concerning OT and NT, what does it say if there are OT righteous and NT Apostles standing side by side in an icon like this?
And, if it turns out that I am mixing and matching elements of different icons I have seen, then please feel free to take all proper amusement at my expense. :)