The Rescue

Psalm 30:3 (BES) (29:4) O Lord, thou hast brought up my soul from Hades, thou hast delivered me from among them that go down to the pit.

(Proverbs 7 also read)

Some people who deny that the OT teaches an afterlife would interpret this as being rescued in this life.  The problem with that is that the writer is being delivered from Hell itself.  This faithful believer is being pulled out of the que that is forming at the gates of perdition.

If I were a Roman Catholic I might use this as an indication of purgatory.  I can’t explain how we can be brought out of Hades if we are not there.  Any way you want to look at it there is a promise of deliverance.

So?  God will rescue us.  He is faithful.  He will deliver.