(4:8) Speaking of the ascension of Christ to the right hand of the Father, Paul recalls Psalms 68:18--"captivity" refers to all those Old Testament saints held in Abraham's Bosom awaiting the Messiah's coming. These, the family of the groom at the wedding of the Lamb to His Bride the Church, are the saved of Israel and not members of the Body of Christ. These are the ones that He led "captive" to Himself when He ascended to the Father.

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