Ikester:

And what helps out the number three who are the goats? Being saved by fire.

you see this also answers a question that has not been answerable until now.

Why did Christ preach in Hell when He went there? What did He preach? He preached the gospel. Now can Christ deceive or lie to someone? No. So if He was preaching a sermon of hope to the hopeless, He was lying. But, if He was preaching a sermon of hope so they knew there was hope. He was not lying. So now we know why Christ preached in hell. Because whosoever in hell name appears in the book of life shall go to heaven.

Jeanie: What are your concepts of hell? I would personally term "hell" as spirit prison...People there now are still being preached to. Missionary work continues beyond the grave.