Sin And Death Conquered

A visitor had never entered hell,
Because all that came were condemned to stay,
But Jesus did not intend there to dwell;
For the world's sins He had wages to pay!
An eternity of fiery torment,
Bowed, He bore it in a single twinkling;
With stoic silence, pain He underwent,
And of complaint He uttered no inkling!
When all Sheol* finished its tortuous way,
He raised His head and looked upon that pair,
Sin, and Death, twin causes of His dismay;
Abashed, they knew, hell couldn't hold Him there!
Jesus! The first man to conquer the grave,
And, for all of us, the way He did pave!

*hell

Jesus sacrificed His life, that all the world's sins would be paid for in full---one offering for all time, instead of repeated ones required by Mosaic law.

"But when this priest [Jesus] had offered for all time one sacrifice for sins, he sat down at the right hand of God." (Hebrews 10:12) (brackets added)

Three days after His burial, He came back to life, demonstrating to us that He has power over our deaths, too.

"For if by the trespass [sin] of one man [Adam], death reigned through that one man, how much more will those who receive God's abundant provision of grace [mercy] and of the gift of righteousness [salvation] reign in life through the one man, Jesus Christ." (Romans 5:17) (brackets added]

May I attempt to paraphrase this verse? "Since death and hell entered the world through Adam's sin, salvation and eternal life (so much more!) have entered because of another man, Jesus." All anyone has to do is to accept this gift by believing in Jesus Christ, repenting, and loving others.