You are still missing the question. I understand that you are saying that "firstborn" is not the same as "born again".
I understand that here you say firstborn is to be first.
πρωτότοκος or prototokos is a present active participle which means first place, to be first. You can easily see it is the same word used in Col 1:15 πρωτότοκος although that one was in the perfect tense.
What I'm asking about is "from the dead", as in first from the dead. It doesn't matter that firstborn doesn't mean born again. It seems to be saying that Jesus is the first from the dead which would be essentially the same thing.
I'm not saying Jesus went to Hell. I don't have scripture to support that right now. There is however scriptures that can't be overlooked when looking into this subject.
1. Jesus cried out on the cross " My God, My God, why have you forsaken me?
2. Moses lifted up the brass serpent in the wilderness which was a figure of Jesus on the cross. Jesus even said so when he said he must be lifted up just like Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness. Serpent representing sin.
3. Then there's II Cor. 5:21, that says that Jesus is made sin for us so that we might be made righteousness in him.
Born again - a live human being, to whom God imparts his grace, who believes in Jesus Christ, who died on the cross for our sins. We are not God, and it takes a work of God through the Holy Spirit to change our sinful nature. So a living human being is given a new nature by God, and enables that person to follow Jesus.
"Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation. The old has passed away; behold, the new has come." 2 Cor. 5:17
First born from the dead - Jesus was already God. He died for our sins on the cross. (I know, I already said that!) Then he is raised from the dead. He was the first person who is raised, and we anticipate a time, when Jesus returns, and the dead will be raised to incorruptible bodies, and live with Jesus forever.
"in a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trumpet. For the trumpet will sound, and the dead will be raised imperishable, and we shall be changed. [SUP]53 [/SUP]For this perishable body must put on the imperishable, and this mortal body must put on immortality." 1 Cor. 15:52-53
So you see,
"born again" -
εννηθῆναι ἄνωθεν from gennao in Greek, meaning a human being, still alive is made right in the sight of God by God's grace and believing in Jesus' death on the cross and the resurrection. A spiritual transformation. Born again, means a living person becomes a spiritually alive person.
"first born from the dead"
- πρωτότοκος ἐκ τῶν νεκρῶν with Prototokos meaning first born. And that Jesus died for our sins. Not born again. Not the right words in Greek, not the same meaning as born again in any way, shape or form. Jesus did not need any kind of spiritual transformation or justification, or sanctification, as he was already God and already perfect. A dead person becomes alive in a new, resurrected body, and Jesus was the first. And although he was God, he willingly died on the cross for our sins, which he bore on the cross.
Sorry I cannot make it simpler than this. NOT the same words, not the same meaning. That's all I've got.
As for Jesus going to hell, just no! Not in the Bible. The work of Christ was accomplished on the cross. Jesus said "It is finished." He did not need to go to hell to finish the work, as it was done when he died on the cross.
"After this, Jesus, knowing that all was now finished, said (to fulfill the Scripture), “I thirst.” [SUP]29 [/SUP]A jar full of sour wine stood there, so they put a sponge full of the sour wine on a hyssop branch and held it to his mouth. [SUP]30 [/SUP]When Jesus had received the sour wine, he said, “It is finished,” and he bowed his head and gave up his spirit." John 19:28-30
As far as 2 Cor. 5:21, clearly means that Jesus took sin upon him, and it was nailed to the cross. 1 Peter 2:24 confirms this.
"He himself bore our sins in his body on the tree, that we might die to sin and live to righteousness. By his wounds you have been healed." 1 Peter 2:24
A quote from Isaiah 53:5, in which Isaiah prophecies the coming Messiah will spiritually heal us. (Not about physical healing!)
"But he was pierced for our transgressions; he was crushed for our iniquities;
upon him was the chastisement that brought us peace,
and with his wounds we are healed.
[SUP]6 [/SUP]All we like sheep have gone astray;
we have turned—every one—to his own way;
and the Lord has laid on him
the iniquity of us all.
[SUP]7 [/SUP]He was oppressed, and he was afflicted,
yet he opened not his mouth;
like a lamb that is led to the slaughter,
and like a sheep that before its shearers is silent,
so he opened not his mouth.
[SUP]8 [/SUP]By oppression and judgment he was taken away;
and as for his generation, who considered
that he was cut off out of the land of the living,
stricken for the transgression of my people?
[SUP]9 [/SUP]And they made his grave with the wicked
and with a rich man in his death,
although he had done no violence,
and there was no deceit in his mouth.
[SUP]10 [/SUP]Yet it was the will of the Lord to crush him;
he has put him to grief;
when his soul makes an offering for guilt,
he shall see his offspring; he shall prolong his days;" Isa. 53:5-10