Subject: Christians before Jesus came |
Bible Note: chesed I'm not sure where all of this is going. Jesus said no one comes to the Father but by me. I think that pretty much says it all. Either you believed in need for Messiah to secure your righteousness before Jesus and believe in Jesus after Him or you don't have salvation. In any case those that died before Christ that had died looking for the Messiah to purchase their salvation went to Hades to the side called Abraham's Bosom ‘Luke 16:19-31’ There they remained until Jesus died and went there for them ‘Ephesians 4:8’ and lead the captivity captive taking them to heaven., they heard Jesus preach ‘1 Peter 3:19’ the Good News as He was the fulfillment of what they sought and as I said above Jesus then lead them to heaven. However their entrance into heaven was through nothing except the belief in Jesus. The unrighteous that died looking to make themselves acceptable to God remain in Hades on the Hot dry side where they will remain until the resurrection of the Dead, they will then be judged and cast into the Lake of Fire Rev 20:11-15. Now if you have a different idea perhaps you will provide scripture to support it. Without scripture is in nothing by opinion and everyone has one but all are not right. EdB |