What happens to people who died before Jesus came? What happens to those who never heard his message?

Question

You say Jesus is God, so what will happen to the people before him????

and to the people who never heard of him on the other side of the planet???

Answer 1

Gratulations!

You are considered smart!
Please go on further asking such questions.

And please do not miss then to read the Bhagavad Gita published by Swami Prabhupada, all your questions in life will be answered.
Don`t follow the blind so called guardians.
Follow your heart, and your intelligence, don`t follow them blindly.

Those who are satisfied with cheap forms of religion will get it, leave them behind and run from inside towards the truth.

Answer 2

Believe it or not....

In the beginning... was the word, and the word was with God, somewhere it states that.
Jesus was with God I believe from the beginning, because Jesus is the word of God...... I am sure in some way I know this to be true..... and Jesus states in the new test, that He's in God and God in Him...... that's because Jesus was from the beginning, and the word was from God... it states in the beginning of the bible...... the beginning of the bible gave clues of the future that the word of God is coming as Jesus the word of God.
Therefor Jesus was in the beginning, if that's true as the word, but I still have to give you an answer on part two, either they are giving another chance, being recartnated.

I hope you can grasp what I am saying here, I also heard this once before. sorry I didn't have the Scripture numbers ready.

Answer 3

Different testaments were revealed to mankind at different periods of time. Enoch was taken up from the earth into heaven so he did not die and in the NT we read that that was the "testament" at that time. Adam and Eve recieved some information of the truth, Noah lived through some metaphore of the truth. Then also in the book of Genesis the life of Joseph is very metaphorical of Jesus, it takes up the largest part of the book of Genesis. Then Israel had the "testament" of their time which was a parallel of all the prophesies the messiah would have to fulfill, and so on. In the book of Isaiah it is made clear that there would be a time that all nations would participate in salvation, and in the NT it is clear that all nations are represented in the New Kingdom, (a select few from all nations and peoples of the world).

Answer 4

Jesus went to hades, and preached to the captives, so that they could hear and be set free. they were waiting in Abraham's bosom. Some believe that Jesus word has been taught all over the world already, and some believe that is what the great commission is talking about. Us taking the Gospel everywhere, until the end of time.

a tough question in such a small forum. there are many study bibles that will aid you in understanding the different beliefs of the millennium.

Answer 5

The same thing that happens to people now. In the Old Testament the people where saved the same as they are today. They look forward to the Cross believing in faith that Jesus was coming, we look back at the Cross believing in faith that Jesus came. No one will die until they hear the gospel, and have a chance to believe in or reject the Savior

Answer 6

I cannot honestly tell you what will happen to people who never, ever hear about Jesus. I do know that God says this: "all of creation speaks of the existence of God, that no man has excuse". God is just, He will not hold people accountable for information that never reached them.

People before the death of Jesus on the cross were saved by their faith in the one true God. As the bible says about Abraham, he "believed on God, and it was accounted to him as righteousness".

Answer 7

According to Christians they're screwed!
Which is lame!
have a quote:
AVATAR ADI DA SAMRAJ: Mankind is now in a state of delusion; that is a characteristic of this time. That is why I call it the "late-time", or the "dark epoch". Mankind is possessed by false views, illusions about life, that the purpose of life is some kind of self-directed or collectively directed intention toward fulfillment -- utopian, or for the sake of the species, or even going into outer space, or some ultimate fulfillment -- or whatever they advertise on TV.

Life, as being purposed toward fulfillment in the gross context of body, the nature domain, the potentials of the cosmic universe -- all views that presume living on the basis of motivations, desires, intentions and patterns that are for that purpose are deluded.

Life is not of that nature. Mankind is not divine; Reality is Divine. Mankind inheres in That -- but in and of itself, mankind is simply another primate species of animal in the earth world.

There is no ultimate fulfillment to be pursued. In The Knee Of Listening, 33 years ago, I Wrote about this very matter, looking for a new age of men and women, Speaking there specifically in these terms.

It is not this utopian drama of the future and all this perfection of human possibility, or fulfilling the life of egoity, the technological fulfillment, or any other kind of means of fulfillment in the cosmicm sphere. That is not it.

Egoity must be transcended. Therefore, bondage to the body-mind is transcended in that process, because egoity is an activity of the body-mind.

The process is a Spiritual one, not merely a philosophical one. It involves the Profound Effort of Grace, Divinely, Avatarically Given, Extended from Me in My Regard of people, by the Work that I do in Spiritual terms.

August 16,2005

Answer 8

This is dealt with in the first chapter of Romans and Hebrews 11 Unbelievers are judged by how they respond to what they know in their hearts to be right, because God made them they instinctively know some about good and bad right and wrong(my interpretation).

Those who had faith in God but were born before Jesus Are justified by their faith(Romans chapter 4 also.)

Answer 9

Haven't you heard The Good News? These bozos have garrisoned the Father and the ONLY way To The Father is Through THE Son.
Does that answer your question? Burn the bible, koran and torah - humanity will thank you for this kind gesture.

Answer 10

I like this answer from St Therese:

....Then I opened the Gospels and saw these words: Then He went up onto the mountainside, and called to Him those whom it pleased Him to call." There, indeed, was the mystery of my vocation, of my whole life, and of the special gracesgiven me
by Jesus. Paul says: "I will show pity, He tells Moses, on those whom I pity; I will show mercy where I am merciful; the effect comes, then from God's mercy, not from man's will, or man's alacrity." I had wondered for a long time why God had preferences and why all souls did not receive an equal amount of grace. I was astonished to see how He showered
extraordinary favors on saints who had sinned against Him, saints such as St. Paul and St. Augustine. He forced them, as it were, to accept His graces. I was just as astonished when I read the lives of saints to see that Our Lord cherished certain
favored souls from cradle to grave, and never allowed any kind of obstacle to check their flight towards Him. He bestowed such favors on them that they were unable to tarnish the spotless splendor of their baptismal robe. I also wondered why such vast numbers of poor savages died before they had even heard the name of God. Jesus saw fit to enlighten me about this mystery. He set the book of nature before me and I saw that all the flowers He has created are lovely. The splendor of the rose and the whiteness of the lily do not rob the little violet of its scent nor the daisy of its simple charm. I realized that if every tiny flower wanted to be a rose, spring would lose its loveliness and there would be no wild flowers to make the meadows gay.
It is just the same in the world of souls - which is the garden of Jesus. He has created the great saints who are like the lilies and the roses, but He has also created much lesser saints and they must be content to be the daisies or the violets which rejoice His eyes whenever He glances down. Perfection consists in doing His will, in being that which He wants us to be.
I also understand that God's love shows itself just as well in the simplest soul which puts up no resistance to His grace as it does in the loftiest soul. Indeed, as it is love's nature to humble itself, if all souls were like those of the holy doctors who
have illumined the Church with the light of their doctrine, it seems that God would not have stooped low enough by entering our hearts. But God has created the
baby who knows nothing and can only utter feeble cries. He has created the poor savage with no guide but natural law, and it is to their hearts that He deigns to stoop. They are His wild flowers whose homeliness delights Him. By stooping down
to them, He manifests His infinite grandeur. The sun shines equally both on cedars and on every tiny flower. In just the same way God looks after every soul as if it had no equal. All is planned for the good of every soul, exactly as the seasons
are so arranged that the humblest daisy blossoms at the appointed time.