what happened to all people before Christ? Did they go to heaven?

Answer 1

No, they are asleep in death, awaiting their resurrection in Christ. If you go back to the original Hebrew, Aramaic and Greek scriptures you see that there are 4 words used for hell. They are Sheol, Gehenna, Hades and Tartarus. NONE of these are a burning hell. Even the Jews who use only the old testament do not believe in a burning hell. Look up the 4 hells on wikipedia or in a dictionary, you will see that ALL OF THEM refer to a place of rest or a dismal place where souls go to be "waiting" none of them are being punished. Even Job when being treated savagely by Satan, cried out to god to HIDE HIM IN HELL FOR PROTECTION, now why would he do that if he thought it was a place of torment? He was trying to get away from torment.

Also, the Bible says that Christ was FIRST IN ALL THINGS , "the first to be raised from the dead, the first to acsend to the heavens," (Col. 1:18) so if Christ was the first, then no one else could have beaten him to heaven.

Answer 2

There are LOTS of different views about when exactly a person goes to heaven. Do you go to a "waiting room" type place while you wait for all the people to die and the world to end and then you all go to heaven? Or do you just "sleep" until Christ returns? Or do you immediately go to heaven the very second you die (Jesus told the thief that he would be with him in paradise "today")? But I think your question is more along the lines of "Could people who lived before Christ be saved?" I will try to answer this for you, and hope that I'm answering the right question!
As a Christian I believe that the only way to heaven is through believing that Jesus Christ is the Son of God and that His life, death, and resurrection defeated the curse of sin and death and restored the broken relationship between God and humankind, making it possible for me to spend eternity with God. I believe this because throughout the Bible God promised that He would send a Messiah who would do this. God not only promised to send a Messiah, but He gave a very specific description of who the Messiah would be through many different prophecies recorded in the Old Testament. The key here is that I have faith that God has kept His promises (though Jesus Christ) and that He will continue to keep His promises forever (promises that include the second coming).
If we look back at people in the Old Testament we can see the same pattern. God made promises, and those who had faith and believed that God would keep His promises were called righteous. Even though these people didn't have any idea who Jesus was, they still followed the same pattern of faith that we follow today. I believe that everyone who believed and had faith in God's promises has a place in heaven. I would suggest reading Galations chapter 3 for more on faith, the law, and salvation through Jesus Christ.

Answer 3

Adam was given dominion over THIS earth. So the answer to your question is yes . . . and no. Because Adam's dominion was limited to this planet, alive or dead, all those descended from Adam remained on earth.

Prior to Christ's payment for the sin of Adam, the souls of those who died went to the heart of the earth. (Where else could you have a "bottomless pit"). One part was known as "Abraham's bosom" where the righteous dead were separated from the unrighteous dead. Often the phrase "gathered to his fathers" is used to refer to a righteous person who died before Christ. They ended up there.

When Christ died for our sins here's what happened:
50 Jesus, when he had cried again with a loud voice, yielded up the ghost.
51 And, behold, the veil of the temple was rent in twain from the top to the bottom; and the earth did quake, and the rocks rent;
52 And the graves were opened; and many bodies of the saints which slept arose,
53 And came out of the graves after his resurrection, and went into the holy city, and appeared unto many. Matt 27:50-53 KJV

At this point in time, the righteous dead were taken to be with Christ in heaven, so now hell is only occupied by the unrighteous dead.

So the answer to your question is yes . . . and no. They did go to heaven after Christ died for their sins, but no, they didn't go to heaven immediately at the time of their death.

Answer 4

No, of course not, their souls ended up in a oversize waste bin and cast into a black abyss, the ******** of the universe, where they will remain for the rest of eternity.

That is a great question! There is no heaven or hell, and even if there was, how can you presume that anybody on Earth will be able to answer that for you?

Answer 5

You cant expect to get a satisfactory answer from a question like that, all you are going to get is Atheists/non-christans telling you that there is no heaven or hell and lots of differing answers from christans. Believe me, if you really want an answer to this question, the only time when you find out is when you die and find out for yourself what theory is right.

Answer 6

The purpose of knowledges is so that you can lead a spiritual life and get a heart of flesh. There are many ways to accomplish this even before finding out that Jesus is the God of heaven.

"This only One and very Self is omnipresent, omniscient and omnipotent. This also every Christian acknowledges from his doctrine and every gentile from his religion. In consequence, wherever he is, a man thinks that God is there and that he prays to God at hand; thinking and praying so, men cannot but think that God is everywhere, that is, omnipresent [in all places at all times]; likewise omniscient [all knowing] and omnipotent [all powerful]. Everyone praying to God, therefore, implores Him from the heart to lead him because He can lead him; thus he acknowledges the divine omnipresence, omniscience and omnipotence, doing so in turning his face to the Lord; thereupon the truth flows in from the Lord" (Divine Providence n. 157).

Answer 7

Nobody really knows if heaven really exists for starters. No one from "beyond" has come back to tell us how it is. I personally was baptized catholic and I say my prayers and believe in God, Jesus, Virgin Mary and the Holy Ghost, but I am convinced that it doesn't matter what religion you are, as long as you are a good person.

Answer 8

Some did and some didnt. When Noah built the Ark he tried to warn them, but no one listened. All those landed in hell, only Noah and his family got in. Hebrews 11 will tell you of some of the folks who went to heaven.

Answer 9

Nope.

Every soul is waiting for the end times in Sheol (This is in the Bible, look it up). Believers are in one side, non-believers on the other. No soul is judged until the end times.

This is why, in Revelation, all the souls of martyrs ask God when he will avenge them for their death and he says soon. It specifically states that the souls are somewhere else, other than heaven.

No human is judged until the end. They are all waiting until then in Sheol.

Answer 10

Read your Bible.Eph 5:14 Wherefore he saith, Awake thou that sleepest, and arise from the dead, and Christ shall give thee light.