How will the people before Jesus' time be saved by Jesus?

Question

The sinners, worshippers of Baal, and evil people? If they hadn't heard of Jesus how will they be saved?

Answer 1

God is fair. He knows each persons situation. In my opinion those will be judged according to the law. Many prophets have been preaching about God since the beginning of time. Even Adam and Eve knew about God and His rules. We should all be glad that Jesus came to save us because our generation is worse than those before us.

Answer 2

OK, there is a time when they will hear the gospel. There is no other way to heaven but through Jesus. The good news is that they will get their chance.

John 14:6
(6) Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me.

1 Peter 4:6
(6) For for this cause was the gospel preached also to them that are dead, that they might be judged according to men in the flesh, but live according to God in the spirit.

Some scholars say, that the three days in which the body of Jesus laid in the tomb, He was in hades, or the grave, preaching the gospel to the dead.

Have a wonderful day.

Answer 3

 John talks about a resurrection of the righteous and unrighteous....John 5:28-29.....Do not marvel at this, because the hour is coming in which all those in the memorial tombs will hear his voice  and come out, those who did good things to a resurrection of life, those who practised vile things to a resurrection of judgement.

The unrighteous will be resurrected of judgement.Which means that they will be given a chance to make a proper choice and conform to the righteous standard, because their past sins were blotted out at death.Romans 6:23 For the wages sin pays is death, but the gift God gives is everlasting life by Christ Jesus our Lord.

Answer 4

Good question, does seem fair does it. Especially those that were good but did have a chance to know what to do.

Those that haven't had the chance to hear of Jesus let alone accept him will have a chance after death. Judgment to "heaven" or "hell" doesn't happen immediately after death. There is a time where those that are good, teach those that never heard of Jesus; so that they still have a chance to accept him. God is just, if nothing else, even if we don't see it. So, everyone that has, is, or will live on this earth will have a chance to accept Christ. If not on Earth, After this life.

Answer 5

Each person is judged in accordance with what he/she knows. If you were under the Law (Jew) you will be judged by the same Law you were under and if you outside the Law you will be judged outside the Law. But you notice that God put in each man a conscience to guide you through right and wrong and we have had people (gentiles) who had no Law live as though they had the Law. There is word of God (the word predestinated) in each and every one of us and it is up to us to choose to do that which is right or do the wrong.
Rom 2:12 For as many as have sinned without law shall also perish without law: and as many as have sinned in the law shall be judged by the law;
Rom 2:13 (For not the hearers of the law are just before God, but the doers of the law shall be justified.
Rom 2:14 For when the Gentiles, which have not the law, do by nature the things contained in the law, these, having not the law, are a law unto themselves:
Rom 2:15 Which show the work of the law written in their hearts, their conscience also bearing witness, and their thoughts the mean while accusing or else excusing one another;)

Answer 6

The merits of His Sacrifice are eternal. Or in other words, it reaches from forever before now until forever after now.

Besides prophets testified of Christ ever since the time of Adam and Eve and their first posterity. Adam himself was a prophet with whom God conversed. Angels surely ministered to him to tell him about salvation from the fall which he brought about. Then Adam taught his children what He learned about the gospel from his revelations.

Don't forget that even the wicked Cain, who slew Abel his brother, who became Master Mahan, heard the voice of God calling to him after he grievous crime. Surely Cain must have had a knowledge of the commandments of God. Where did that knowledge come from?

In the beginning Adam and his posterity were giving offerings unto God. Certainly there must have been a reason. It was in looking forward to the Great and Last sacrifice that would be performed but Christ. How was this knowledge received? God revealed that knowledge to man at the very first need of that knowledge by the process of revelation.

Certainly, God would not reveal revelations pertaining to salvation to His children if He did not mean for that knowledge of the gospel given to men to allow them to behave in a way to be saved.

Christ's sacrifice was endless and eternal, reaching forward forever and also backward in time forever.

Answer 7

Jesus sacrifice, of his perfect human life, he gave for all humanity, and it opens the way for all humanity to be in line for blessings from God and his gift to them of eternal life, so even the people who died before Jesus came will have this same opportunity for eternal life as do those of us today and those who died after Jesus came,all will be resurrected to life again and given the choice of this gift from God every person who has ever lived is given that opportunity, and the free will to take it or refute it! What a wonderful and caring God our Creator truly is!

Answer 8

Remember when Jesus died, that temple vail was torn from top to bottom Matt. 27:51, that temple had services the taking of the life of a lamb and services that pointed to Jesus Christ that was [has] came to give His own life for sinners [you] the ordances for that services was written IN THE BOOK OF THE LAW, col.2:14, that is a interesting bible study and it is free in a bible set of lessons www.itiswritten.com also bible questions www.bibleinfo.com talk to me also [e-mail] and visit a Seventh Day Adventist Church in your area this Sabbath [saturday is the seventh day sabbath sunday the first day has never been made the sabbath or holy in ALL the bible] God bless.

Answer 9

The people that never turned to God before Jesus time will still be lost, But the ones that turned to God's laws, Jesus went to the paridise part of hell when he died & preached unto those souls in prison, & when Christ rose from the dead He also brought those souls in paridise part of hell with him & their graves was also opened, & they went to Heaven with Jesus.

Answer 10

IF you read the Books of 1st and 2nd Peter you will see that when Christ was in the tomb, He set the captives free, (from sin those who accepted Him) Lets put it this way to keep it simple, Christ preached to the ones who had never heard of Him, and they had a choice in accepting Him or rejecting Him as we do now. Read it for yourself in the Word of God, do not take my word for it, BUT do take Gods Word IF you believe in Him.