if the only path to heaven is through Jesus then did all those who died before Jesus death go to hell?

Question

and if so how does it make sense to believe in a god who loves us all?

Answer 1

When I prayed to God about this, the answer I got.

No. One has to reject Gods Saving Grace when revealed correctly and reject it continually on this earth and at the death bed.

Though some, who haven't heard, go to hell & death or where the dead are in the sea, or where the dead with the dead are, etc... There are many places people go.

Jesus said that He goes to prepare a place for us. Those that go to heaven are those redeemed by the blood of the Lamb (either of the old or new covenants). Even one sin will prevent us from going to heaven. Unless one is a babe, child under the age of accountability, the age when most purposely rebel against Gods Truth & die spiritually.

Answer 2

Those who died before Jesus are still asleep in death, awaiting a resurrection, as are everyone else who has died. Acts 2:34, 35 "Actually David did not ascend to the heavens..."

John 3:13 "Moreover, no man has ascended into heaven but he that descended from heaven, the Son of man."

Answer 3

Why doesn't it make sense to believe in a God who loves us all? Those that died before Jesus did not go to hell. That is what the whole point of the ritual of sacrifices was for, to purify. Until Jesus came, it was the only way to rid oneself of sins. After Jesus, there was no need because he became the ultimate sacrifice.

Answer 4

Yes. No one comes to the Fathe rescept through Jesus. BUT, Be ASSURED of the peoles salvation BEFORE Jesus, because He went to Hell after He died, to preach to the people in the grave. After He rose from the grave, He took those with Him to Heaven, who then trusted Him from the grave. I'm so sorry I don't remember where I learned all this. I'm CERTAIN your pastor in your town knows the verses though. Blessings brother. I hoped this helped. Email me anytime you need someone to ask anything.

Answer 5

Dear James,

I do not know where you got your information but it is not correct. First, God does not love everyone. ALL of us are rotten sinners-we have broken God's commandments and the penalty for breaking 1 commandment is eternal wrath (hell). However, God in His great mercy and kindness determined to save some of these rebels and make them His children. In order to do this-because He cannot allow sin into heaven--He had to take the sins of these rebels and pay for them by enduring the equivalent of spending eternity in hell compressed into the hours from the Garden of Gethsemanae to when He said, "It is finished." We are told in Revelation 7:9 that it is a great multitude that Christ paid the sin debt for but we do not know who these "elect" ones are. You could be one because God is no respector of persons. There were people whom Christ paid the sin debt for in the Old Testament such as Abraham, Sarah, Elijah, David, Samson, Gideon, Josaih, Elisha, Jeremiah, etc.

Answer 6

nope

the only path to God is thorugh Jesus atoning work... true

people in the Old Testament leaning on the mercies of God were reconciled to God through Jesus without them knowing it...

yes it is true that anyone going to heaven was reconciled to God though Jesus, but they owuld not necessarily realize it. But it would depend on God and how he applies mercy and I would not limit Him. I only know the grace and mercies of GOd are moreso crystal clear in Jesus

Answer 7

No because they were under a different covenant with God. Enoch was take right up into heaven, Elijah road a Chariot into heaven, Moses spoken to Jesus on the mount of transfiguration.
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Answer 8

Since the fall of man, the basis of salvation has always been the death of Christ. No one, either prior to the cross or since the cross, would ever be saved without that one pivotal event in the history of the world. Christ's death paid the penalty for past sins of Old Testament saints and future sins of New Testament saints.
The requirement for salvation has always been faith. The object of one's faith for salvation has always been God. The psalmist wrote, "Blessed are all those who put their trust in Him" (Psalm 2:12). Genesis 15:6 tells us that Abraham believed God and that was enough for God to account it to him for righteousness (see also Romans 4:3-8). The Old Testament sacrificial system did not take away sin, as Hebrews 9:1-10:4 clearly teaches. It did, however, point to the day when the Son of God would shed His blood for the sinful human race.
What has changed through the ages is the content of a believer's faith. God's requirement of what must be believed is based on the amount of revelation He has given mankind up to that time. This is called progressive revelation. Adam believed the promise God gave in Genesis 3:15 that the Seed of the woman would conquer Satan. Adam believed Him, demonstrated by the name he gave Eve (v.20) and the Lord indicated His acceptance immediately by covering them with coats of skin (v.21). At that point that is all Adam knew, but he believed it.
Abraham believed God according to the promises and new revelation God gave him in Genesis 12 and 15. Prior to Moses, no Scripture was written, but mankind was responsible for what God had revealed. Throughout the Old Testament, believers came to salvation because they believed that God would someday take care of their sin problem. Today, we look back, believing that He has already taken care of our sins on Calvary (John 3:16; Hebrews 9:28).
What about believers in Christ's day, prior to the cross and resurrection, what did they believe? Did they understand the full picture of Christ dying on a cross for their sins? Late in his ministry, "Jesus began to show to His disciples that He must go to Jerusalem, and suffer many things from the elders and chief priests and scribes, and be killed, and be raised the third day" (Matthew 16:21). What was the reaction of His disciples to this message? "Then Peter took Him aside and began to rebuke Him, saying, '‘Far be it from you, Lord; this shall not happen to you!'" (16:22). Peter, and the other disciples, did not know the full truth, yet they were saved because they believed that God would take care of their sin problem. They didn't exactly know how He would accomplish that, any more than Adam, Abraham, Moses, or David knew how, but they believed God.
Today, we have more revelation than did people living before the resurrection of Christ, we know the full picture. "God, who at various times and in various ways spoke in time past to the fathers by the prophets, has in these last days spoken to us by His Son" (Hebrews 1:1-2). Our salvation is still based on the death of Christ, our faith is still the requirement for salvation, and the object of our faith is still God. Today for us the content of our faith is that Christ died for our sins, that He was buried, and that He rose the third day (1 Corinthians 15:3-4).

Answer 9

No probably not because they did not really have much of a religion back then that i know of, though they still had some good morals so it depends on the person most people get a second chance. But souls in heaven are kind of recycled so you can be reincarnated. I think that souls in heck can also be reincarnated if the devil seems you to be fit.

Answer 10

Yes...before there was Jesus everyone else was like, "Where do we go from here?" Most went to Starbucks for their most excellent lattes, so it was kinda like Heaven. Others went to Hell but only for a few weeks against their own will, sort of like summer school. It makes sense to believe in a loving god 'cause a hating God would make you give up half your weekend and make you sit in a building and sing annoying songs and listen to boring sermons.