According to Christians, will Prophets before Jesus (PBUH), such as Moses (PBUH), enter Heaven? I know that Christians believe that you can only enter Heaven if you believe Jesus is God and your Savior. The Prophets before Jesus (PBUH) did not believe this.
2007-03-12 07:49:21 · 23 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
It also says in the Bible that God's judgments are just and true. He shall not 'unfairly' sentence those who could not in their time have known about Jesus (especially if he wasn't around yet). If they lived in a way which would please God then they shall enter into heaven.
2007-03-12 07:54:45 · answer #1 · answered by You Ask & I Answer!!! 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Moses is in Heaven. Elijah is in heaven. Elisha is not in heaven but he will be on the day Jesus comes again. See Matthew chapter 17 and Ecclesiastes 9:5 & 6 Those that died before Jesus died in the hope of his deliverance. Hebrews 11:13,39,40 I'll go so far as to say that there will be some in heaven who have never heard the name of Jesus.
How much does one know or comprehend after death?
"The living know that they shall die: but the dead know not any thing, neither have they any more a reward; for the memory of them is forgotten. Also their love, and their hatred, and their envy, is now perished; neither have they any more a portion for ever in any thing that is done under the sun." "There is no work, nor device, nor knowledge, nor wisdom, in the grave, whither thou goest." Ecclesiastes 9:5, 6, 10. "The dead praise not the Lord." Psalms 115:17.
Answer: God says that the dead know absolutely nothing!
8. But can't the dead communicate with the living, and aren't they aware of what the living are doing?
Though millions think it is possible, the dead cannot communicate with the living.
"So man lieth down, and riseth not: till the heavens be no more, they shall not awake, nor be raised out of their sleep." "His sons come to honour, and he knoweth it not; and they are brought low, but he perceiveth it not of them." Job 14:12, 21. "Neither have they any more a portion for ever in any thing that is done under the sun." Ecclesiastes 9:6.
Answer: No, the dead cannot contact the living, nor do they know what the living are doing. They are dead. Their thoughts have perished (Psalms 146:4).
2007-03-12 08:20:10 · answer #2 · answered by I-o-d-tiger 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Michael wrestled Satan for Moses body. Moses is in heaven.
As for the other prophets, if they saw God they saw Jesus because Jesus is the body of flesh so God can be seen. The Father God is Spirit and an all-consuming fire. So when you see God you see Jesus. Jesus said, "the Father and I are one." Jesus said, "If you've seen Me, you've seen the Father."
The other people believed God which is the same as believing Jesus however we are more blessed than they are because they have seen and blessed are those who have not seen, yet believe. Not only did Moses enter heaven but Moses and Elijah came down on the Mountain of Transfiguration and saw Jesus on the earth. Melchizadek was a priest of the most high God and Abraham believed in God. Abraham saw God as the Lord Jesus. What you are failing to believe is that God and Jesus and the Holy Spirit are One. Jesus descending into Abraham's bossom and brought the captive free back with Him to heaven and at the same time took the keys of death from Satan. It was Jesus on that cross who purchased for us eternal life after He triumphed over Satan and sin was finished for us who believe.
2007-03-12 08:21:26 · answer #3 · answered by Jeancommunicates 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Yes, they will enter heaven.
The sanctuary system given in the OT pointed forward to Jesus. They had faith in what was to come. Even as far back as Adam & Eve they knew about a coming Saviour according to the prophecy in Gen 3:15, and the sacrifice of Abel as opposed to Cain.
What is PBUH?
2007-03-12 08:04:50 · answer #4 · answered by V 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Good question! I've heard many a Christian say that EVERYONE who existed before Jesus (pbuh) went to hell because they weren't saved via Jesus. Ridiculous! I swear, I was even at a class for new Christians (I was new at the time), and that was being taught.
I'm a Baha'i and happy to be one!
2007-03-12 08:14:20 · answer #5 · answered by Dolores G. Llamas 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Actually, most Christians will tell you that God only holds you accountable for the part of the gospel you knew about. If you didn't know it was a sin, you wouldn't be judged for it. Which means that, when Jesus came and spread the gospel, he condemned millions of people to hell. Since, before that, everyone to heaven, because no one knew.
2007-03-12 07:55:53 · answer #6 · answered by Godfather76 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Forget the Prophets for a second... what about EVERYONE who lived before Jesus (pbuh)?
As-salaamu alaykum
2007-03-12 07:51:41 · answer #7 · answered by Maverick 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
It was put on Adam and Eve to let people know what god wanted. When that didn't work out very well, God sent Moses the Ten Commandments and told moses to spread his laws. When people didn't believe in those laws, God sent Jesus to the earth to prove that he was real, and to offer his forgiveness and mercy to whomever believed in him.. Read the old test.
2007-03-12 07:57:18 · answer #8 · answered by aksnowman31 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
A Christian group is Christian because of the fact they declare to be. all people that believes in Jesus as savior and the son of god (that's what separates the Muslims who have faith Mohamed to have been the final real savior) is Christian. Mormons do have faith in Jesus, subsequently they are Christians. In different words Mormons have faith in Christ subsequently they are Christian. so a procedures as somebody quite energetic in Christianity is going, in basic terms a Mormon might settle for a Mormon as a Christian. The pope might say that for the time of basic terms Catholics are real Christians, protestant leaders might say that for the time of basic terms protestants are real Christians. This has continually been the case and could continually be.
2016-10-02 00:16:17 · answer #9 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes the believed HE was coming- they were told of his forecoming in Isaiah...plus in the scriptures God had always planned for salvaiton- so those who believed in GOD and followed Him, did receive eternal life when Jesus had died and was in the tomb those 3 days, scripture speaks of him descending into the lower parts of the earth, and he shared the gospel there with those who lived before His coming...
(Ephesians 4)
2007-03-12 07:59:53 · answer #10 · answered by Mandolyn Monkey Munch 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋