2007-04-15 14:40:55 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
I don't believe gentiles are barred, and I don't believe the old testament teaches that. I do believe their were some very bigotted people, then, as now.
2007-04-15 14:57:13 · update #1
Sorry, it was Jesus that barred gentiles, Jews, and anyone else who didn't "believe" from heaven!
Jews are held to a higher standard -- 613 commandments. Gentiles are bound by only the seven Noahide laws.
All the righteous of the nations have a share in the world to come!
Read your gospels and see what Jesus thought of the Jews. Gospels -- good? news???? Good news for "believers" but eternal torment for the rest of us!
Such a kind and loving God who sends most of humanity to hell!
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2007-04-15 15:52:42 · answer #1 · answered by Hatikvah 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Gentiles have never been barred from heaven. The first people on the planet did not have a nationality. The Jews did not come about until Abraham. So, everyone before Abraham was a gentile or non-jew. And remember Enoch, God was so well pleased with him, that He just took him and did not allow him to see death.
2007-04-15 21:52:10 · answer #2 · answered by super saiyan 3 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
In Judaism, NO ONE is barred from going back to The Creator (your idea of heaven.) Everyone goes back to where they came from.
Anyone who does not devote their lives to G-d's LAW and keeping the 613 mitzvots are reincarnated to achieve that higher level of spirituality and a closer place to Ha'Shem (G-d.)
2007-04-15 22:06:22 · answer #3 · answered by Furibundus 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋