What happened to Native American souls who died before Christians came to America and spread the Word?

Answer 1

they missed out on the smallpox epidemic the Xians brought with them, and the bloodshed, reservations--they were much better off

Answer 2

Wow. That's some question. It's very important too.

To answer however, one must first ask another question - Do you really think that God limits himself only to believers?

The answer is no. God doesn't.

God is fair - therefore everyone has a chance to be judged fairly be him. To break it down - GOD IS NOT A FOOL. God knows a person, inside and outside. God knows what a person's does, how he/she is, and why they do the things they do.

Have you ever wondered why every human being, in all parts of the world, can agree on the 'big truths' of life. Murder is wrong, hurting another is wrong, stealing is wrong, etc. Why is that?

Answer - God is with everybody. Even if they don't consciously know it. We all collectively know what's good and what's bad, because we all have access to God in someway or another.

The Native Americans knew of God and his laws, even before Christians came to 'spread the word'. Looks at their beliefs closely - you'll see that some of their beliefs are almost the same as Christians.

Now remember, human beings are corrupt by nature and we are all different. God is the only person that can judge the true content of a person's soul because only God can truly see the entire person's soul.

Therefore, God will decide whether the souls of Native American are goin to heaven or hell because God isn't judging by the limited human scale. God is judging by GOD’S SCALE and that a Good Thing.

Frankly, the Native Americans (and those around the world) who didn't get to hear the good new, may have an easier time into getting into heaven. Why? Because God judges all things about a person, not just whether you’ve 'heard the good news or not'. In fact, Christians may have harder time going to heaven, simply because they heard the good new and so God places us on a higher standard.

In the end, the Native American souls who died before Christians came to America have an equal chance of getting into heaven, just as all of the rest of us. Heaven isn't some secret club - its home to all who broadcast the image of God, whether their aware of it or not.

Answer 3

what makes one think that it took Chtistians coming to America to spread the Word for Native Americans to be saved? the very first verse in the Bible says ( In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth ) so God was already here. The Native American believed in a high being, though they may have not expressed it the way the early Christians did. so God always was and always will be present.

Answer 4

i'm not particular that this generalisation is genuine. although, i think of that is heavily appropriate to the question of how each subculture grows, assimilating or demolishing different cultures. the U. S. isn't the sole place the place this got here approximately- it got here approximately incredibly plenty everywhere Europe extra suitable. different cultures, too. Tribes took over tribes for the time of historic past. this does not make it ok, and it does not make forgetting it or (incredibly) repeating it ideal. whilst the human beings who shaped the colonies got here visiting, a lot of them have been religious cultures attempting to stay to tell the story, too, which makes their aggression basically as undesirable as that of those natives who in many situations attacked them. there have been relatively no sparkling "winners" in this combat, because of the fact people who survived (the colonists) did so with the aid of destroying yet differently of life, not purely the lives they took. The close by individuals weren't all the comparable faith, the two, and to lump them at the same time below pagan may well be doing them a disservice. that they had some deeply various ideals, and fought one yet another as foreign places cultures basically as international places in europe fought wars. marvelous now, there's a severe volume of prognosis being executed with regards to the way religious faiths motivated the form of the early Americas, and it does think approximately that there have been thriving religions right here earlier absolutely everyone else got here alongside. i will positioned up a internet site with some sturdy hyperlinks approximately this, because of the fact that is nicely worth study. i don't think of that is precise to assert that maximum Christians basically forget. like the close by American cultures who fought one yet another, they are residing lives of their own subculture, and at an identical time as a lot of human beings study it, there are a lot of human beings not paying interest to historic past, who incredibly are repeating it left and marvelous. that is all of our blunders that we would desire to check from, and that is all of our accountability, Christian or not. you're marvelous that those poor activities executed in the previous should not be forgotten.

Answer 5

1 Peter 3:18-19..18)For Christ died for sins once for all, the righteous for the unrighteous, to bring you to God. He was put to death in the body but made alive by the Spirit, 19)through whom[d] also he went and preached to the spirits in prison. Gos word makes it pretty clear and no one will have an excuse before his throne..for all will have had a chance to hear the good news before that day. God made a provision for those who went before the Christ came and he will make sure that the gospel is preached to all nations before the end.

Answer 6

Archie, there are many indian nations and, therefore, many different spiritual ways. Christianity was not, until the coming of the Europeans, one of those ways. After that time, those who, for whatever reason, became Christian, came to believe in the Christian concepts, including 'heaven' and 'hell', etc. Many, however, still hold to the old ways or, indeed, have returned to the ways of their own ancestors. Each man's spirit moves from this world to that where his ancestors live, and it makes no difference what 'religion' one follows during one's walk through life.

Answer 7

We have a loving God and I believe He will take care of our Native Americans who had no chance to know about Him. He has a scheme for all people to fit into if they are here today or have already passed. I really believe He has a plan for them this very moment just like he has a plan for you and me.
Albert

Answer 8

Same thing that happened to souls before Christianity developed 200 years ago. those of them that worshiped God as they knew him were rewarded. those who saw His works and felt his presence but denied knowledge it are being punished. Whether or not they believed in the Christian God they believed in a higher power, and they acknowledged His works even if they didn't realize that it was God.

Answer 9

The same thing that happens to our souls now even if we're not Christian. Every nation has a different set of beliefs as to what happens.

Answer 10

If you do not believe that Jesus is your Lord and Savior, you go to hell.

But the Bible does say that the unbelievers in Sodom and Gomorah will get off easier than the people in Jerusalem, where they heard the Gospel message being taught by Jesus. THe people in Sodom and Gomorah did not hear about the Savior that was to come.

Answer 11

Same thing as the pre-Jesus group. If they had a personal and obedient relationship with God...they are with Him.