Question:
- Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – Here’s something I’ve never thought of before, but I’m sure many of you out there have: Jesus died for our sins, and made it possible for people to go to Heaven, right? So if that’s true, did anyone that died BEFORE Jesus go to Heaven? Like Moses, Elijah, Noah, Adam, Eve, etc.??? I assume that they didn’t just cease to exist, because the disciples saw Jesus conversing with Moses & (someone else; Elijah???), and erected three booths on the spot to honor them or whatever. Maybe they were ‘on hold’??? I recall something about the souls of all the saints and other ‘righteous people’ being lifted up to Heaven with Jesus at the time that he died… Elijah is the only one in the bible directly stated that was taken into heaven (look at the end of his book). Many arguments have taken place about Moses. Although the bible does not state that he went into heaven, he was with Elijah at the Transfiguration. Finally, again not stated explicitly, Abraham is denoted in one of Jesus’ parables as being in heaven with Lazarus (not the one raised from the dead). Enoch "walked with God, and was no more, for God took him." That sounds like assumption to me, and noncanonical texts confirm this. Thank you, had forgotten about him.
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-Ian – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – — Lord Jesus Christ, Son of God, have mercy on me, a sinner. "If you expect a nation to be ignorant and free, you expect what never was and can never be." – Thomas Jefferson
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Oh so kind! So before Jesus we simply had to twiddle our fingers in purgatory- codswollop. – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – Could you kindly supply scriptural citation on Sheol. Peter, sweetie, you can jam "Sheol" into a search engine as well as I can… so go for it, darlin’… take the plunge, do your own research… You’ll learn so much when you do your own homework, instead of just looking over at mine… God Bless
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- Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – Here’s something I’ve never thought of before, but I’m sure many of you out there have: Jesus died for our sins, and made it possible for people to go to Heaven, right? So if that’s true, did anyone that died BEFORE Jesus go to Heaven? Like Moses, Elijah, Noah, Adam, Eve, etc.??? I assume that they didn’t just cease to exist, because the disciples saw Jesus conversing with Moses & (someone else; Elijah???), and erected three booths on the spot to honor them or whatever. Maybe they were ‘on hold’??? I recall something about the souls of all the saints and other ‘righteous people’ being lifted up to Heaven with Jesus at the time that he died… Elijah is the only one in the bible directly stated that was taken into heaven (look at the end of his book). Many arguments have taken place about Moses. Although the bible does not state that he went into heaven, he was with Elijah at the Transfiguration. Finally, again not stated explicitly, Abraham is denoted in one of Jesus’ parables as being in heaven with Lazarus (not the one raised from the dead).
Enoch "walked with God, and was no more, for God took him." That sounds like assumption to me, and noncanonical texts confirm this. – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – — Lord Jesus Christ, Son of God, have mercy on me, a sinner. "If you expect a nation to be ignorant and free, you expect what never was and can never be." – Thomas Jefferson
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– Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – Here’s something I’ve never thought of before, but I’m sure many of you out there have: Jesus died for our sins, and made it possible for people to go to Heaven, right? So if that’s true, did anyone that died BEFORE Jesus go to Heaven? Like Moses, Elijah, Noah, Adam, Eve, etc.??? I assume that they didn’t just cease to exist, because the disciples saw Jesus conversing with Moses & (someone else; Elijah???), and erected three booths on the spot to honor them or whatever. Maybe they were ‘on hold’??? I recall something about the souls of all the saints and other ‘righteous people’ being lifted up to Heaven with Jesus at the time that he died… Elijah is the only one in the bible directly stated that was taken into heaven (look at the end of his book). Many arguments have taken place about Moses. Although the bible does not state that he went into heaven, he was with Elijah at the Transfiguration. Finally, again not stated explicitly, Abraham is denoted in one of Jesus’ parables as being in heaven with Lazarus (not the one raised from the dead). Enoch "walked with God, and was no more, for God took him." That sounds like assumption to me, and noncanonical texts confirm this.
Thank you, had forgotten about him. — Lord Jesus Christ, Son of God, have mercy on me, a sinner. "If you expect a nation to be ignorant and free, you expect what never was and can never be." – Thomas Jefferson
Response:
Could you kindly supply scriptural citation on Sheol. – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – The dead before the Resurrection went to what the Jews called Sheol, a place that Job described as a place "to sleep with counselors and kings" – and there they waited until Jesus came for them. The Apostles Creed states that "He descended into hell" – that’s what it means, Sheol, the "underworld", the place of Limbo, where the souls waited for Jesus to throw open the gates of Heaven — God bless! Lisa Prayer begins at home! Shema Israel, Adonai Eloheinu, Adonai Echad Hear O Israel, the LORD our God, the LORD is One. http://www.javanet.com/~lanat
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Here’s something I’ve never thought of before, but I’m sure many of you out there have: Jesus died for our sins, and made it possible for people to go to Heaven, right? So if that’s true, did anyone that died BEFORE Jesus go to Heaven? Like Moses, Elijah, Noah, Adam, Eve, etc.??? I assume that they didn’t just cease to exist, because the disciples saw Jesus conversing with Moses & (someone else; Elijah???), and erected three booths on the spot to honor them or whatever. Maybe they were ‘on hold’??? I recall something about the souls of all the saints and other ‘righteous people’ being lifted up to Heaven with Jesus at the time that he died… Q-Bill. Take out the YYY’s to e-mail me.
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The dead before the Resurrection went to what the Jews called Sheol, a place that Job described as a place "to sleep with counselors and kings" – and there they waited until Jesus came for them. The Apostles Creed states that "He descended into hell" – that’s what it means, Sheol, the "underworld", the place of Limbo, where the souls waited for Jesus to throw open the gates of Heaven — God bless! Lisa Prayer begins at home! Shema Israel, Adonai Eloheinu, Adonai Echad Hear O Israel, the LORD our God, the LORD is One. http://www.javanet.com/~lanat
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Could you kindly supply scriptural citation on Sheol.
Peter, sweetie, you can jam "Sheol" into a search engine as well as I can… so go for it, darlin’… take the plunge, do your own research… You’ll learn so much when you do your own homework, instead of just looking over at mine… God Bless
Response:
Here’s something I’ve never thought of before, but I’m sure many of you out there have: Jesus died for our sins, and made it possible for people to go to Heaven, right? So if that’s true, did anyone that died BEFORE Jesus go to Heaven? Like Moses, Elijah, Noah, Adam, Eve, etc.??? I assume that they didn’t just cease to exist, because the disciples saw Jesus conversing with Moses & (someone else; Elijah???), and erected three booths on the spot to honor them or whatever. Maybe they were ‘on hold’??? I recall something about the souls of all the saints and other ‘righteous people’ being lifted up to Heaven with Jesus at the time that he died…
Elijah is the only one in the bible directly stated that was taken into heaven (look at the end of his book). Many arguments have taken place about Moses. Although the bible does not state that he went into heaven, he was with Elijah at the Transfiguration. Finally, again not stated explicitly, Abraham is denoted in one of Jesus’ parables as being in heaven with Lazarus (not the one raised from the dead). — Lord Jesus Christ, Son of God, have mercy on me, a sinner. "If you expect a nation to be ignorant and free, you expect what never was and can never be." – Thomas Jefferson
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