(April 23, 2017 at 4:38 pm)Aroura Wrote: What happened to them between the time they died and Jesus died? So all people pre-christ were saved, but now we have new rules and only some of us are saved?
I think you're making it harder than it is. I said that everyone who is saved from the beginning of time to the end is saved by the sacrifice of Christ. I didn't say that all pre-Christ people are saved, but rather those who responded to God's call are saved. Jesus is God and God is Jesus. Abraham, for instance, had faith and trust in God when he obeyed him. Remember that God exists outside of time. A thousand years is like a second to God. As to where those who died prior to Christ's sacrifice, the bible doesn't make an exact statement of where they are, but seems to suggest that they are in a place of waiting such as described in Jesus' parable of Lazarus and the rich man.
Quote:Ugh. This is like arguing if Superman gets his flight through willpower or strength. Or if Neville was also the chosen one. With works of fiction, it's whatever the reader interprets it to be. You guys cannot even agree among yourselves. Great job "god" did of communicating his perfect will to us.Read my lips. We're saved by the atoning sacrifice of Jesus Christ. It's a gift, but it's voluntary to accept it or not.
