(April 23, 2017 at 4:06 pm)Lek 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?(April 23, 2017 at 12:36 pm)Aroura Wrote: Why did he wait through 4k years of people dying without being saved? What happened to the people's "souls" who died before this supposed Jesus god/man was murdered to save future people?
The people who lived and died before Christ are saved the same way we are - by the same sacrifice. Those who responded to God's call in their lives are saved through Jesus Christ.
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.
“Eternity is a terrible thought. I mean, where's it going to end?”
― Tom Stoppard, Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead
― Tom Stoppard, Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead