It's long been argued on this site that sin supposedly prevents humans from being close with God, from entering heaven etc.
That apparently, the only thing that could, for lack of a better word, destroy sin was Jesus being nailed to a piece of wood.
However, if one reads the Old Testament, we hear of two men: Enoch, the great-grandfather of Noah, and the prophet Elijah going to heaven and being with God.
This is of course LONG before Jesus.
So I'd like to ask...what gives?
Sin prevents us from going to heaven?
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Sin prevents us from going to heaven?
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Re: Sin prevents us from going to heaven?
Post #11By what the Bible tells, some people may have been righteous even before Jesus came on earth. Also, I don’t think Bible says “Jesus had to be sacrificed�.rikuoamero wrote: I'm going to have to ask you to consider the implications of that. What would that mean for the Christian religion, the claims it makes regarding Jesus, and why he apparently just HAD to be crucified?
Christian religion may have non Biblical doctrines, I have no reason to defend those, if they are contradictory to what the Bible tells.
