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To: T.B. Yoits
-- but if not to purgatory, where did all those who died go before Christ opened the gates of Heaven? --

Another way this question is asked is whether or not people born before Jesus can even be saved, and if so, how?

62 posted on 04/27/2021 7:36:53 AM PDT by Cboldt
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To: Cboldt

Research “Harrowing of Hell”.

It is a speculation of what Jesus was doing between the crucifixion and the resurrection.


79 posted on 04/27/2021 8:31:51 AM PDT by redgolum (If this culture today is civilization, I will be the barbarian)
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To: Cboldt

God transcends time and so does the sacrifice of Christ. We were told Abraham believed and it was credited to him as righteousness.


81 posted on 04/27/2021 8:36:14 AM PDT by Mom MD
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To: Cboldt
--but if not to purgatory, where did all those who died go before Christ opened the gates of Heaven? --
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Another way this question is asked is whether or not people born before Jesus can even be saved, and if so, how?

We know some were saved because the Apostles saw Moses and Elijah with Jesus on the Mount of Transfiguration. As for Purgatory, Moses and Elijah were not in Hell and Christ had not yet opened the Gates of Heaven, so where would they have been since they died?

125 posted on 04/27/2021 3:25:54 PM PDT by T.B. Yoits
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