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According to the post-biblical Midrash, eight people went to (or will go to) heaven (also referred to as the Garden of Eden and paradise) alive: [1] Enoch, Noah's great grandfather (Genesis 5:22–24) [2] Elijah (2 Kings 2:11) Serah, daughter of Asher, son of Jacob (midrash Yalkut Shimoni, Yechezkel 367)
Russian Orthodox icon of The Good Thief in Paradise (Moscow school, c. 1560). A deathbed conversion is the adoption of a particular religious faith shortly before dying. Making a conversion on one's deathbed may reflect an immediate change of belief, a desire to formalize longer-term beliefs, or a desire to complete a process of conversion already underway.
"View 1: When Noah was building the ark, Christ 'in spirit' was in Noah preaching repentance and righteousness through him to unbelievers who were on the earth then but are now 'spirits in prison' (people in Hell)." [5] "View 2: After Christ died, he went and preached to people in Hell, offering them a second chance of salvation." [6]
I did not go to heaven. I said I went to heaven because I thought it would get me attention." The now sixteen year old adds he made the claims prior to reading the Bible, and that he doesn't want ...
A deathbed confession is an admittance or confession made by a person on their deathbed, i.e., when they are nearing death.. Such confessions may help alleviate any guilt or regrets the dying person has, by allowing them to spend their last moments free from any secrets or sins they have been hiding for a long part of their life.
For great indeed is the violence, when we who are born of earth, seek an abode in heaven, and obtain by excellence what we have not by nature." [4] Hilary of Poitiers: " Otherwise; The Lord bade His Apostles go to the lost sheep of Israel, but all their preaching conveyed profit to the publicans and sinners. Therefore the kingdom suffers ...
We are now approaching lunar sunrise, and for all the people back on Earth, the crew of Apollo 8 has a message that we would like to send to you. In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth. And the earth was without form, and void; and darkness was upon the face of the deep. And the Spirit of God moved upon the face of the waters.
Matthew 27:5 is the fifth verse of the twenty-seventh chapter of the Gospel of Matthew in the New Testament.This verse continues the final story of Judas Iscariot.In the earlier verse Judas had regretted his decision to betray Jesus, but is met with disinterest from the Jewish leaders.