There isn't a heaven (or Hell) in the OT.
Book: Yes, I'd forgotten you're moonlighting as a criminal mastermind now. Got your next heist planned? Simon: No. But I'm thinking about growing a big black mustache. I'm a traditionalist.
'War Stories'
Natter 45: Smooth as Billy Dee Williams.
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Tom Scola - Aug 02, 2006 6:21:49 am PDT #9899 of 10002
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Frankenbuddha - Aug 02, 2006 6:23:01 am PDT #9900 of 10002
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
Oh how the mighty have fallen.
Hey, and your even on current topic.
What did one have to do to get into heaven in Old Testament times? Or was everyone condemned to Hell until Jesus came and died on the cross?
Worse - New Jersey.
Gudanov - Aug 02, 2006 6:23:02 am PDT #9901 of 10002
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10 "Have you not put a hedge around him and his household and everything he has? You have blessed the work of his hands, so that his flocks and herds are spread throughout the land. 11 But stretch out your hand and strike everything he has, and he will surely curse you to your face."
12 The LORD said to Satan, "Very well, then, everything he has is in your hands, but on the man himself do not lay a finger."
This reminds me of the movie 'Trading Places', I can see God and Satan exchanging a dollar.
Nutty - Aug 02, 2006 6:23:09 am PDT #9902 of 10002
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No, I think everybody was just dead (still is, if you're a Jew!), waiting for the prophecied messiah. Who, again if you're a Jew, was not named Jesus.
I think that's why Jews are not supposed (depending on your strictness) to get earrings or tattoos, and are supposed to be buried quickly and with all the parts intact or at least present. It's a whole "Don't you want to look your best for the messiah?" thing.
Tom Scola - Aug 02, 2006 6:24:54 am PDT #9903 of 10002
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A few passages of the OT make reference to an afterlife-place called Sheol, which seems to be closer to the Greek concept of Hades.
Frankenbuddha - Aug 02, 2006 6:25:42 am PDT #9904 of 10002
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
No, I think everybody was just dead (still is, if you're a Jew!), waiting for the prophecied messiah. Who, again if you're a Jew, was not named Jesus.
Didn't people also live a lot longer in the OT?
tommyrot - Aug 02, 2006 6:25:46 am PDT #9905 of 10002
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
There isn't a heaven (or Hell) in the OT.
Yeah, I just remembered Jesus saying, "I have gone to prepare a place for you" (i.e. Heaven) or words to that effect....
tommyrot - Aug 02, 2006 6:26:32 am PDT #9906 of 10002
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
Didn't people also live a lot longer in the OT?
Some did. I think Noah lived to be almost 1000.
-t - Aug 02, 2006 6:32:37 am PDT #9907 of 10002
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
"Sheol" can be interpreted to just mean grave.
Gudanov - Aug 02, 2006 6:37:17 am PDT #9908 of 10002
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Some did. I think Noah lived to be almost 1000.
I think Job made it to about 150 years old and got replacement livestock and children for the ones stolen or killed. Some literalists say that as humans moved further away from the perfection of Adam that lifespans decreased.