Can non-Christians go to Heaven?

[ProverbsInPink]

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Out ahead in the future, an angel will go 'round the world broadcasting a
message called the everlasting gospel. It's pretty basic, and in point of fact
doesn't mention Jesus even once. Here's the text from Rev 14:6-7.

"And I saw another angel fly in the midst of heaven, having the everlasting
gospel to preach unto them that dwell on the earth, and to every nation, and
kindred, and tongue, and people, announcing with a loud voice: Fear God,
and give glory to him; for the hour of his judgment is come: and worship
him that made heaven, and earth, and the sea, and the fountains of waters."

The everlasting gospel is a bounce from the very first chapter of Genesis. It's
very elementary; pretty much all it says is:

1» There's a supreme being.

2» He deserves respect.

3» There's a frightful reckoning looming on the horizon, and

4» The cosmos— all of its forms of life, matter, and energy —is the product
of intelligent design.

The everlasting gospel is timeless, and its points are as valid in our day as
they were in the past, and as they will be in the days ahead.

FAQ: How is God due glory?

REPLY: Glory can be defined as high renown, honor, and/or accolades won
by notable achievements. Well; speaking for myself; I have to say that the
successful invention, design, and construction of the cosmos, with all of its
forms of life, matter, and energy, is quite an achievement and speaks of the
capability of a supreme genius that deserves awe and admiration.
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That's because the angel is of God. God,who
was Jesus, The Everlasting Word of the Good News.

 

[ArkangeMikail]

@ArkangeMikail Just drawing your attention to my above answer to you again.

You are a new Christian coming from a Muslim background. So it is understandable that you might have questions about our faith. That is alright...God is big enough to handle your questions. Also, pastors at church often answer people's questions about the faith.

How did you first desire to know about Christ? Was it something you heard or something in your heart leading or drawing you to know Jesus Christ? That is a work of the Holy Spirit.

I first desired to know about Christ in the beginning of this year 2025, i don't have any specific explanation, i was never taught anything about Christianity

I come from a Muslim background, but I actually left Islam in my teenage years after reading the Quran and realizing it could not be the word of God

I then became "spiritually unsure" and deist until I converted to Christ

 

[ArkangeMikail]

You’re asking questions that sound intellectual, but they reveal something deeper, you’re sitting in judgment of God instead of humbling yourself before Him. You’re trying to measure His justice by your own sense of fairness, but the Bible says, “Who are you, O man, to reply against God? Shall the thing formed say to Him that formed it, Why have You made me thus?” ~Romans 9:20. God doesn’t answer to us. He is the Judge, not the one being judged.

Your question puts you in the same position as the rich young ruler who came to Jesus and asked, “What shall I do to inherit eternal life?” Jesus revealed his heart to him. He was looking at the kingdom of God as something to work toward, as though salvation was something to earn. Jesus told him to give up all that owned him and follow Him ~Mark 10:17–22. The man walked away from Jesus sad because he wanted the salvation on his terms, not God’s. The danger you’re in is that you are in the same place. You’re still holding onto your own understanding, deciding in your own mind what kind of God is “fair,” while the true and living God is calling you to repentance.

You cannot save yourself, and you cannot re-write God’s plan of salvation. The Bible says, “There is a way that seems right unto a man, but the end thereof are the ways of death” ~Proverbs 14:12. All your questions about other religions and the “good people” in them are a distraction from the one question that really matters: Are you right with God? “It is appointed unto men once to die, but after this the judgment” ~Hebrews 9:27. When that day comes, your opinions and your logic won’t matter, only whether your sins have been forgiven through Jesus Christ.

Salvation is not something you can debate; it is something you receive. Jesus said, “Except a man be born again, he cannot see the kingdom of God” ~John 3:3. You can’t earn it, join it, or reason your way into it. You must humble yourself as the tax collector who beat his chest and cried out, “God, be merciful to me, the sinner” ~Luke 18:13. He went home that day justified, declared righteous by God, not because he was good, but because he repented and trusted God’s mercy.

God may be calling you right now, convicting your heart and showing you that all your self-made ideas of goodness will not stand before His holiness. But Scripture says, “My Spirit shall not always strive with man” ~Genesis 6:3. You will not have forever to continue pushing Him away. “Today, if you will hear His voice, harden not your heart” ~Hebrews 3:15.

If you really want to know the God of the Bible, and not the god of your imagination, then stop trying to judge Him and start asking Him to open your eyes. Come to God with a broken and honest heart. Tell God, “Lord, I’m the sinner, and I need Your mercy.” He will hear you, because “God resists the proud but gives grace to the humble” ~James 4:6.

There is still time for you to be saved, but it won’t last forever. “Seek the Lord while He may be found, call upon Him while He is near” ~Isaiah 55:6. Jesus died and rose again to give you life, but He will not force you to take it. You must lay down your pride, repent, and believe. When you do, you will discover that the very God you tried to question is the only One who can forgive you and give you peace.

I think we can surely understand partially God because we have a rational mind and we are made in the image of God

God is not absurd and does not have His own arbitrary definition of justice which is completely different from men's justice; I think God's justice can certainly be understood by mere men.

For me, faith and reason go together, and I don't think it's prideful to try to understand God.

 

[bdavidc]

I think we can surely understand partially God because we have a rational mind and we are made in the image of God

God is not absurd and does not have His own arbitrary definition of justice which is completely different from men's justice; I think God's justice can certainly be understood by mere men.

For me, faith and reason go together, and I don't think it's prideful to try to understand God.

It is true that we are created in God’s image, and that is why we have the ability to reason, to discern, and to think morally and righteously. But in no way should that mean that we have a fraction of God’s wisdom or that our justice is equal to God’s. He simply said, “My thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways My ways” ~Isaiah 55:8.

Faith and reason are not at odds with one another, but when you let reason be the judge of God, it is no longer reason. It is pride. And it is pride that cast Lucifer out of heaven and the man in Eden. The serpent tempted Eve by saying, “You will be like God, knowing good and evil” ~Genesis 3:5. It is no coincidence that this temptation was about defining what justice should be, apart from God.

You say that God’s justice is not “absurd,” and you are absolutely correct, but it is also beyond human understanding. Paul said, “Oh, the depth of the riches both of the wisdom and knowledge of God! How unsearchable are His judgments, and His ways past finding out!” ~Romans 11:33. We can be discerning of what God has revealed to us, but we cannot sit in equal judgment and explain why He does all that He does.

You are using human logic and fallen standards to define a holy God. But instead, we should let Scripture define what justice is: “All His ways are judgment: a God of truth and without iniquity, just and right is He” ~Deuteronomy 32:4.

There is no other way to truly know God apart from humility and revelation, not speculation. “The secret things belong unto the Lord our God, but those things which are revealed belong unto us” ~Deuteronomy 29:29.

I invite you to know Him, not by intellectual debate, but by intellectual surrender. Only then will faith and reason finally fall in line with the truth that He is Lord and we are not.

 

[ArkangeMikail]

It is true that we are created in God’s image, and that is why we have the ability to reason, to discern, and to think morally and righteously. But in no way should that mean that we have a fraction of God’s wisdom or that our justice is equal to God’s. He simply said, “My thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways My ways” ~Isaiah 55:8.

Faith and reason are not at odds with one another, but when you let reason be the judge of God, it is no longer reason. It is pride. And it is pride that cast Lucifer out of heaven and the man in Eden. The serpent tempted Eve by saying, “You will be like God, knowing good and evil” ~Genesis 3:5. It is no coincidence that this temptation was about defining what justice should be, apart from God.

You say that God’s justice is not “absurd,” and you are absolutely correct, but it is also beyond human understanding. Paul said, “Oh, the depth of the riches both of the wisdom and knowledge of God! How unsearchable are His judgments, and His ways past finding out!” ~Romans 11:33. We can be discerning of what God has revealed to us, but we cannot sit in equal judgment and explain why He does all that He does.

You are using human logic and fallen standards to define a holy God. But instead, we should let Scripture define what justice is: “All His ways are judgment: a God of truth and without iniquity, just and right is He” ~Deuteronomy 32:4.

There is no other way to truly know God apart from humility and revelation, not speculation. “The secret things belong unto the Lord our God, but those things which are revealed belong unto us” ~Deuteronomy 29:29.

I invite you to know Him, not by intellectual debate, but by intellectual surrender. Only then will faith and reason finally fall in line with the truth that He is Lord and we are not.

i agree with you

i guess I just want to understand why God does what He does, when I read a passage of the Bible for example

 

[Big Boy Johnson]

Can non-Christians go to Heaven? Can non-Christians be saved?

Can a Atheist, a Agnostic, a Hindu, a Muslim, a Buddhist... or any non-Christian... go to Heaven?

No, all these folks will be burning in the eternal fires of hell according to the teachings of Jesus Christ and His teaching ministry thru the writings of the Apostles who were directed by the Holly Spirit to write under the leading of Jesus

The White Thrown Judgment makes it possible for some who will be judged by their deeds.

Jesus said unless one is born again that cannot enter in to God's Kingdom.... so all the good deeds in the world just won't cut it.

 

[bdavidc]

i agree with you

i guess I just want to understand why God does what He does, when I read a passage of the Bible for example

It is human nature to want to know why God does what He does, but the Bible says we won’t always see or understand. God says, “For My thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways My ways” ~Isaiah 55:8-9. His ways are higher than our ways.

That’s why Proverbs tells us, “Trust in the Lord with all your heart, and lean not on your own understanding; in all your ways acknowledge Him, and He shall direct your paths” ~Proverbs 3:5-6. We need to trust in His character even when we don’t understand His plan.

“The secret things belong to the Lord our God, but those things which are revealed belong to us” ~Deuteronomy 29:29. God will give us the wisdom we need to walk by faith and in obedience to Him. But there are some things He doesn’t tell us and doesn’t need to.

In Romans 11: 33, we read “Oh, the depth of the riches both of the wisdom and knowledge of God! How unsearchable are His judgments and His ways past finding out!”

But here’s the good news: the more you read and study the Bible, the more you will know God. The Word of God is alive and active (~Hebrews 4:12). His Word is where we come to know His nature and will.

And we must also pray for God to teach us through His Holy Spirit. Jesus said, “When He, the Spirit of truth, has come, He will guide you into all truth” ~John 16:13. Until someone is born again, their spiritual eyes are still shut. “The natural man does not receive the things of the Spirit of God, for they are foolishness to him; nor can he know them, because they are spiritually discerned” ~1 Corinthians 2:14.

After you are born again, the Holy Spirit opens your eyes to understanding and helps you see God’s truth. This is why knowing God begins with faith in Christ. When you are saved, His Spirit is given to live in you, and this is when Scripture comes alive.

 

[Debp]

I first desired to know about Christ in the beginning of this year 2025, i don't have any specific explanation, i was never taught anything about Christianity

I come from a Muslim background, but I actually left Islam in my teenage years after reading the Quran and realizing it could not be the word of God

I then became "spiritually unsure" and deist until I converted to Christ

It certainly sounds like the Holy Spirit is doing a work in your heart!

You can pray for your mother and other loved ones that they might also be drawn to the Lord as their Savior. There have even been terrorists that have come to know Jesus Christ and became Christians. They had a miraculous change in their hearts and lives.

i guess I just want to understand why God does what He does, when I read a passage of the Bible for example

There's nothing wrong with that. That's why it's important to attend a Bible based church. In the sermons, the pastor will explain verses or things in the Bible.

 

[Davy]

There is no other salvation outside Jesus-Christ.

However, Jesus-Christ can only save Christians? Isn't this limiting the power of God, who has created billions of galaxies?

I believe Christianity is superior to other religions, but I would not say that other religions are satanic

If you truly believed your first statement above in red, then you should not be asking your next statement after that, and that includes your last statement.


The following Bible Scriptures are not only... for the children of Israel, but for ALL those under The GOD of Israel and His Son Jesus Christ, WHICH INCLUDES CHRISTIANS,

Ex 20:3
3 Thou shalt have no other gods before Me.
KJV

Deut 5:7-9
7 Thou shalt have none other gods before Me.

8 Thou shalt not make thee any graven image, or any likeness of any thing that is in heaven above, or that is in the earth beneath, or that is in the waters beneath the earth:

9 Thou shalt not bow down thyself unto them, nor serve them: for I the LORD thy God am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children unto the third and fourth generation of them that hate Me,
KJV

2 Kings 17:29-35
29 Howbeit every nation made gods of their own, and put them in the houses of the high places which the Samaritans had made, every nation in their cities wherein they dwelt.

30 And the men of Babylon made Succoth-benoth, and the men of Cuth made Nergal, and the men of Hamath made Ashima,

31 And the Avites made Nibhaz and Tartak, and the Sepharvites burnt their children in fire to Adrammelech and Anammelech, the gods of Sepharvaim.

32 So they feared the LORD, and made unto themselves of the lowest of them priests of the high places, which sacrificed for them in the houses of the high places.

33 They feared the LORD, and served their own gods, after the manner of the nations whom they carried away from thence.

34 Unto this day they do after the former manners: they fear not the LORD, neither do they after their statutes, or after their ordinances, or after the law and commandment which the LORD commanded the children of Jacob, whom He named Israel;

35 With whom the LORD had made a covenant, and charged them saying, 'Ye shall not fear other gods, nor bow yourselves to them, nor serve them, nor sacrifice to them:'
KJV

Other religions today still worship idols. Some of them still believe in doing sacrifices and they definitely ARE Satanic! Some religions even claim there is no God period, no hell, no devil, but just good and evil with no particular entity behind it.

Any... religion that recognizes a god other than YHVH The GOD of Israel and His Son Jesus Christ, or even no god at all, is... paganism. They don't have to use Satan's name for it to be a pagan religion.

 

[quietthinker]

Can non-Christians go to Heaven?​

There will be gob smacking surprises re who will be in Heaven.
'The first will be last and the last first'.....Jesus

Did you know that Abraham was a Mesopotamian? His culture invested in child sacrifice as standard course.
Abraham wasn't even a Jew let alone 'Christian'

....and who is it we deem first?.....and who is it we deem last?

 

[Big Boy Johnson]

'The first will be last and the last first'.....Jesus

Jesus said unless a man is born again, he will not be allowed in to God's Kingdom

Did you know that Abraham was a Mesopotamian? His culture invested in child sacrifice as standard course.
Abraham wasn't even a Jew let alone 'Christian'

That was BEFORE he met the Lord and started walking with Him in faith

After he came to faith, he became the first Jew so to speak.

 

[Windmill Charge]

A Christian is someone who have faith in the Son of God Jesus-Christ and follows His teachings

You have answered your question, as athiests etc are by definition not Christian, so any non christian who becomes a Christian will go to heaven.

 

[Davy]

Can non-Christians go to Heaven?​

There will be gob smacking surprises re who will be in Heaven.
'The first will be last and the last first'.....Jesus

Did you know that Abraham was a Mesopotamian? His culture invested in child sacrifice as standard course.
Abraham wasn't even a Jew let alone 'Christian'

....and who is it we deem first?.....and who is it we deem last?

Abraham was a Hebrew, his lineage from Eber where the Hebrews originated. See Genesis 11.

 

[Big Boy Johnson]

Abraham was a Hebrew, his lineage from Eber where the Hebrews originated. See Genesis 11.

And Jesus preached to all the OT saints in Paradise and they all got born again

 

[Davy]

And Jesus preached to all the OT saints in Paradise and they all got born again

I don't know who all were among the "spirits in prison" which believed The Gospel and Jesus led out, but I don't include the OT saints for they already believed while the majority of Israel were blinded.

The FAITH in The Gospel by the OT saints, like Abraham, just isn't popularly taught, yet Abraham knew The Gospel, like Jesus said in John 8:56-58. That also is why Jesus showed in His Luke 16 parable of Lazarus and the rich man that believing Lazarus was brought to the bosom of Abraham in Paradise.

 

[Big Boy Johnson]

I don't include the OT saints for they already believed while the majority of Israel were blinded.

They still had to get born again which is why Jesus preached to them.

They all knew who Jesus was and accepted His teachings and got born again because they weren't ignorant.

Lazarus was brought to the bosom of Abraham in Paradise.

And paradise was temporary place the Lord created for OT saints to stay until the new birth became available so they could go in to Heaven after they got born again which is why Jesus preached to them.

Only those that get born again can go in to God's pretense in Heaven.

 

[Davy]

They still had to get born again which is why Jesus preached to them.

They all knew who Jesus was and accepted His teachings and got born again because they weren't ignorant.

Like I said, that the OT saints knew about The Gospel, even though they didn't get to live to see it fulfilled by Jesus of Nazareth, they still believed and waited for it, showing they had Faith. In Galatians 3 Apostle Paul even showed that those of Faith have become the "children of Abraham" because of his Faith which God counted to him as righteousness.

This matter actually goes even deeper, because it involves God's Birthright that He first gave through Abraham, which included the Promise by Faith, The Gospel. God's Promises and Blessings given to Abraham, along with The Gospel, is what His Birthright is about. It then went to Abraham's son Isaac, and then to his son Jacob, and then to his son Joseph, and finally wound upon the head of Ephraim, where it still is to this day. All that is prophecy in God's Word, but few study enough of their Bible in order to grasp it.

Notice in Genesis 14 that Melchizedek (Who was Lord Jesus) offered to Abraham "bread and wine", which I believe was to represent The New Covenant and thus The Gospel Promise by Faith preached to Abraham.

A further pointer to this is with what I mentioned about Abraham in Jesus' parable of Lazarus and the rich man of Luke 16. Abraham's bosom where the poor beggar Lazarus was taken to in the heavenly was to the righteous side of Paradise where Abraham was. The rich man instead was taken to hell on the other side. What determined Abraham already being on the Salvation side of Paradise in Lord Jesus parable when He gave that parable prior to His death and resurrection?

So I don't believe the OT Patriarchs and prophets went to hell when they died (i.e., the side of Paradise where the rich man went to). I believe the "spirits in prison" were only those who did not know God, or that were rebellious against God, back in Old Testament times.

Another factor is what Paul showed in Ephesians 2:19-21 about the 'foundation' of Christ's Church, that it is built upon the foundation of the apostles and the prophets, the prophets meaning the Old Testament prophets. And Paul spoke of Jesus as that spiritual Rock that followed Moses and the Israelites was Christ (1 Co.10).

So I try to stay out of arguments of men's doctrines over when Christ's Church actually began. To me those only show they need more Old Testament study in relation to The New Testament.

And paradise was temporary place the Lord created for OT saints to stay until the new birth became available so they could go in to Heaven after they got born again which is why Jesus preached to them.

Only those that get born again can go in to God's pretense in Heaven.

I only see that possibility being those OT saints were not in Satan's prison house in the heavenly, the side in Paradise where Abraham was being in a place separate from Satan's prison house.

 

[Big Boy Johnson]

Like I said, that the OT saints knew about The Gospel

Like Jesus said in John 3:3, unless a man be born again he cannot see the Kingdom of God

The new birth only became available when Jesus was raised from the dead so the OT saints either have to get born again by believing on Jesus, or you would have to claim Jesus lied in John 3:3 if your claim is the Jews are saved without believing on Jesus

Jewish people who die rejecting Jesus as their Lord and Savior go to hell just like non Jewish people who die rejecting Jesus as their Lord and Savior

they need more Old Testament study in relation to The New Testament.

The OT must be viewed in light of the greater revelation that comes thru the New Covenant thru Jesus Christ.

Hebrews 3:5,6 And Moses verily was faithful in all his house, as a servant, for a testimony of those things which were to be spoken after; But Christ as a Son over His own house; whose house are we, IF we hold fast the confidence and the rejoicing of the hope firm unto the end.

Now, there is a new house, the Body of Jesus Christ! Under the New Covenant that the Lord said would come forth, we see Jesus Christ as the High Priest. The old covenant with it’s laws and regulations have been taken away because thru Jesus Christ a new and better covenant has come in to place.

Hebrews 10:9 Then said he, Lo, I come to do thy will, O God. He taketh away the first, that he may establish the second. (God said He would make a New Covenant - see Jeremiah 31:31-34)

Hebrews 8:6 But now hath Jesus obtained a more excellent ministry, by how much also Jesus is the mediator of a better covenant, which was established upon better promises.

And with the changing of the priesthood, God’s Word tells us there is also a change of the law.

Hebrews 7:12 For the priesthood being changed, there is made of necessity a change also of the law.

 

[Davy]

Like Jesus said in John 3:3, unless a man be born again he cannot see the Kingdom of God

The new birth only became available when Jesus was raised from the dead so the OT saints either have to get born again by believing on Jesus, or you would have to claim Jesus lied in John 3:3 if your claim is the Jews are saved without believing on Jesus

Oh I definitely believe the OT saints 'believed' on Lord Jesus and His death and resurrection.

But just when was that, simply because both David and Isaiah were given to write about events of Christ's crucifixion per Psalms 22 and Isaiah 53. And like Jesus said at the end of John 8 that Abraham saw His day, and was glad, what all did that entail for Abraham? It points to me that they were... aware that Christ would come and be crucified, and offer His Salvation, but those OT saints it was likely revealed to just didn't get to live to the time when the crucifixion happened. So of course the Promise didn't go into effect until Jesus actually was born in the flesh and crucified and raised from the dead. But that's not my point, I know it is your point, but not the point I'm making.

Heb 11:39-40
39 And these all, having obtained a good report through faith, received not the promise:
40 God having provided some better thing for us, that they without us should not be made perfect.
KJV

The OT saints couldn't have received the Promise yet, because it was not fulfilled in their day. I never disagreed with that point.

But they did have FAITH in what God promised, and that was my point.

And they were 'chosen' elect. Jonah was a prime example. God commanded Jonah to go preach to the city of Nineveh and Jonah tried to get out of his duty, but God made Jonah do it, and Jonah even got angry about afterwards. That's a sign of direct divine intervention, a sign of a chosen elect. Lord Jesus also divinely intervened with Apostle Paul, even while Paul (as Saul) was following the Pharisees and on his way to Damascus to hunt down Christians.

 

[Big Boy Johnson]

But just when was that

When Jesus preached to the spirits that were in prison referring to when Jesus went in to hell after dying physically and ministered to the OT saints that were in Abraham's bosom which was a temporary place God setup for them to wait in until Jesus came and the new birth became available, and they all got born again.

But they did have FAITH in what God promised, and that was my point.

Yes they did and because they had faith and walked with Lord, they went to Abraham's bosom (paradise)