Can non-Christians go to Heaven?

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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.

Well, you are missing the following, which I did... refer to...

Luke 16:22-26
22 And it came to pass, that
the beggar died, and was carried by the angels into Abraham's bosom: the rich man also died, and was buried;
23 And in hell he lift up his eyes, being in torments, and seeth Abraham afar off, and Lazarus in his bosom.
24 And he cried and said, "Father Abraham, have mercy on me, and send Lazarus, that he may dip the tip of his finger in water, and cool my tongue; for I am tormented in this flame."
25 But Abraham said, "Son, remember that thou in thy lifetime receivedst thy good things, and likewise Lazarus evil things: but now he is comforted, and thou art tormented.
26
And beside all this, between us and you there is a great gulf fixed: so that they which would pass from hence to you cannot; neither can they pass to us, that would come from thence.
KJV

Isa 42:6-7
6 I the LORD have called thee in righteousness, and will hold thine hand, and will keep thee, and give thee for a covenant of the people, for a light of the Gentiles;
7 To open the blind eyes,
to bring out the prisoners from the prison, and them that sit in darkness out of the prison house.
KJV

Exactly where... would that "prison house" in the heavenly be, that those "spirits in prison" were captive in darkness, which Jesus at His resurrection preached The Gospel to? Would it be on Abraham's side in Paradise per that story Jesus told of Luke 16, or on the other side in "hell" where the rich man was taken to when he died? That "prison house" in the heavenly is about Satan's "prison" of Revelation 20:7. It's in hell (hades).
 

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Can non-Christians go to Heaven?

Yes.

Can non-Christians be saved?

Yes.

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

More specifically…
Any person WHO heartfully Believes immediately Before physical Bodily Death…(IN The Almighty Heavenly God AND Believes IN Jesus AND Jesus was sent by said God…)
Shall be Saved BY God and Risen up ON Earth to Eternal Life. ( First Resurrection )
…regardless their race, gender, age, appearance, country of origin, country of domicile, club, groups, religious affiliations.

Any person WHO Heartfully Believes… Before an Accounted physical Bodily Death…IN The Almighty Heavenly God AND Believes IN Jesus AND Jesus was sent by said God AND Believes Jesus IS The Christ AND Heartfully CONFESSES THAT belief TO The Lord Jesus…)
Shall be Saved BY Christ Jesus and Risen up A WHOLE new creature / (glorified body, saved soul, quickened spirit) TO the Clouds (OF the lower heavens)… Before the 2nd and Last Great Tribulations Sent Down From Heaven Upon the Whole Earth.
(Rapture)…
…regardless their race, gender, age, appearance, country of origin, country of domicile, club, groups, religious affiliations.

What of non-Christians who are born in country where there is no gospel? In some countries, Christianity is forbidden, unknown or the Christians are persecuted. So the non-believers cannot hear the gospel.

What of non-Christians who are born into non-Christians families? They have been indoctrinated since childhood by their false religion, so they cannot understand the gospel.

What of all young people who have died before being baptized? Will they go to Heaven?

Irrelevant to The ALL KNOWING God…
Who Already KNOWS… what Every Individual could Have, would Have Chosen…
Regardless OF their “CIRCUMSTANCES” … oppressive government, corrupt parental teaching, infant mortal death, ignorance, etc. (Had been Different.)

In Christianity, there are divisions. Can the Catholics go to Heaven? Can the Orthodoxes go to Heaven? Can every Protestant churches go to heaven?

Irrelevant.
Name tags, men have DEVISED for their Brand of “religion” and “Doctrines” and “Rituals”…
Has No baring on Gods All Knowing of Every Individual manKIND of Being…Heartfully With or Against God Immediately Prior to an accounted bodily mortal Death.

Glory to The Righteous, Holy and Just Lord God Almighty,

Taken


Thanks for taking your time to answer these questions.

You are Welcome.

God bless you.

Taken
 
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Yes.



Yes.



More specifically…
Any person WHO heartfully Believes immediately Before physical Bodily Death…(IN The Almighty Heavenly God AND Believes IN Jesus AND Jesus was sent by said God…)
Shall be Saved BY God and Risen up ON Earth to Eternal Life. ( First Resurrection )
…regardless their race, gender, age, appearance, country of origin, country of domicile, club, groups, religious affiliations.

Any person WHO Heartfully Believes… Before an Accounted physical Bodily Death…IN The Almighty Heavenly God AND Believes IN Jesus AND Jesus was sent by said God AND Believes Jesus IS The Christ AND Heartfully CONFESSES THAT belief TO The Lord Jesus…)
Shall be Saved BY Christ Jesus and Risen up A WHOLE new creature / (glorified body, saved soul, quickened spirit) TO the Clouds (OF the lower heavens)… Before the 2nd and Last Great Tribulations Sent Down From Heaven Upon the Whole Earth.
(Rapture)…
…regardless their race, gender, age, appearance, country of origin, country of domicile, club, groups, religious affiliations.



Irrelevant to The ALL KNOWING God…
Who Already KNOWS… what Every Individual could Have, would Have Chosen…
Regardless OF their “CIRCUMSTANCES” … oppressive government, corrupt parental teaching, infant mortal death, ignorance, etc. (Had been Different.)



Irrelevant.
Name tags, men have DEVISED for their Brand of “religion” and “Doctrines” and “Rituals”…
Has No baring on Gods All Knowing of Every Individual manKIND of Being…Heartfully With or Against God Immediately Prior to an accounted bodily mortal Death.

Glory to The Righteous, Holy and Just Lord God Almighty,

Taken




You are Welcome.

God bless you.

Taken

What if a Muslim, a Hindu, a Atheist... DOES NOT believe in Jesus before death? What if they die as a FULL unbeliever? What shall be their eternal fate?

If God is all-knowing, and He knows exactly what would a person have chosen even if they did not choose (for example: children aborted and died in infancy, people born in pagan society...), then does that mean that God burns in Hell babies, because He knows that these babies would have grown to be unbelievers and evil? Would God punish good pagans, because He knows that they pagans would never have believed?

Why God lets us live our life here and now, if He already knows if we will go to heaven or to hell? Why not end the world now, and directly send people to hell or to heaven, accordingly to what they eternally deserve?
 

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What if a Muslim, a Hindu, a Atheist... DOES NOT believe in Jesus before death? What if they die as a FULL unbeliever? What shall be their eternal fate?

All people will be judged by their works....what they did with what they were given. Too much of modern religion denies the bible narrative and makes up a salvation by having proper beliefs....saving knowledge...which is an influence of Gnosticism.
If God is all-knowing, and He knows exactly what would a person have chosen even if they did not choose (for example: children aborted and died in infancy, people born in pagan society...), then does that mean that God burns in Hell babies, because He knows that these babies would have grown to be unbelievers and evil? Would God punish good pagans, because He knows that they pagans would never have believed?

Why God lets us live our life here and now, if He already knows if we will go to heaven or to hell? Why not end the world now, and directly send people to hell or to heaven, accordingly to what they eternally deserve?
We have free will...and we are here to learn things...in an imperfect setting that challenges our faith and faithfulness. What we do right now echoes into eternity (famous saying)
 

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What if a Muslim, a Hindu, a Atheist... DOES NOT believe in Jesus before death? What if they die as a FULL unbeliever? What shall be their eternal fate?

It is the Timing (so to speak).
“Belief” … in God, in His “Word”…
”Before”bodily (blood life) Death.
…mortally Die “IN” Jesus.
…God “Saves” them AFTER their mortal (blood life death).
… They “raised” to eternal Life…
First Resurrection.

“individuals True Heartful Confessed Belief”,
IN God, IN Gods Word, IN Gods Word IS Jesus, IN Jesus IS the Christ:
ARE… “Accounted Bodily Dead” / Gods BOOKS / Records of Evidence … Specifically The Lambs Book of Life (ie. The Baptizer), THEY… Accounted…(Bodily Crucified) With Jesus’ Body”.
THEY… Accounted…(spiritually Bodily Risen, Occupying Christ Jesus’ RISEN Body), they called:
“IN” Christ.
THEY… while “Still” physically “SEEN” ON Earth, By “EYES” of any natural living Human “ON” Earth…
THEY… Are ALREADY, accounted IN Gods Books Of Evidence…
“WHOLLY” (forgiven, sanctified, PREPARED, new body, saved soul, born again spirit, TO BE, called Up to meet, and SEE Christ the Lord Jesus (THEIR Savior), in the Clouds (lower heavens)… Before the Great Tribulations Sent down from Heaven Upon The Whole Earth.
Ie Rapture, ie. Claimed, Redeemed BY “their” Savior.
THEY, Prepared, and Shall Return TO Earth, WITH their Savior….
THEY, have become MADE “(like / similar to the angels)… with an “unseen (to human eyes) “spirit” that can Never Die.
(Ie Similar…
Angels ARE spirits that can never Die.
Humans HAVE a spirit born of a mans seed, that can Die…
that can NOT Die “IF” it has become MADE… reborn OF Gods SEED.

1 Thes. 4:
[15] For this we say unto you by the word of the Lord, that we which are alive and remain unto the coming of the Lord shall not prevent them which are asleep.
[16] For the Lord himself shall descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of the archangel, and with the trump of God: and the dead in Christ shall rise first:
[17] Then we which are alive and remain shall be caught up together with them in the clouds, to meet the Lord in the air: and so shall we ever be with the Lord.
…IN Christ Raised…Rapture

1 Thes 4:
[14] For if we believe that Jesus died and rose again, even so them also which sleep in Jesus will God bring with him.
IN Belief God Raised… First Resurrection

If God is all-knowing, and He knows exactly what would a person have chosen even if they did not choose (for example: children aborted and died in infancy, people born in pagan society...), then does that mean that God burns in Hell babies, because He knows that these babies would have grown to be unbelievers and evil?

I am of the opinion…
Aborted or dead fetuses in the womb, “humans” are one of Gods mysteries to me…as to IF they qualify as “Born” of Water.
My opinion is irrelevant on that matter.

Would God punish good pagans, because He knows that they pagans would never have believed?

Pagan is a broad term, encompassing different meanings throughout history.

Regarding Salvation…God judges on what our “heart” / ie. spirit / ie. Truth IS…AT the moment of our accounted Mortal (bodily) Death.

Regarding Rewards…God judges on all on “THEIR” (a mans) works (while the natural bodily is Alive)…
Man Did works that Glorified God?
A Reward.
Man Did works that Did Not Glorify God?
“Works” Burned.

Why God lets us live our life here and now, if He already knows if we will go to heaven or to hell?

Putting your wondering in perspective…
Why don’t YOU destroy all the things YOU possess and enjoy now?
(Your home, plants, food, clothing, friends, family, etc.?)

Why can YOU NOT Force another YOU want a relationship WITH… to Like YOU, Love YOU?

Why not end the world now, and directly send people to hell or to heaven, accordingly to what they eternally deserve?

Again… WHY do YOU NOT Now, Destroy YOUR… inheritance? Anything YOU (money, land, property, etc.) YOU are legally Named to Receive, when another Dies?

Gods creations Were Created FOR Gods Pleasure.
( personally I believe God has Revealed WHEN ANY human WILL forfeit Opportunity to Please God… (be a pleasure To God, be a candidate To Be Gods inheritance).
Being…The TIME, a Human, Freely Elects TO
Aline their Allegiance TO Satan and Accept his MARK That they Belong TO Satan.

Gods inheritance IS humans who HAVE Become Heartfully Forgiven Believers (according to the Humans FREEWILL optional Choice TO Choose God / or NOT)
A Yes Choice… THEY (human) MADE by THEIR Will / Choice… AND Accepts Gods Power…body glorified, soul saved (restored), spirit born of Gods SEED…AND Gods MARK of Allegiance TO God.

Knowing WHAT shall occur… is not realized / Seen, until it Does come into Fruition.
Meaning… an individuals salvation IN Christ is Accounted,
But Not Seen. No body has Been Raised and A Visible MARK Seen.

Man does Not know the moment he WILL Believe or Die Never Believing…
God Does.

Glory to God,
Taken
 
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