When people who don’t like, read, or conform to the Bible tell you what Jesus was like:
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What about those who lived before Christ who never had the opportunity to accept His salvation? To hell with them?!
They waited in Limbo and when Christ descended into hell after His Crucifixion He gathered them up and took them to their Reward.
Is there a verse about this place called “limbo”? Never heard of it.
In Greek iconography is depicted Christ Adam, Eve, Moses, etc. Here is one example: https://www.flickr.com/photos/vtamari/5647757781/ Also Limbo of the Patriarchs: (The Limbo of the Fathers) - A place and state of rest wherein the souls of the just who died before Christ's ascension were detained until he opened Heaven to them; referred to as "Abraham's Bosom" (Luke xvi,22) and "Paradise" (Luke xxiii, 43) and notably in Eph. IV, 9 and I Peter iii, 18-20.
Indeed I agree but disagree on one point. Jesus, the man was taken up by angels NO MAN has ascended accept he who came down. God came down and was the Spirit in Jesus but the body as a man was taken but the spirit ascended. This gives God complete sovereignty over who enters his domain, Heaven John 3:13 (KJV) And no man hath ascended up to heaven, but he that came down from heaven, [even] the Son of man which is in heaven.
The second half of the Gospel of Nicodemus goes over this.
http://www.earlychristianwritings.com/text/gospelnicodemus.html
They were not held to the knowledge that we have, only to the knowledge they were given by God. As Paul said: Abraham trusted in God , and it was counted to him as righteousness. (Romans 1 - 4)
Actually they knew Jesus , the deliver would come and accepted he died for their sins thus being born again.
They looked forward to his coming and did not reject him.
Grace is seen throughout OT
Those present accepted or rejected who he was
We look back to the Cross and accept or reject!
Romans 4:3 (KJV) For what saith the scripture? Abraham believed God, and it was counted unto him for righteousness.
Galatians 3:6 (KJV) Even as Abraham believed God, and it was accounted to him for righteousness.
James 2:23 (KJV) And the scripture was fulfilled which saith, Abraham believed God, and it was imputed unto him for righteousness: and he was called the Friend of God.
The OT believers believed as we do by Faith. Abraham was called the Father of faith Romans 4:16 (KJV) Therefore [it is] of faith, that [it might be] by grace; to the end the promise might be sure to all the seed; not to that only which is of the law, but to that also which is of the faith of Abraham; who is the father of us all,