Ephesians 4:[SUP]
8 [/SUP]Wherefore he saith, When he ascended up on high, he led captivity captive, and gave gifts unto men. [SUP]
9 [/SUP](Now that he ascended, what is it but that he also descended first into the lower parts of the earth? [SUP]
10 [/SUP]He that descended is the same also that ascended up far above all heavens, that he might fill all things.)
1 Peter 3:[SUP]
18 [/SUP]For Christ also hath once suffered for sins, the just for the unjust, that he might bring us to God, being put to death in the flesh, but quickened by the Spirit: [SUP]
19 [/SUP]By which also he went and preached unto the spirits in prison; [SUP]
20 [/SUP]Which sometime were disobedient, ...........
I would say that when Christ descended to Abraham's bosom also known as Paradise, and preached the gospel to them in prison, I believe Adam & Eve believed in Him and got saved the same time when the thief met Him in Paradise & had heard the gospel preached.
Luke 23:[SUP]
42 [/SUP]And he said unto Jesus, Lord, remember me when thou comest into thy kingdom. [SUP]
43 [/SUP]And Jesus said unto him, Verily I say unto thee, Today shalt thou be with me in paradise.
We have this report.
Hebrews 11:1Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen. [SUP]
2 [/SUP]For by it the elders obtained a good report. [SUP]
3 [/SUP]Through faith we understand that the worlds were framed by the word of God, so that things which are seen were not made of things which do appear. [SUP]
4 [/SUP]By faith Abel offered unto God a more excellent sacrifice than Cain, by which he obtained witness that he was righteous, God testifying of his gifts: and by it he being dead yet speaketh. [SUP]
5 [/SUP]By faith Enoch was translated that he should not see death; and was not found, because God had translated him: for before his translation he had this testimony, that he pleased God. [SUP]
6 [/SUP]But without faith it is impossible to please him: for he that cometh to God must believe that he is, and that he is a rewarder of them that diligently seek him. [SUP]
7 [/SUP]By faith Noah, being warned of God of things not seen as yet, moved with fear, prepared an ark to the saving of his house; by the which he condemned the world, and became heir of the righteousness which is by faith. [SUP]
8 [/SUP]By faith Abraham, when he was called to go out into a place which he should after receive for an inheritance, obeyed; and he went out, not knowing whither he went. [SUP]
9 [/SUP]By faith he sojourned in the land of promise, as in a strange country, dwelling in tabernacles with Isaac and Jacob, the heirs with him of the same promise: [SUP]
10 [/SUP]For he looked for a city which hath foundations, whose builder and maker is God. [SUP]
11 [/SUP]Through faith also Sara herself received strength to conceive seed, and was delivered of a child when she was past age, because she judged him faithful who had promised. [SUP]
12 [/SUP]Therefore sprang there even of one, and him as good as dead, so many as the stars of the sky in multitude, and as the sand which is by the sea shore innumerable.
[SUP]13 [/SUP]These all died in faith, not having received the promises, but having seen them afar off, and were persuaded of them, and embraced them, and confessed that they were strangers and pilgrims on the earth. [SUP]
14 [/SUP]For they that say such things declare plainly that they seek a country. [SUP]
15 [/SUP]And truly, if they had been mindful of that country from whence they came out, they might have had opportunity to have returned. [SUP]
16 [/SUP]But now they desire a better country, that is, an heavenly: wherefore God is not ashamed to be called their God: for he hath prepared for them a city.
We see an account in the O.T. where the O.T. saints go in the afterlife; somewhere beneath the earth, but not hell.
1 Samuel 28:[SUP]
11 [/SUP]Then said the woman,
Whom shall I bring up unto thee? And he said,
Bring me up Samuel. [SUP]
12 [/SUP]And when the woman saw Samuel, she cried with a loud voice: and the woman spake to Saul, saying, Why hast thou deceived me? for thou art Saul. [SUP]
13 [/SUP]And the king said unto her, Be not afraid: for what sawest thou? And the woman said unto Saul,
I saw gods ascending out of the earth. [SUP]
14 [/SUP]And he said unto her, What form is he of?
And she said, An old man cometh up; and he is covered with a mantle. And Saul perceived that it was Samuel, and he stooped with his face to the ground, and bowed himself. [SUP]
15 [/SUP]And
Samuel said to Saul, Why hast thou disquieted me, to bring me up? And Saul answered, I am sore distressed; for the Philistines make war against me, and God is departed from me, and answereth me no more, neither by prophets, nor by dreams: therefore I have called thee, that thou mayest make known unto me what I shall do. [SUP]
16 [/SUP]Then said Samuel, Wherefore then dost thou ask of me, seeing the Lord is departed from thee, and is become thine enemy?
The fact that Adam is listed as part of Israel's roots as of the sons of Gods, that has him & Eve both of faith.
Luke 3:[SUP]
38 [/SUP]Which was the son of Enos, which was the son of Seth, which was the son of
Adam, which was the son of God.
Since His resurrection and ascension, in leading the captivity captive wherein now Paradise is located in Heaven above with the saved O.T. saints within as Paul testified of the apostle John whom was taken to see Paradise above and had written the Book of Revelation about that experience.
2 Corinthians 12:1It is not expedient for me doubtless to glory. I will come to visions and revelations of the Lord. [SUP]
2 [/SUP]I knew a man in Christ above fourteen years ago, (whether in the body, I cannot tell; or whether out of the body, I cannot tell: God knoweth
such an
one caught up to the third heaven. [SUP]
3 [/SUP]And I knew such a man, (whether in the body, or out of the body, I cannot tell: God knoweth
[SUP]
4 [/SUP]
How that he was caught up into paradise, and heard unspeakable words, which it is not lawful for a man to utter.
So, yes, Adam & Eve are saved now and waiting in Paradise in Heaven for the redemption of their bodies as well at the pre trib rapture event.
[SUB][/SUB]