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I expect an answer to my question.
Jesus said no man can come to the father but by me
so the question is
What will happen to Isaiah, Jeremiah, Ezekiel, Daniel, Hosea and the rest of the prophets? Are they all lost? Because the word of God cannot be broken. Jesus said I am the door, no man can come to the father but by me.
No trick of the tongue please.
God's word cannot be broken...
When Adam and Eve sinned in the garden, they fell from His grace. They were sent out of the garden. Man was made to dwell with God and God used to meet man in the cool of the day. Man did not regard this as the grace of God but this mankind rebelled against God by obeying the beast, whom satan used. So mankind was separated from God. God is Life and separation from Life is death.
The OT saints saints had no hope without Christ and they knew this and for this reason they kept looking for His coming as a Messiah on this earth. Where were these saints after their death? They could not be with God for obvious reasons. But they did desire to dwell with God and they were looking for the Messiah to take them Home. They were in prison to be delivered. Isaiah says that the Lord came to proclaim liberty to the captives (though I believe that the captivity is of sin) and opening of the prison to them that are bound. And we see that this being fulfilled in our Lord's life, death and resurrection. Where was the Lord three days and three nights? Was He not among these OT saints proclaiming liberty to the captives and the opening of the prison to them that are bound? Mat 27:52-53 was this not fulfilled at His resurrection? When the OT saints accepted His sacrificial death on the cross, which they were waiting for, they resurrected with Jesus and the Lord fulfilled His word - no man cometh unto the Father but by me.
God bless you all. I don't know how good I am able to explain as I am an Indian and English is not my first language.